Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been overruled by President Trump in some talks with Democrats. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)“It’s not so much their power as their ability to influence the president,” said former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele. “Paul and Mitch,” more formally House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), were not invited. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) spoke on Sept. 14 about President Trump’s discussion with Democrats on DACA and border security. Joe Manchin III (W.Va.) and Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) has put Senate Republicans on more perilous terrain heading into 2018.

Source: Washington Post September 15, 2017 17:34 UTC