Senator Mitch McConnell

Republican  •  Kentucky  •  5th Term  •  Sworn In 1985
Current Term 2009 - 2014 View All
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02/05/07
Both Parties Lash Out at Bush's Budget Plan

US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell released the following statement today. “President Bush has put forth a budget that continues pro-growth ...

Source: WBKO, KY
02/06/07
GOP Minority Has Power to Run Senate

The deadlock came after Democrats refused a proposal by Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, that would have cleared the way for a ...

Source: RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA
02/07/07
PBS "NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER" INTERVIEW WITH SENATE MINORITY ...

We begin with the Republicans. We get the view of Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader. I spoke with him a short time ago. ...

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02/07/07
—On the Iraq Resolution in the Senate—

And what Mitch McConnell and the Republicans are going to hold out for . . . will be a vote on three different things and it looks as though Judd Gregg's ...

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02/07/07
GOP Losing Another PR War?

Mitch McConnell previously insisted he won't "allow a vote on the resolution of no confidence" without a vote on two other resolutions. ...

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02/07/07
GOP Advisers Press Boehner to Be More Aggressive

... are urging that the GOP instead follow the pattern of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has aggressively moved on several fronts, ...

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02/07/07
PETRAEUS BECOMES BUSH FRONT MAN

With the Senate about to debate President Bush's troop increase, Petraeus was set up last week in the office of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). ...

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02/08/07
President Bush's Job Performance Continues to be Viewed Negatively

New Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell draws just a 19 percent positive rating and a 42 percent negative one. His House counterpart, John Boehner, ...

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02/08/07
McConnell Puts on Blinders on Presidential Public Financing

... the leading national group advocating full public financing of elections, strongly criticized Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today for his published op- ...

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02/08/07
Who Won In the Senate?

Listening to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell boast last weekend that he had the votes to prevent closing off Senate debate on Iraq, Republicans opposing ...

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02/08/07
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Summarizes Op-Eds Related to the ...

Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Wall Street Journal : The Medicare drug benefit "has exceeded every expectation," because "[n]ot only is the program more popular ...

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02/08/07
GOP squelches Iraq debate War opponents declare, ‘We will not be ...

Mitch McConnell’s motion to quash the debate. “Senator Warner voted to filibuster his own resolution,” said Moira Mack, spokeswoman for Americans Against ...

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02/09/07
INSIDE REPORT

WASHINGTON - Listening to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell last weekend boast he had the votes to prevent closing Senate debate on Iraq, ...

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02/09/07
US Secretary of Labor to Speak at Sweet Briar College’s 98th ...

She is married to US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Sweet Briar professor of government and Louisville native Barbara Perry is ...

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02/10/07
Iraq Resolution Typifies Rift in Senate

and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have emerged as the Senate's odd couple, the even-tempered McConnell hurling parliamentary brickbats at the ...

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02/10/07
Republicans blocking debate? Look again

According to Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the US mission in Iraq is the most important issue facing the country. ...

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02/11/07
Transcript: Senate Minority Leader McConnell on 'FNS'

SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL, R-KY.: Well, I think he also indicated there was no wrongdoing there. And frankly, rehashing what happened four ...

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02/11/07
Sunday Show Wrap-Up

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed his bemusement with the media coverage of the resolution debates in the Senate. ...

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02/11/07
GUESTS: SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY); SENATOR JACK REED (D-R1)

WALLACE: With us now to talk about the congressional debate about what to do next in Iraq, is the Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, ...

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02/12/07
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Summarizes Op-Eds Related To The ...

Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Wall Street Journal : The Medicare drug benefit "has exceeded every expectation," because "[n]ot only is the program more popular ...

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02/12/07
Iran role in violence on US troops not certain

On the Republican side, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the Senate, said the US "will take the appropriate action" to protect US troops in ...

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02/13/07
McConnell Sets a New Tone for Senate Republicans

But now Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is the Minority Leader. He has 49 votes, 45 of which usually are conservative. So Reid brings up the non-binding ...

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02/13/07
Who's Blocking What?

According to Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the US mission in Iraq is the most important issue facing the country. ...

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02/13/07
McConnell Senate leadership: Likely significant change

But now Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is the Minority Leader. He has 49 votes, 45 of which usually are conservative. So Reid brings up the non-binding ...

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02/14/07
McConnell Senate Leadership: Likely Significant Change

Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.) is the minority leader. He has 49 votes, 45 of which usually are conservative. So Reid brings up the non-binding resolution ...

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02/15/07
First glance

Warner told reporters recently that Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had assured him that there ultimately would be a vote on his resolution: “I voted ...

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02/15/07
Americans deserve real debate on war

Yet Senate Republicans, led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, blocked its consideration. Democrats and a few moderate Republicans cried foul. ...

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02/16/07
House Resolution on Iraq Passes, 246-182

On Fox News today, the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, complained that Democrats were refusing to allow consideration of an alternative resolution ...

Source: Cincinnati Enquirer
02/16/07
FOX NEWS INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY)

... Senator Dick Durbin on that topic in a few moments. First, though, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, is my guest now. ...

Source: Federal News Service (subscription), DC
02/17/07
Senate Blocks Iraq War Resolution Debate

"A vote in support of the troops that is silent on the question of funds is an attempt to have it both ways," said Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, ...

Source: ABC News

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Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2541
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