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 message is clear that there is substantial opposition to this measure as it leaves the Senate and I think that is an important message to send both to the House and to the White House," ()
Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation.
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," ()
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." ()
He never likes to alienate anybody. But a Senate leader has to lead, and he has to be pretty direct and tough on people." ()
I've often wished we had more women in the Senate.
The fact is, if our primary legislative goals are to repeal and replace the health spending bill; to end the bailouts; cut spending; and shrink the size and scope of government, the only way to do all these things it is to put someone in the White House who won't veto any of these things.
President Bush gave an outstanding speech tonight filled with optimism for the future and a determination to tackle the challenges that lie ahead." ()
I think that's the most cynical view," ()
I think there are a whole lot of Democrats who never had any idea what was in this bill, at least this year they are reading it." ()
I think we ought to wrap up our business and go out and let the American people tell us which way they'd like the country to go, ... Meet the Press." ()
There is a lot of room for improvement in Social Security. We owe our children the most financially sound system possible. They will have paid into it their entire working lives. They deserve to be protected by it. for our children and grandchildren.
Mitt Romney has never been resigned to what someone else said was possible. He cut his own path. That's why he believes in his heart that America has a future full of opportunity and hope. And that's why when Mitt Romney looks down the road, he sees a country that's ready for a comeback.
To call this a recovery is an insult to recoveries.