Business lobbyists see potential new risks for corporate interests on Capitol Hill when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves his leadership spot in November.
Even if the Kentucky Republican’s successor hails from a small pool of expected candidates, the shift will inject uncertainty into the Senate’s agenda and comes amid a changing Republican Party, one that doesn’t always have business interests in mind.
McConnell’s announcement Wednesday that he would be stepping down from leadership did not surprise GOP lobbyists but hit home that they will have to grapple with the loss of key ally of the business community by year’s ...