Front-running President Obama's press conference by an hour, new Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (having received a congratulatory phone message from the President on his party's victory) will, we are sure, encourage bipartisanship and utter conciliatory tones as he holds his first press conference post-election. However, judging from some comments, the gloves are off. "We want to get things in front of the president that define him and his party," one Republican Senate aide said, "Harry Reid has protected him. We want to force him to make a choice."
- *MCCONNELL SAYS VOTERS DISSATISFIED WITH WASHINGTON DYSFUNCTION
- *MCCONNELL SAYS `SENATE NEEDS TO BE FIXED'
- *MCCONNELL SAYS SENATE WILL WORK MORE DAYS, HAVE MORE AMENDMENTS
- *MCCONNELL SAYS COMMITTEES `NEED TO BE RELEVANT AGAIN'
- *MCCONNELL SAYS CONGRESS NEEDS TO `EMBRACE' ENERGY REVOLUTION
- *MCCONNELL SAYS KEYSTONE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES ARE 'STUNNING'
- *MCCONNELL SAYS SENATE DEMOCRATS CALLING HIM, WANT AMENDMENTS
- *MCCONNELL SAYS HE'LL PURSUE TAX REFORM; OBAMA INTERESTED IN IT
- *MCCONNELL SAYS ONLY ONE DEMOCRAT COUNTS: OBAMA
- *MCCONNELL SAYS GRIDLOCK, DYSFUNCTION IN SENATE CAN BE ENDED
- *MCCONNELL SAYS SENATE WILL BE ADDRESSING OBAMACARE PROVISIONS
- *MCCONNELL SAYS GOP TO USE SPENDING PROCESS TO FIGHT BUREAUCRACY
Mitch McConnell is due to speak at 1400ET
