Senator Mitch McConnell

Republican  •  Kentucky  •  5th Term  •  Sworn In 1985
Current Term 2009 - 2014 View All
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11/15/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

Sen. Mitch mcconnell (R-Minority Leader) on “Fox News Sunday” “It looks to me like the administration's going to do this, they sort of seem hell bent to do ...

Source: CNN Political Ticker
11/15/09
Hutchison prepares to fight on two fronts

GALVESTON — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison acknowledged on Saturday that she's going to miss some votes in Washington over the next four months as she tries to unseat Gov. Rick Perry in the March Republican primary. "I'm not going to miss

11/15/09
Sen. McConnell On Gitmo, Health Care, Afghanistan & 2010

...Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) on bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US, health care and Afghanistan. Sen. McConnell says he is unsure if 60 Senators would vote for the health care bill. To comment on this video or click the "Comments" link below. S

11/15/09
Are Detainees Heading to Illinois?

...plan, saying bringing Guantanamo prisoners to the state would make it a target for terrorist attacks. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told "Fox News Sunday" that he expects Illinois residents and lawmakers to object and that he and his colleagues

Source: FOX News
11/15/09
Giuliani, GOP, criticize NY trials of alleged terrorists while Democrats defend decision

WASHINGTON - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and other Republicans said Sunday that putting suspected terrorists on trial in New York created unnecessary security issues and indicated the Obama administration's skewed take on the "war on

11/15/09
Conrad: Health Care Reform Can't Pass Without Abortion Restriction

On the eve of the Senate debate over health care reform, a leading Democratic moderate predicted Sunday that reform legislation wont pass if it doesnt include a controversial measure to restrict abortion funding. What is clear is that for this bill to

Source: Roll Call
11/15/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL, R-KY.: Good morning, Chris. WALLACE: I want to ask you one question to button up the conversation we had in the first segment. ...

Source: FOXNews
11/14/09
Republicans react to decision to hold 9/11 trials in civilian court

Friday's decision "sends a mixed message about America's resolve in the fight against terrorism," said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). "We must bring terrorists ...

Source: Newsday
11/14/09
Weekend Talk Shows

(N) 8 am CNN Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Healthcare reform; President Obama's Asia trip; Afghanistan: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). ...

Source: Los Angeles Times
11/14/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

How do you know it wasn't a stupid right wing ultra-con who couldn't stand seeing John Boehner or Mitch mcconnell as a bobblehead? ...

Source: CNET News
11/14/09
Afghanistan, healthcare on Sunday shows

...Hoekstra has accused the White House of hiding information about the attacks. "Fox News Sunday" will host Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who's also likely to touch on the terror trials and Fort Hood, but will also provide a glimpse of t

Source: The Hill
11/13/09
GOP leaders wanted

I mean, who is following (Sen.) John Cornyn or (Rep.) Pete Sessions or Boehner, Mitch mcconnell, etc.? No one. And they have lost control of the base of the ...

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
11/13/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said bringing the suspects from Guantanamo into the US would put "Americans unnecessarily at risk". ...

Source: BBC News
11/13/09
Senate Republican leader visits Murray

United States Sen. Mitch mcconnell told an audience in Murray State University's Curris Center Ballroom Thursday that the public is ...

Source: Murray Ledger and Times
11/13/09
RONNIE ELLIS: Candidates and voters want it both ways

...who is adored by the people who gather at those Tea Parties. But DeMint might be interested in challenging Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell as Republican Leader in the Senate. So, Paul hedged when WHAS-TV reporter Joe Arnold asked if he would support McCon

11/13/09
For Hutchison, political cover from GOP Senate leaders Cornyn and McConnell

... Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., also lauded Hutchison, a former member of the GOP leadership team, for staying put. "Throughout her career, Senator Hutchison ...

Source: Dallas Morning News
11/13/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell (R) isn't happy with the decision by Attorney General Eric Holder to bring the terror suspects to ...

Source: WAVE
11/13/09
US Sen. Mitch mcconnell Visits Campbellsville University

He autographed copies of the John David Dyche autobiography of mcconnell titled "Republican Leader: Political Biography of Senator Mitch mcconnell. ...

Source: ReadMedia (press release)
11/13/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

KY-Sen: A strange kerfuffle erupted in the GOP primary in Kentucky, when Rand Paul earlier this week declined to promise to support Mitch mcconnell for ...

Source: Swing State Project
11/13/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said bringing the suspects from Guantanamo into the US was would put "Americans unnecessarily at risk". ...

Source: BBC News
11/13/09
Georgia's senators dubious of Democratic health care plan

... which is the cost of health care," said Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. For example, Chambliss along with Sen. Lindsey Graham, RS. ...

Source: McClatchy Washington Bureau
11/13/09
Weekend TV Talk Shows

(N) 8 am CNN Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Healthcare reform; President Obama's Asia trip; Afghanistan: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). ...

Source: Los Angeles Times
11/13/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

... which is the cost of health care," said Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. For example, Chambliss along with Sen. Lindsey Graham, RS. ...

Source: McClatchy Washington Bureau
11/13/09
Congress digging in for long haul

In Kentucky, calls to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Rep. Geoff Davis, R-Hebron, are running heavily in support of the Republican ...

Source: Cincinnati.com
11/13/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

Senator Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, called the decision "misguided." In May, House Republicans introduced legislation aimed at ...

Source: Reuters
11/13/09
Big interviews: Joe Biden on 'The Daily Show,' Hillary Clinton on 'Meet the ...

"Fox News Sunday" will welcome former New York Mayor Giuliani, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Sen. Jack Reed, DR.I., and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the ...

Source: Orlando Sentinel
11/13/09
New Funds Surface for Kentucky Lock and Dam

Senator Mitch McConnell worked to recently get $945000 in federal funding for the project. "Having toured the site first hand earlier this year, ...

Source: WKMS
11/13/09
Grassley: GOP looking to keep Senate health debate going 'a few weeks'

A number of amendments are expected to be offered to Reid's health bill, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said the debate should take "weeks ...

Source: The Hill
11/13/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

... Mitch mcconnell, R-Ky., also lauded Hutchison, a former member of the GOP leadership team, for staying put. "Throughout her career, Senator Hutchison ...

Source: Dallas Morning News
11/13/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH); Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT). • Fox News Sunday: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY); ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)

Official website: http://mcconnell.senate.gov/
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361-a Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2541
Fax: 202-224-2499

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