Senator Mitch McConnell

Republican  •  Kentucky  •  5th Term  •  Sworn In 1985
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11/22/09
eddobloggo: Live from D.C. it's Saturday Night

...a vote to proceed on this bill is a vote for higher premiums, higher taxes, and massive cuts to Medicare," Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky added to the Ohio senator's remarks. "That’s a pretty hard thing to justify supporting.” Senato

Source: Town Hall
11/22/09
Lawmakers Say More Needs to Be Done on Jobs, Economy

“Rather than passing this job-killing health-care bill, why don't we concentrate on getting the economy in better shape,” Sen. Mitch mcconnell (R., Ky. ...

Source: Wall Street Journal (blog)
11/22/09
Alexander: Democrats' health bill shows arrogance

"If you expect [Senate Minority Leader] Mitch McConnell to roll in a wheelbarrow with a Republican 2000-page bill, it's not going to happen,” he said on ...

Source: Politico
11/22/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

The Republican leader, Sen. Mitch mcconnell of Kentucky, said the vote was anything but procedural _ casting it as a referendum on the bill itself, ...

Source: Napa Valley Register
11/22/09
Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill

Senate GOP leader Mitch mcconnell said the lingering reservations by moderate Democrats indicate that the party's leaders have gone too far. ...

Source: Longview Daily News
11/22/09
What might result from a national airing of Ensign's dirty laundry

... the senator did — and so will many of their constituents who might wonder why Mitch mcconnell & Co. continue to condone his actions with their silence. ...

Source: Las Vegas Sun
11/22/09
TPMDC Sunday Roundup

Appearing on State of the Union, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blasted the Democratic leadership. "Well, we don't often ignore the wishes of ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)
11/22/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL, MINORITY LEADER: If there's one Democrat, just one of our friends on the other side of the aisle, just one who would say no tonight, ...

Source: CNN
11/22/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

“We feel that we ought to go step-by-step,” Sen. Mitch mcconnell of Kentucky said Sunday on cnn's State of the Union. mcconnell added that Republicans don't ...

Source: CNN Political Ticker
11/21/09
Senators in the `Party of Noooooooooo!' must now face the debate that ...

The Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said the vote (to allow the health-care reform bill to the floor for debate) was anything but ...

Source: Chicago Tribune
11/21/09
Notes From Washington | Bayh, health care reform, and a poll

Rove's pick for first place is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “The GOP will be judged this year by what it opposes in Congress and how it ...

Source: Louisville Courier-Journal
11/21/09
Trying terrorists in civilian court is a huge mistake

Sen. Mitch mcconnell, R-Ky., said “There are courtrooms at Guantanamo, there is a military commission system set up for the very purpose of trying these ...

Source: Bowling Green Daily News
11/21/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

What set off Reid's comment: Senator minority leader Mitch mcconnell (R., Ky.) had cited a Broder column on health care, calling the longtime Post writer “a ...

Source: National Review Online (blog)
11/21/09
Sen. Mitch McConnell To Address Health Care Bill

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Source: WLKY.com
11/21/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

The Reid bill is partly paid for by slashing Medicare, said Senate minority leader Mitch mcconnell (R) of Kentucky in a speech on the Senate floor on ...

Source: ABC News
11/21/09
Dems have 60 for health care; Lincoln a 'yes'

...conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, shows copy of the Democratic health care reform bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in W

11/21/09
Sunday talk show tip sheet

Chuck Schumer, Joe Lieberman and Mitch McConnell hit the talk show circuit this Sunday. Photo: AP Just hours after ...

Source: Politico
11/21/09
Senate Democrats seal 60-vote majority to push forward historic health care bill

...provisions and made it look less costly as a result. He put the true price tag at $2.5 trillion over a decade once implemented. "Senators who support this bill have a lot of explaining to do," said the Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky

11/21/09
Late TV Listings

Guests: Senator Mitch McConnell, minority leader; Democratic strategist James Carville; Republican strategist Mary Matalin. 9 am (CNN) This Week With George ...

Source: Boston Globe
11/21/09
Weekend Talk Shows

Healthcare debate: Afghanistan; New York terrorism trials: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). (N) 6 am CNN CBS News Sunday Morning Evolution of macaroni and ...

Source: Los Angeles Times
11/21/09
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

...Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, gestures during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. From left are, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R

Source: Boston Globe
11/20/09
Health Care Bill As Important As Civil Rights Act, Creation of Social Security ...

... tax increases and Medicare cuts to pay for more government, Sen. Mitch McConnell said. McConnell says the true cost of the Senate bill -- over 10 years, ...

Source: CNSNews.com
11/19/09
Congress: Reid gets his score

...Barack Obama and his allies on one side and Republicans, outnumbered but unflinching, on the other.” Delay, delay, delay? Mitch McConnell’s response: “Now it's America's turn, and this will not be a short debate.” The DNC says it’s “calling

Source: MSNBC
11/19/09
Historic debate set for Senate health bill

...of Obama's longtime goal of signing legislation by year's end. "This bill has been behind closed doors for weeks," said Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader. "Now, it's America's turn, and this will not be a short debate. Higher pre

11/19/09
Byrd sets record after 56 years, 18,000 votes

...me not to get a big head.” It wasn’t immediately clear why the Republicans were absent for Byrd’s big moment. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, had saluted Byrd’s “astonishing” record of service in a floor speech earlier

11/19/09
Critical early vote looms for Senate's health bill

...of the Senate's 40 Republicans are expected to try to block the measure from coming to the floor for a vote. Minority leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., blasted the Democrats' bill as "yet another trillion-dollar experiment." Robert Schroeder is a re

Source: MarketWatch
11/19/09
Senate unveils its health reform plan

...reduction are encouraging.” Republicans, who have bitterly opposed similar initiatives, vowed to fight; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky called it a “yet another trillion-dollar experiment,” and vowed “this will not be a short

11/19/09
McConnell Says Health Care Bill is a Tough Pill to Swallow

... will actually go up, not down as a result of this mammoth effort to rewrite one-sixth of our economy," says Sen. Mitch McConnell, (R) Minority Leader. ...

Source: WBKO
11/18/09
Robert C. Byrd Becomes Longest Serving Congress Member

...people of West Virginia, and the Byrd family in celebrating this historic occasion. Senator Byrd, congratulations," said Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Minority Leader. "By virtue of his endurance, Robert Byrd has known and worked with many of th

Source: WBOY-TV
11/18/09
Byrd becomes longest-serving Congress member

...Byrd's big moment, unaware that he was speaking or of the impending resolution vote, said a spokesman for Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah was the first Republican to rush in as the three dozen Democrats assembled

Source: Miami Herald

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