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Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr. (born February 20, 1942), a Republican American, is the senior United States Senator from Kentucky and the Minority Leader.
Read More at Wikipedia ›The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama's first meeting in months with congressional leaders focused on the economy, with the president stressing he doesn't want another fight over the debt ceiling.
"We're not going to recreate the debt ceiling debacle of last August," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters is what the president said to congressional leaders in their first meeting in several months.The president called the meeting to press what he calls his congressional "to do" list. The list is a series of economic proposals--such as tax credits and measures to help homeowners refinance mortgages--that he says Congress must act on now to boost growth.House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) attended the meeting. Carney said of the meeting: "The tone was genial, the discussion was productive, the sandwiches we...
House Speaker John Boehner weighs in on energy policy and the government's inability to come up with bipartisan agreement to improve tax issues and employment.
The Senate could vote as early as Thursday on a plan to fast-track the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, a bid that is unlikely to attract enough Democratic support to...
FBN’s Rich Edson on the growing debate over how the U.S. should deal with Iran’s nuclear program.
FNC political analyst Juan Williams on the conspiracies surrounding the Mitt Romney and Ron Paul campaigns and the rumors that the two camps are working together.
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Friday postponed a showdown vote in his chamber on the PIPA online anti-piracy bill that pits Hollywood against Silicon V...
FBN’s Liz MacDonald breaks down why the Virginia Congressman agreed to give money to cut debt.
Billionaire Warren Buffett says he will match donations made by a Republican Congressman to cut the nation’s $15.2 trillion debt.Last week, Buffett challenged the GO...
A GOP Congressman has taken up billionaire Warren Buffett’s offer last week to match contributions to the federal deficit with his own money.“I appreciate and gladly...
President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Friday for authority to close the Commerce Department and create a new export agency, an overhaul that could save $3 bill...
Freedom Fighters Liz MacDonald, Erica Payne, Anthony Randazzo on why Warren Buffett’s tax standoff with the GOP misses the mark, and how the Consumer Electronics Show became a SOPA battleground.
Warren Buffett is picking yet another big political fight.The billionaire is now taking up the GOP’s challenge to pay more out of his own pocket to cut the deficit -...
FBN's Liz MacDonald breaks down Berkshire Hathaway's CEO Warren Buffett's proposal to the GOP.
FBN’s Stuart Varney breaks down the stories moving the markets early in the trading day.
Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska, a Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, said J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon should testify about his bank's $2 bi...
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, (R-WI), tells FOX Business that Congress this summer will probably pass a continuing resolution at $19 billion more than h...
Taxes for America's highest earners have fallen sharply since 1995, according to a White House report released on Tuesday ahead of a speech by President Barack Obama...
Senate Republicans united to block a Democratic attempt to end roughly $20 billion in federal subsidies to the largest oil and gas companies, in a largely political ...
President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Congress to end subsidies for oil and gas companies despite repeated criticism from Republicans that such a move will add to...
FBN's Rich Edson breaks down details of issues discussed on the second day of hearings on the health-care law.
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