Tomorrow, Sen. Jeff Cornyn is scheduled to attend, "Margaritas and Mariachi," a National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) fundraiser—the same day we might see a cloture vote on the financial overhaul legislation.

ThinkProgress.org reports that this morning Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the Senate floor to announce his opposition to financial reform legislation. Sen. McConnell’s speech comes just one day after Fox News reported that Sen. McConnell held a private meeting last week with leading Wall Street executives and hedge fund managers. Also at the meeting was Sen. John Cornyn, who as chair of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, is one of the party’s lead fundraisers.

Today, Public Campaign Action Fund's Campaign Money Watch launched a new site aimed at educating voters about Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) opposition to campaign finance reform and his favors for campaign donors. For the next few weeks, we'll be posting stories highlighting some of McConnell's greatest hits.

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his wife, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao seem to be collaborating on blocking laws that would make work a little safer for coal miners. Depressing, but hardly surprising: McConnell is far and away the favorite Senator of the coal mining industry. They've given him over $100,000 in campaign contributions in the last year alone, nearly $20,000 more than any other Senator according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

The Senate just passed the FISA bill, passed by the House last month that gives telecommunications companies immunity from prosecution for their involvement in government wiretapping of their customers without a warrant. Why the eagerness in Congress to hand over a big "get out of jail free" card to AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint? Our David Donnelly and Political Base's Mark Nickolas authored this op-ed for the Louisville Courier-Journal suggesting it's as simple as following the money.

Wait, is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) combating legislation to create new carbon emission standards because it'll hurt oil company profits, or is he fighting the bill as a political maneuver to get revenge for Democrats holding up judicial nominations? When fighting legislation to make corporate interests happy, it's so hard to keep those flimsy excuses straight.