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Military leaders welcome House GOP budget bill

...government shutdown when a six-month spending bill passed last September runs out March 27.Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said that bipartisan talks were under way on changes that the Senate would make to the House measure...

http://juneauempire.com/donna-cassata/2013-03-06/military-leaders-welcome-house-
Miller says Murkowski will lose seniority if she wins write-in

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Sen. Lisa...It's not something that Mitch McConnell can do on his own, its up to...was actually told by Senator Mitch McConnell today that if the senator runs...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091710/loc_708915027.shtml
News
Senate deal forged in flurry of negotiations

...game after Christmas. It took the rekindling of an old friendship between Vice President Joe Biden and GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell, an extraordinary flurry of secret offers, a pre-dawn Senate vote on New Year's Day and the legislative muscling...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-02/senate-deal-forged-flurry-negotiations
State
Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88

...especially in her darkest hours, men who lead by example and who expect nothing in return," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie will appoint a replacement, choosing from a list of three candidates selected...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-17/sen-daniel-inouye-hawaii-dead-88
State
Outside editorial: Self-interest trumps democracy

...senators are saying to justify their actions, but it's the only reasonable explanation.Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has tried to portray the transparency law as an effort to suppress free speech - essentially flipping reality on its...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-26/outside-editorial-self-interest-trump
Opinion
Debt talks: Dire warnings, a possible compromise?

...that could lead to federal spending cuts. Word that Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky were at work on the fallback plan came as Obama and congressional leaders met for a fifth straight day...

http://juneauempire.com/andrew-taylor/2011-07-14/debt-talks-dire-warnings-possib
Reneging on a deal

...insurance and retraining assistance for workers supplanted by foreign competition. It seemed like a done deal until Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the minority leader, threatened to block President Obama's nominee for secretary of the Commerce Department...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-06-11/reneging-deal
Opinion
Analysis: Student loan agreement? Not so fast.

...those who aren't rich to protect tax cuts for those who are."Let's be honest," said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. "The only reason Democrats have proposed this particular solution to the problem is to get Republicans...

http://juneauempire.com/david-espo/2012-04-30/analysis-student-loan-agreement-no
Murkowski says it would be disastrous for nation if debt ceiling weren't raised

...adversely affect the economy and the jobs outlook. She said she doesn't like a plan floated by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell because it doesn't resolve the underlying issues in the debt limit debate. But she said it should be considered...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-13/murkowski-says-it-would-be-disastrous-n
State
Obama to GOP: Act on jobs or get run out of town

...talking about tax hikes?" said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.Republicans also shrugged off Obama's...right now John Boehner is the speaker of the House and Mitch McConnell is the Republican leader" in the Senate, Obama said...

http://juneauempire.com/ben-feller/2011-10-07/obama-gop-act-jobs-or-get-run-out-

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