Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Senator McConnell's current term expires in 2009.

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For weeks, Democratic leaders gritted their teeth whenever Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell airily dismissed suggestions that Republicans would work to slow the health care debate. The Democrats thought they knew better. Under McConnell's More: continued here Read Full Story
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President Barack Obama is to address America's jobs crisis in a speech at 1630 GMT after the US unemployment rate jumped past the symbolic 10 percent barrier, the White House said Friday. "Today?s employment report contained both signs of hope for recovery and painful evidence of continued labor market weakness," Obama's top economic aide Christina Romer said in a statement. Friday's data showed a rise in the US jobless rate to 10.2 percent in October, the first time in more than 26 years that the statistic had reached double digits. "Having the unemployment rate reach double-digits is a stark reminder of how much work ... Read Full Story
Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky senator, could take it no more. Even though the senator embroiled in the scandal was of McConnellÕs own party, his conduct toward a female staffer and his subsequent behavior had become Òoffensive and degrading,Ó and potentially illegal. The senator had to go, even though the Justice Department had not acted. ÒAs the Ethics Committee has held in many previous cases, misconduct does not have to be criminal or even a violation of the Senate rules specifically to be deserving of punishment for bringing discredit and dishonor upon this institution,Ó McConnell said. And he went on: ÒBut this case is not ... Read Full Story
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President Barack Obama's Republican foes on Thursday denounced his move to cut back missile defense shield plans in Europe, charging he underestimated the threat of Iran and undercut US allies. Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the decision to back off plans to deploy key parts of the system in Poland and the Czech Republic "both shortsighted and harmful to our long-term security interests." "We must not turn our backs on two loyal allies in the war on terror," McConnell said shortly after Obama formally announced he was abandoning the planned shield and replacing it with a revamped defense after reassessing the threat ... Read Full Story
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Slow down and start over. That was the message from top Capitol Hill Republicans in advance of President Barack Obama's address Wednesday night to Congress and the nation on health care. As Obama seeks to jump start an ambitious health care overhaul despite sliding public opinion poll numbers, Republicans countered with a call for a slimmed-down measure containing a few popular elements such as making sure insurance companies don't deny coverage to people with pre-existing health problems. "Our view is: Let's scale it back, target the problems and not have the government take over, in effect, all of American health care," Senate Minority Leader ... Read Full Story
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Yes, they are nuts: Rush Limbaugh and conservative interest groups are criticizing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for not putting up a strong enough fight to stop the Democratic healthcare legislation. The conservative talk radio host has questioned McConnell’s strategy a few times on his program this week, joining a chorus of growing critics who say the Senate GOP leader is aiding Democrats by allowing the chamber to debate...  
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Roll Call: “In a harsh assessment of President Barack Obama’s first year in office, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the administration’s 'hard left' agenda has reshaped the political landscape in favor of Republicans while crippling Democrats’ chances of enacting meaningful legislation. Democrats 'fundamentally misread the mandate of 2008. I don’t think it had anything whatsoever to do with turning America into a Western...  
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From Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell:“Majority leaders believe if they stay weekends, somehow we’re going to blink,“ said Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. “We’re not going to blink.”There's much more on Harry Reid's silly weekend gambit at The Corner.  
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The SEIU fired back at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell after he and other prominent Republicans dismissed the Democratic health care reform package in the Senate as a "job killer bill." McConnell joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in calling...  
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U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon is meeting with top Republican senators down in Washington, D.C. this week. She has gained their attention with a vow to spend as much as $50 million of her own money in an attempt to unseat Democrat Christopher J. Dodd, the former general chairman of the Democratic National Committee who has been in the Senate for nearly 30 years. But first, she has to defeat former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons and Fairfield...  
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