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 ...

"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 ...

McConnell is currently using a wheelchair; his staff has in some cases attributed his recent infirmities to the lingering effects of childhood polio. His face is gaunt, his voice pinched and 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 ...

staff and guests in the gallery clapped for the long-serving leader. Sen. Mitch McConnell (@SenMcConnell): "So lest any of our colleagues still doubt my intentions for the remainder of my term ...