M000355 1942-02-20 12359 361-a Russell Senate Office Building http://mcconnell.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm 202-224-2499 Mitch 'r':4 'ky':5 'sen':1 'mitch':2,6,8 'mcconnel':3,7,9 M 300072 McConnell Mitch_McConnell Sen. Mitch McConnell [R, KY] 6398 N00003389 11509 Republican 202-224-2541 Baptist KY Mitch McConnell 2.71641791044776 http://mcconnell.senate.gov/ RepublicanLeader 300072 Person congress Thu Nov 19 11:19:52 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'dnc':44 'get':3 'one':12 'say':45 'alli':10 'call':48 'reid':2 'side':13 'turn':34 'debat':42 'delay':22,23,24 'mitch':25 'msnbc':49 'obama':7 'score':5 'short':41 'barack':6 'america':32 'outnumb':16 'respons':28 'congress':1 'mcconnel':26 'unflinch':18 'republican':15 6737218 true true daylife MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ OK http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/19/2131874.aspx 300072 Person republican Thu Nov 19 11:19:53 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'vow':17,37 'yet':30 'call':27 'plan':6 'anoth':31 'fight':19 'initi':16 'minor':21 'mitch':23 'oppos':14 'senat':1,20 'short':43 'bitter':13 'dollar':34 'experi':35 'health':4 'leader':22 'reduct':7 'reform':5 'unveil':2 'similar':15 'encourag':9 'kentucki':26 'mcconnel':24 'trillion':33 'republican':10 'kansascity.com':44 'trillion-dollar':32 6737221 true true daylife KansasCity.com http://www.kansascity.com/ OK http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/1579489.html 300072 Person republican Wed Nov 18 22:25:52 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'end':19 'pre':53 'sen':30 'set':3 'bill':7,21 'door':26 'goal':12 'lake':55 'said':29 'salt':54 'sign':14 'turn':43 'week':28 'year':17 'close':25 'debat':2,51 'mitch':31 'obama':9 'senat':5 'short':50 'behind':24 'health':6 'higher':52 'histor':1 'leader':37 'legisl':15 'tribun':56 'america':41 'longtim':11 'kentucki':34 'mcconnel':32 'republican':36 6734744 true true daylife Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/ OK http://www.sltrib.com/ci_13818710?source=rss 300072 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 11:19:53 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'r':38 '40':14 'ky':39 're':55 'sen':34 'tri':19 'yet':45 'bill':9,43 'come':25 'loom':4 'r-ki':37 'vote':3,31 'anoth':46 'blast':40 'block':21 'earli':2 'floor':28 'minor':32 'mitch':35 'senat':6,12 'critic':1 'dollar':49 'expect':17 'experi':50 'health':8 'leader':33 'measur':23 'robert':51 'democrat':42 'mcconnel':36 'trillion':48 'schroeder':52 'republican':15 'marketwatch':56 'trillion-dollar':47 6737220 true true daylife MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com/news/default.asp?siteID=mktw OK http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~3/nj_LwZUlzwo/rss.asp 300072 Person republican Thu Nov 19 11:19:53 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 '18':7 '56':5 '000':8 'big':15,30 'get':13 'sen':33 'set':2 'byrd':1,28,41 'head':16 'vote':9 'wasn':18 'year':6 'clear':21 'floor':49 'mitch':34 'salut':40 'absent':26 'gazett':54 'immedi':20 'leader':38 'moment':31 'record':3,44 'servic':46 'speech':50 'earlier':51 'worcest':52 'astonish':43 'kentucki':32 'mcconnel':35 'telegram':53 'republican':24,37 6737219 true true daylife Worcester Telegram & Gazette http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage OK http://www.telegram.com/article/20091119/NEWS/911190662/1052/RSS01&source=rss 300072 Person congress Wed Nov 18 22:25:52 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'c':2 'r':30 'ky':31 'th':49 'tv':52 'sen':26 'byrd':3,15,23,41 'mani':47 'r-ki':29 'said':25 'serv':6 'wboy':51 'west':11 'work':45 'becom':4 'endur':39 'known':43 'minor':33 'mitch':27 'occas':21 'peopl':9 'senat':22,32 'virtu':36 'celebr':18 'famili':16 'histor':20 'leader':34 'member':8 'robert':1,40 'longest':5 'wboy-tv':50 'congress':7 'mcconnel':28 'virginia':12 'congratul':24 6734741 true true daylife WBOY-TV http://www.wboy.com/ OK http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=70582 300072 Person congress Wed Nov 18 11:18:45 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...record to baseball’s Cal Ripken Jr. breaking Lou Gehrig’s consecutive-games record of 2,130 in 1995.  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., recalled Byrd’s much storied floor speeches about the history of the U.S. Senate, which Byrd did '2':28 'r':38 'jr':18 'ky':39 '130':29 'cal':16 'lou':20 'u.s':52 'usa':57 '1995':31 'byrd':4,41,55 'game':25 'much':43 'r-ki':37 'serv':8 'becom':5 'break':19 'floor':45 'minor':33 'mitch':35 'recal':40 'senat':32,53 'stori':44 'today':58 'gehrig':21 'leader':34 'member':9 'offici':3 'record':12,26 'ripken':17 'speech':46 'basebal':14 'histori':49 'longest':7 'congress':11 'consecut':24 'mcconnel':36 'longest-serv':6 'consecutive-gam':23 6727396 true true daylife USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/ OK http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~3/DeU2NqQiz4Q/its-official-byrd-becomes-longestserving-member-of-congress.html 300072 Person democrat Wed Nov 18 11:18:45 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...But the rest abandoned their deeply held views of just a few years ago. There was, for example, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.). Back in 2005, he demanded "a simple up-or-down vote" for nominees and urged the Democrats to "move away 'ky':35 'ago':26 'urg':51 '2005':38 'away':56 'back':36 'face':9 'held':19 'move':55 'post':59 'rest':15 'view':20 'vote':47 'year':25 'minor':31 'mitch':33 'senat':4 'simpl':42 'deepli':18 'demand':40 'exampl':30 'judici':11 'leader':32 'nomine':49 'sketch':2 'abandon':16 'democrat':53 'filibust':12 'mcconnel':34 'about-fac':7 'republican':3 'up-or-down':43 'washington':1,58 6727397 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/17/AR2009111703401.html?wprss=rss_print/asection 300072 Person congress Wed Nov 18 22:25:52 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 in the day. 'big':13,28 'day':52 'get':11 'sen':31 'byrd':1,26,39 'head':14 'serv':5 'wasn':16 'becom':2 'clear':19 'floor':47 'mitch':32 'salut':38 'absent':24 'immedi':18 'leader':36 'member':7 'moment':29 'record':42 'servic':44 'speech':48 'courier':55 'earlier':49 'journal':56 'longest':4 'astonish':41 'congress':6 'kentucki':30 'mcconnel':33 'republican':22,35 'longest-serv':3 'courier-journ':54 6734740 true true daylife The Courier-Journal http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage OK http://jconline.com/article/20091118/NEWS09/91118024 300072 Person congress Wed Nov 18 22:25:52 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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. 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The strong reaction against Stupak -- and his measure -- highlights the fissures within a Democratic party that has see 'go':9 'dem':8 'new':13 'see':46 'sen':15 'anti':5 'call':18 'hero':6 'news':51 'risk':26 'york':14 'amend':20 'break':50 'grave':25 'parti':43 'women':28 'world':49 'fissur':39 'fusion':48 'measur':36 'pailin':11 'repres':23 'strong':30 'stupak':1,33 'within':40 'kirsten':16 'stealth':47 'democrat':3,42 'reaction':31 'highlight':37 'gillibrand':17 'anti-hero-and':4 'discriminatori':21 6737215 false true google blog Stealth Fusion - World Breaking News http://www.stealthfusion.com/ OK http://www.stealthfusion.com/house-senate/9160-stupak-democrats-anti-hero-dems-going-after-pailin.html 300072 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:24:33 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Leader Mitch McConnell, NRSC chair John Cornyn and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). Ayotte is positioning herself as a mainstream conservative, while her opponents seek different niches within the GOP base. Lamontagne has sought to portray ... 'r':22 'nh':6 'gop':40 'sen':18 'set':4 'ariz':23 'base':41 'call':9,49 'john':15,19 'nich':37 'nrsc':13 'seek':35 'ayott':24 'chair':14 'field':3 'mitch':11 'oppon':34 'posit':26 'cornyn':16 'differ':36 'hotlin':7,47 'leader':10 'mccain':20 'r-ariz':21 'sought':44 'within':38 'conserv':31 'mahoney':1 'portray':46 'mcconnel':12 'lamontagn':42 'mainstream':30 6740164 false true google blog Hotline On Call http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/ OK http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/11/mahoney_out_fie.php 300072 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 22:24:33 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 But if you're Senator Mitch McConnell on your way to lead the Senate's Republicans up against a commanding Democratic majority, isn't your argument that Majority Leader Harry Reid doesn't have the 60 votes he needs to invoke cloture on ... 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McConne 'c':8 'd':7 '18':10 'nov':9 'sen':46 'tax':41 '2009':11 'arra':1,48 'morn':21 'news':2,49 'rais':40,42 'told':45 'anoth':37 'clear':24 'mitch':17 'peopl':33 'senat':14 'today':4 'leader':16 'listen':29 'mcconn':47 'produc':36 'servic':3,50 'explain':19 'premium':43 'american':32 'democrat':26 'mcconnel':18 'monstros':38 'unfortun':12 'republican':15 'washington':6 6740165 false true google blog ARRA News Service http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/ OK http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/2009/11/today-in-washington-d-c-nov-18-2009_19.html 300072 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:24:34 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 "Now it's America's turn, and this will not be a short debate," Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, warned after Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled long-awaited legislation Wednesday night to extend coverage to 30 .. 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