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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks to his office from the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, after making plans to begin debate on the Keystone XL pipeline bill which cleared the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee earlier. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell to Obama: GOP can help you hit your ‘historic achievement’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Obama on Tuesday hosted members from Capitol Hill including (from left) House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican; House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat; House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican; and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. The leaders discussed a range of issues and sought areas of agreement in the White House meeting. (Associated Press)

Congress leaders, Obama seek cooperation in White House meeting

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Mitch McConnell, Obama are ‘cordial, but not much more than that’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama has issued a veto threat on the Keystone measure. He also promised to veto a bill to repeal Obamacare's 30-hour workweek definition and legislation that includes a two-year delay of Dodd-Frank financial reform regulations that require banks to segregate taxpayer-insured funds from money that the banks use for risky investments. (Associated Press)

Obama veto threats key to Democrats’ strategy under Republican majority

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., asserts an objection to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a Democratic sponsor of the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline bill, as the committee met to advance the controversial project, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sanders, who sits with the Democrats, wanted an amendment to put Congress on the record about their beliefs on climates change and whether they agree with the international scientific community that climate change is real or not. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats launch first filibuster of the year on Keystone

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy (Associated Press) **FILE**

EPA delays rule to cut carbon from new coal power plants

By Dina Cappiello - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pursuing an ambitious agenda and says President Obama must encourage bipartisan solutions. (Associated Press)

Gridlock in Congress rekindled quickly despite Democrat, Republican calls for cooperation

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mitch McConnell: Obama will determine how much new Congress works

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said President Obama would reject the Keystone and Obamacare bills if they reach his desk and blamed Republican leaders for forcing early showdowns with the president. (Associated Press)

Obama will veto Keystone bill, White House says

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

High expectations: Mitch McConnell has many challenges ahead. He will have to find a way to work with the White House, Senate Democrats and the conservative wing of his own party. (Associated Press)

Mitch McConnell, new Senate majority leader, equipped to succeed in tough job

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Roger Wicker, Mississippi Republican (Associated Press)

GOP: Senate will take tough votes, work five-day weeks ‘like the rest of America’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2014 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans remain in charge of the House, but it won’t be the same Republicans leading many committees. Boehner is poised to run the chamber for the fifth straight year, but nine committees are getting new heads, providing an opportunity for fresh faces to make an impact on issues such as defense, government spending and taxes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP to focus Congress on the economy: ‘Serious adults are in charge here’

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 1, 2014 file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. Paul is taking online digs at potential GOP rival Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. over President Barack Obama's new Cuba policy. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Rand Paul hints at 2016 run in ‘Festivus’ grievances

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2014 file-pool photo, Defense Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to U.S. troops at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. It may be only 2015 but the year ahead is likely to be filled with 2016 presidential politics. Plus, fights between Congress and President Barack Obama. Plus, a further ramp-up in wars that were supposed to be winding down. A look ahead at what’s in store from Washington in the year ahead. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, File-Pool)

Politics, shotgun marriage in government, war loom in 2015

Associated Press

Former Kentucky democratic senatorial candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes addresses a group of supporters during a rally in Highland Heights, Ky., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) ** FILE **

Alison Lundergan Grimes: ‘There’s a bigger plan in store’ after loss to Mitch McConnell

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., talks about his agenda for a GOP-controlled Congress during an interview with The Associated Press at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. McConnell says approving the Keystone XL pipeline will top the Senate agenda in January. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP Interview: McConnell wants to stop coal rules

By Erica Werner - Associated Press

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, says approving the Keystone XL pipeline will top the Senate agenda in January. Congressional Republicans have been pushing for approval of the pipeline for years. President Obama has resisted because of environmental concerns. (Associated Press Photographs)

Senate clears $81B tax-break package

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In a Dec. 3, 2012 file photo, crews work on construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline near County Road 363 and County Road 357, east of Winona, Texas. In the run-up to a razor-thin vote, Sen. Mary Landrieu beseeched fellow Democrats on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, to provide the support necessary to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. (AP Photo/Tyler Morning Telegraph, Sarah A. Miller, File)

Keystone pipeline will be job No. 1 for GOP-run Senate

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Kentucky Senators Rand Paul, left, and Mitch McConnell address the media during a news conference following Mr. McConnell's victory in the republican primary on May 23 in Louisville, Ky. Columnist Christine O'Donnell says all Republicans must work together as both Tea Partyers and establishment Republicans need an attitude adjustment. (Associated Press)

Mitch McConnell: ‘Almost certainly’ endorsing Rand Paul in 2016

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. From left behind McConnell are Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Republican Policy Committee chairman, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Senate Republican Conference chairman, and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: We’ll make ‘every effort’ to repeal Obamacare

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times