“Mitch McConnell” on The Daily Caller

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he has “no problem” with the Obama campaign’s attacks on GOP challenger Mitt Romney’s time as the CEO of Bain Capital. (more)

Weighing in on the Obama campaign’s criticism of GOP opponent Mitt Romney’s work as the CEO of Bain Capital, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell labeled the Obama administration the “most anti-business” White House since “the Carter years.”  (more)

On radio host Laura Ingraham‘s Wednesday show, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took issue with criticism that he isn’t a good champion of the conservative cause, and took particular offense at Red State editor Erick Erickson’s claim that he is “an appropriator before he’s a Republican.” (more)

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers announced Tuesday they were joining a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s recess appointments, reviving an election-year row over White House power. (more)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called on Congress to step up its pressure on Iran, recommending lawmakers draft a resolution “authorizing the use of force.” (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Caving to a massive campaign by Internet services and their millions of users, Congress indefinitely postponed legislation Friday to stop online piracy of movies and music costing U.S. companies billions of dollars every year. Critics said the bills would result in censorship and stifle Internet innovation. (more)

GQ compiled its list of the 50 most powerful people in Washington, with GOP leaders taking the top spots, with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden left off the list. (more)

Democratic Michigan Rep. Sander Levin told The Daily Caller that House Republicans are “blinded by a rigid ideology” and suggested that they “take the blinders off, come back here, see the light” and pass the Democratic-led Senate’s two-month payroll tax cut extension. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a two-month renewal of payroll tax cuts for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits for millions of jobless, giving President Barack Obama a resounding victory over Republicans who control the House. The Senate approved the bill earlier Friday. The measure was passed by voice vote in a virtually empty House chamber despite lingering grumbling from tea party Republicans. It buys time for negotiations early next year on how to cover the costs of a yearlong extension of the two percentage point payroll tax cut, the centerpiece of Obama’s fall jobs agenda. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House and Senate barreled toward a collision Monday over some of the chief ingredients of President Barack Obama’s recipe for reviving the economy, with tax increases and jobless benefit cuts awaiting millions of Americans on New Year’s Day if the dispute is not resolved. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Saturday extending a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months, handing President Barack Obama a partial victory while setting the stage for another fight in February. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats backed away from their demand for higher taxes on millionaires as part of legislation to extend Social Security tax cuts for most Americans on Wednesday as Congress struggled to clear critical year-end bills without triggering a partial government shutdown. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has wrapped itself into a partisan tangle over its year-end tax and spending business. (more)

Senate Republicans blocked the nomination Thursday of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A town hall meeting with Ben Bernanke and a group of military families discussing family finances wouldn’t normally draw much notice. (more)

Don’t you hate that awkward moment when you turn on CSPAN-2 and you can’t tell if you’re watching the Senate minority leader or a sea turtle? We know the feeling. (more)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor Tuesday that the White House intentionally “designed” President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs bill to “fail” with the hopes of making Republicans appear “intransigent.” (more)

Aides to Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated Thursday evening that he wants the bipartisan deficit-reduction “super committee” to reach a major deal, The Hill reports. (more)

Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, has called for a congressional investigation into political interference in the NCAA’s conference-realignment process, following reports that West Virginia University’s acceptance into the Big 12 Conference, which was a near-certainty on Tuesday morning, is being held up following competitive lobbying from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — on behalf of his alma mater, the University of Louisville. (more)