The former GOP Senate leader is free to vote his conscience.

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At a time when Americans are tightening their belts, we would do well to avoid policies that heap on the pain. Mitch McConnell is the senior senator of Kentucky. He is the longest-serving Senate party ...

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I ’m avoiding getting too high on the good days and too low on the bad days,” Mitch McConnell was telling me. “Is today a ...

Despite his decades towering over Washington as a top GOP leader, he is now eclipsed by President Trump’s takeover of his ...

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WASHINGTON — As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, Republican Mitch McConnell had a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly ...