Senator Mitch McConnell

Republican  •  Kentucky  •  5th Term  •  Sworn In 1985
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11/13/09
Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!

Memo to Mitch McConnell: We were terrorized. We got over it. So get over it! LATE UPDATE: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is in my living room holding my partner ...

Source: Daily Kos (blog)
11/13/09
Congressional Republicans Furious Over Decision to Try Gitmo Detainees

Few if any congressional Republicans, other than Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, have shown any willingness to work with the administration to ...

Source: CQPolitics.com
11/13/09
Letters: Israel's integrity is beyond question

... Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Senate Minority leader Mitch mcconnell of Ky., and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking Republican Sen. ...

Source: OCRegister
11/13/09
For your viewing pleasure...

D., and Judd Gregg, RNH Topics: health care, Afghanistan, with Senate Republican leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; swine flu, with Dr. Anthony Fauci, ...

Source: Minnesota Public Radio
11/13/09
Rand Paul vs. Mitch McConnell, Accidentally

...impact of Senate candidate Rand Paul’s honest, impolitic statement that he’d consider backing Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) over Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). The latter man would, of course, be Paul’s colleague from Kentucky if he does make it to the

11/13/09
Georgia's senators dubious of Democratic health care plan

...will be offering amendments that ... target the real problem, which is the cost of health care," said Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. For example, Chambliss along with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has a introduced "loser pays" legislation t

Source: McClatchy
11/13/09
Tom Andrews: Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, others to finally face justice in NYC

... This will prove that Liz and Dick Cheney, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner and their cohorts have been engaging in pure politics. Contrary to what they've said, transferring detainees to the US to face justice and punishment will be secure, safe, and stro

11/13/09
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

...Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Judd Gregg, R-N.H.; Gov. Brian Schweitzer, D-Mont. "Fox News Sunday" - Giuliani; Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease

11/13/09
Live video: McConnell on Gitmo trials

...Sen. Minority Whip Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, , was scheduled to make comments at 4 p.m. Friday about the Obama administration's decision to try some 911 terrorist supsects in civilian courts in New York. The White Houses decision today to bring the 9/11 pl

11/12/09
Underdogs' Senate Bids Pressure GOP

...presidential candidate Ron Paul, is ahead in fund raising. He is competing with a candidate backed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, also of Kentucky. The candidate, Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, has now taken to criticizing some of

11/12/09
Grayson assails Paul for refusing to commit to McConnell

...for being an effective public servant for Kentucky and pledged his support for him. I will absolutely vote to keep Sen. Mitch McConnell as GOP leader. I will always put Kentucky first, he said. David Adams, Paul's campaign manager, called Grayson's atta

11/12/09
Cost Control Issues Take Center Stage In Health Care Reform

Cost issues continue to receive attention as bipartisan support emerges on the Hill for a commission to control health care costs. Kaiser Health News reports: "The drive on Capitol Hill to create a bipartisan entitlement and tax reform commission to

11/12/09
Tentative Agreement Reached With Oklahoma Lawmaker Stalling Veterans' Health Bill

...supporting war funding while blocking health care funding for veterans. ... [Coburn] sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), saying that the Caregiver and Veterans Services Act of 2009 needs to be fully debated" because of its f

11/12/09
Business Aviation News & Notes

...and 34 Senate cosigners sent a letter late last week to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), urging passage of full FAA reauthorization by the end of this year, reports the Aviation Week Intelligence Ne

Source: Aviation Week
11/12/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

Churchill Downs Inc. has hired a gambling industry lobbyist with ties to Kentucky lawmakers Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Ed Whitfield. ...

Source: Kentucky.com
11/12/09
Underdogs' Senate Bids Put Pressure on GOP

He is competing with a candidate backed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, also of Kentucky. The candidate, Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
11/12/09
McConnell cuts ribbon for Murray Industrial Park

MURRAY, KY (wkms) - Kentucky US Senator Mitch McConnell visited Murray Thursday, November 12th, to cut the ribbon to the new Murray Calloway County ...

Source: WKMS
11/12/09
Why Are Hawkish Lawmakers Willing To Pay For An Escalation Of The War But Not ...

[9/13/09, 10/26/09] – Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has complained that passing health care legislation would “expand government spending even more,” while ...

Source: Think Progress
11/12/09
'Special Report' Panel on Obama's Pending Decision and Health Care

MITCH MCCONNELL, R-KY., SENATE MINORITY LEADER: What I understand is this is yet another 1000-page bill not supported by any Republicans. ...

Source: FOXNews
11/11/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

US Senator Mitch mcconnell of Kentucky and his wife, former US Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, have formally dedicated an archive at the University of ...

Source: WFPL
11/11/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

... a special assistant to former President George W. Bush and campaign adviser for Kentucky US Sen. Mitch McConnell's successful re-election bid last year. ...

Source: The Associated Press
11/11/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

D., and Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, said they'd attempt to attach their plan to must-pass legislation raising the government's debt ceiling ...

Source: MiamiHerald.com
11/11/09
Underdogs' Senate Bids Put Pressure on GOP

He is competing with a candidate backed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, also of Kentucky. The candidate, Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
11/11/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) slammed Dodd's effort, saying it “is yet another thousand-page bill, not support by any Republicans. ...

Source: The Hill
11/11/09
John E. Sununu goes silent after leaving bailout panel

Sununu, appointed to the panel last December by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, resigned in August. There was no official announcement of his ...

Source: Muckety
11/11/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

Senate GOP Leader Mitch mcconnell (Ky.) and National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) have both warned Democrats that ...

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

McCain also helped dedicate a new U of L archive housing the papers of Sen. Mitch McConnell and his wife, former US Labor Secretary Elaine Chao.

Source: WFPL
11/11/09
Cost control issues take center stage in health care reform

D., and Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, say they will attempt to attach their plan to must-pass legislation raising the government's debt ...

Source: News-Medical.net
11/11/09
Ron Paul's son borrows tactics for Ky. Senate bid

...strategist who served as a special assistant to former President George W. Bush and campaign adviser for Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's successful re-election bid last year. Rand Paul has lived in Kentucky for 18 years, but has never run for offic

11/11/09
RE: Mitch McConnell

McCain also helped dedicate a new U of L archive housing the papers of Sen. Mitch McConnell and his wife, former US Labor Secretary Elaine Chao.

Source: WFPL

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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