So now, faced with his own limit at the end of next year, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) is considering leaving behind his whip job to become director of the FBI, having interviewed with Attorney ...

Over his 22 years in Congress, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has amassed untold power within the Republican Party, serving on ...

Democrats last carried Texas in a presidential election 49 years ago, last elected a U.S. senator there in 1986 and have lost all statewide elections since 1994. Texas Republicans could, however, ...

WASHINGTON — It was a bittersweet moment Wednesday for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a frequent presence on the Senate floor who was speaking to his colleagues for the last time as majority whip.

John Cornyn has amassed untold power within the Republican Party ... During Trump’s first term, Cornyn served as the Senate whip, McConnell’s second-in-command tasked with counting votes and ...

Backers of legislation overhauling the federal criminal justice system believe Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn has become an obstacle to passage of the bill, a top legislative priority for ...

As majority whip, John Cornyn has tangled often with the tea party. He has championed pragmatic floor tactics and was an architect of the GOP’s successful drive to broaden its Senate footprint ...

So far, Cornyn’s only competition is Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD), 63, who holds the No. 2 Republican post in the Senate and tossed his hat in the ring earlier this week.

Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) has crisscrossed the country this month to campaign with Senate GOP incumbents and challengers, hoping to lock down the votes he needs to put him over the t… ...

— -- Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn expects to have enough of his fellow Republicans' support to push through a health care vote this week and then pass legislation that would repeal and ...

In March Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) appeared at an event in Atlanta, and publicly endorsed U.S. intervention in Syria. Then President Obama expressed support for military strikes ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn of Texas was unanimously chosen on Thursday to become the Senate Republican Whip for the 114th Congress, making him the right-hand man to Majority Leader Mitch ...