The article presents the speech "The Republican Party We Need," delivered by U.S. Republican Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland on March
McConnell, the longest-serving senator ever from Kentucky, ensured that the Bluegrass State received plenty of federal funding. Back home he was a key architect in his party's rise to power in a state long dominated by Democrats. He is married to Elaine...
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McConnell also sparked concern after two episodes last year during which he appeared to freeze in front of television cameras, though he was later cleared to work by the Capitol physician. The longtime Kentucky senator announced in February he was stepping down from the leadership role he's hel...
But withTennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander's victoryover state Rep. Joe Carr on Thursday, the Republican establishment secured a clean sweep in 2014 Senate primary races -- the first time since 2008 that every GOP senator seeking re-election has been re-nominated. ...
In Maine, Republican Senator Susan Collins is facing one of the toughest re-election bids this cycle. She is being challenged by Maine state House Speaker Sara Gideon. In the first quarter, Gideon's fundraising skyrocketed from the previous quarter; she brought in more than $7 million to her...
Trump, who is watching the speech from inside the arena, stood up to clap. In tapping a 39-year-old first-term senator from the country’s heartland over more experienced Republicans with deeper party ties, Trump is looking ahead to the future of his political movement. Those close to ...
In a fiery speech, the freshman senator said that just because Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “bad guy” doesn’t mean that America’s own interests shouldn’t come first. “There are a lot of bad guys all over the world, and I’m much more interested in some of...
Kentucky Republican Rand Paul delayed a Senate vote past midnight to protest a $320B addition to the federal deficit Author of the article:By Mike DeBonis and Erica Werner, The Washington Post, Washington Post Published Feb 09, 2018 5 minute read Join the conversation Sen. ...
The venture capitalist-turned-senator, who put himself on the map with his best-selling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” detailing his roots in rural Kentucky and blue-collar Ohio, outlined the case for why Trump — not “fake Scranton Joe” Biden — is the better leader for working-class famil...