Mitch McConnell often projects something of a pinch-faced persona as he concentrates, in his role as the Senate’s Republican leader, on thwarting Democratic initiatives. Today, though, he had reason to exude joy on the chamber’s floor. A proud graduate of the University of...
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The Louisville Cardinals celebrate after they won 82-76 against the Michigan Wolverines during the 2013 NCAA Men's Final Four Championship at the Georgia Dome on April 8, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Louisville Alum McConnell is Smiling, Despite Cautionary Poll Numbers
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks with a reporter outside the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Ted Cruz’s Silver Elephant Dinner: Debut Tour of 2016 Party Circuit
It’s never too early to book a dinner for the 2016 primary elections. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky already is lined up for the Iowa Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner on May 10. And now comes word from the Palmetto...
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Ashley Judd, pictured at a United Nations conference on drugs and crime in New York on March 14, 2012, won't be running for Senate.
Ashley Judd: ‘Focused on Family’
If Democrats are going to oust Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell next year, Ashley Judd won’t be their candidate. The actress and ardent Kentucky Wildcat fan, who faced questions about whether she actually resided in Kentucky or neighboring Tennessee, announced...
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The Connecticut Huskies react after defeating the Butler Bulldogs to win the National Championship Game of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament by a score of 53-41 at Reliant Stadium on April 4, 2011 in Houston, Texas.
NCAA Seeds: Full-Court DC Press
March Madness is in full swing. And Congress is in session, even if the government is in sequestration. Regardless of whether you’re rooting for the Harvard Crimson, the Great Danes of Albany or The Hoyas of Georgetown, everyone wants one...
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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell during a news briefing after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon on Capitol Hill.
McConnell’s Warchest: $7.4 Million
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who’s seeking a sixth term in 2014, began this year with $7.4 million in campaign funds. The Kentucky Republican raised $769,000 in the final three months of 2012, according to a report McConnell’s campaign filed...
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Rep. Ed Whitfield during the Rally for Coal at the River Discovery Center in downtown Paducah, Ky.
EPA Deemed ‘Rogue’ by Republican Urging Obama to Rein in Agency
A Kentucky Republican says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has gone rogue, reviving his campaign to rein in the regulator. Representative Ed Whitfield, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s panel on energy and power, quoted from court cases...
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Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan participate in the vice presidential debate October 11, 2012, moderated by Martha Raddatz
Biden-Ryan Debate a Place-Holder
“There are plenty of fine people who could lead this country, but what you need are people who, when they say they’re going to do something, they go do it,” Rep. Paul Ryan said in debate tonight. “My record stands...
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Representative Paul Ryan during the October 11, 2012 vice presidential debate.
Biden-Ryan: American Intervention
“It’s a different country,” Vice President Joe Biden says of Syria, when asked why the U.S. is not involved there the way it was in the overthrow of the regime in Libya. “All this loose talk of Governor Romney, and...
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Vice President Joe Biden during the October 11, 2012 vice presidential debate
Laughing Biden to Cool Ryan: `Now You’re Jack Kennedy’
“The middle class will pay less, and people making more than $1 million will pay more,” Vice President Joe Biden says of the Obama administration’s plan for taxes. “We want to extend permanently the middle-class tax cut,” Biden says, accusing...
Read more »Ryan’s Cool, Biden’s Rolling Eyes
Barbs are flying and eyes are rolling. But someone is keeping his cool. Vice President Joe Biden, who debated Republican Sarah Palin in 2008, says he’s hearing her words again in his debate tonight with Rep. Paul Ryan, Republican Mitt...
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