Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr.is the senior United States Senator from Kentucky. A member of the Republican Party, he has been the Majority Leader of the Senate since January 3, 2015. He is the 15th Senate Republican Leader and the second Kentuckian to lead his party in the Senate. He is also the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Kentucky history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 February 1942
CitySheffield, AL
CountryUnited States of America
I think the issues will be the creation of a Palestinian state, advocating letting children sue their parents, advocating socialized medicine -- all the positions that the first lady has taken over the years, ... Meet The Press." ()
I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech.
What we do know is that the American people, regardless of how they feel about the abortion issue, don't think that taxpayer money ought to be used to pay for abortions.
On the issue of Iraq, it is my hope, and my challenge to my colleagues, that our debate will be based on what is best for the future of our nation and for Iraq, not what's best for a political party or presidential campaign.
I'm in favor of doing tax reform, but I think tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during the [Ronald] Reagan years. We've resolved this issue.
I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this — it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.
Where we are now is we have resolved the revenue issue and the question is what are we going to do about spending. I wish the president would lead us in this discussion rather than putting himself in a position of having to be dragged kicking and screaming to the table to discuss the single biggest issue confronting our future.
The Senate last week decided it wanted to go down this road, so my view is if the majority of the Senate wants to go down this path, let's make sure it's effective," ()
Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him." ()
Bring on the debate. We're ready for it." ()
There's no question that the people of New York have to decide whether or not they think it's appropriate for someone from Arkansas to represent them in the Senate, ... And finally, there's the question of all the trips -- about $220,000 owed to the federal government for 11 trips to New York this year." ()
We can't go to the donor conference ... and ask countries around the world to contribute in the form of grants if we have just decided to send a bill to Iraq, thereby encumbering their oil, which is their only resource, to pay us back in the future," ()
No one is anywhere near 60, and any measure in the Senate that is even remotely controversial now require you to get 60, not just 51, ... So I think just as the situation is now, it will require bipartisan cooperation to advance any agenda." ()
More young people believe they'll see a U.F.O. than that they'll see their own Social Security benefits.