Bill Straub: For want of a wall, for a temper tantrum, for dodging responsibility — is government lost?
For want of a wall, the government was lost, at least partially, and it doesn’t look like the darn thing…
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Bill Straub: Count the ways Sen. Mitch McConnell can’t be trusted; another stopgap measure looms
The immediate, knee-jerk reaction many people have when asked if they have faith in someone on the opposite side of…
Bill Straub: With Ryan stuck on entitlements, is McConnell ready to work with Dems on infrastructure
WASHINGTON – One thing that can be said about Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root and Branch’’ McConnell, to paraphrase the…
More than 1 million signatures on gun control petition delivered to Sen. McConnell’s Ft. Wright office
Just days after the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history took the lives of 58 Americans, more than one…
Bill Straub: Planned Parenthood provides important service and Republicans can’t make that go away
WASHINGTON – For years, right-wing lawmakers in Washington and Frankfort have been pursuing Planned Parenthood in the same way Wile…
Bill Straub: Trump’s volatile first two weeks — a word of advice — better steel yourself and get used to it
WASHINGTON – There comes a time in the affairs of man, as W.C. Fields once put it, when he must…
Bill Straub: As bad as Trump has been, GOP is likely to survive and thrive even after potential debacle
WASHINGTON – Kentucky’s elected Republicans are showing why none of their members can expect to be included in any future…
Bill Straub: Sum of Trump’s missteps still not enough to shake McConnell’s blind support
WASHINGTON – There simply is no polite way to say this: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed, and wants…