staff and Capitol visitors be allowed to applaud, which is usually not allowed under Senate rules. Republican senators then lined up to greet McConnell, beginning with Sen. Susan Collins of Maine ...

McConnell was led away, then the press conference resumed after a pause, with a staff repeating questions to McConnell. Asked about the incident at the time, a spokesperson for the senator said ...

"The weight of our power to advise and consent has never been lost on me," said McConnell, who had himself thwarted many a Democratic president's agenda in the legislative branch. At the end of his ...

“We had a great working relationship with Sen. McConnell,” the representative continued. “Our office worked really well with his staff on Kentucky issues, didn’t always agree with Se ...

staff and Capitol visitors be allowed to applaud, which is usually not allowed under Senate rules. Republican senators then lined up to greet McConnell, beginning with Sen. Susan Collins of Maine ...