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Sep 22 2014
News
Selling Mitch McConnell: What's Love Got To Do With It?
Mitch McConnell is hardly a lovable guy. The Republican leader in the U.S. Senate has a dour public persona and many of his constituents don't view him as a "real Kentuckian," according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that underscores what his election campaign already knows - McConnell has an image problem. While other politicians might be deterred by polls showing how unpopular they are in their
TownhallJul 27 2023
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Mitch McConnell’s health scares raise questions about his future as Senate GOP leader
A press conference on Wednesday, July 26 raised questions about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Kentucky) health when he suddenly quit speaking during the middle of a sentence. The 81-year-old McConnell was led away from the lectern by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) but returned to the conference after about ten minutes and addressed reporters again. The July 26 conference came
AlterNetSep 30 2014
News
Mitch McConnell ad: Alison Lundergan Grimes broke promise
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will go on TV Tuesday with a tough new attack ad that highlights Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes’ commitment to serve her full, four-year term as Kentucky secretary of State. The commercial, shared first with POLITICO, shows footage of Grimes saying “yes” when asked in 2011 during a Courier-Journal editorial board interview if she’ll serve all four years
PoliticoNov 12 2013
News
Latest Poll Finds Tight Senate Race For Mitch McConnell
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes (D) are running neck and neck in the 2014 Senate race according to a new poll from the liberal group MoveOn.org.
HuffPostOct 24 2013
News
Mitch McConnell Wins Praise In Unlikely Corners Back Home
In the midst of a double-barreled re-election fight, Mitch McConnell is earning praise back home from some unlikely corners for brokering the deal that ended the partial government shutdown and averted a potential default on U.S. debt.
"He did yeoman's work making sure this thing got fixed," said Owensboro tobacco farmer Rod Kuegal, a Democrat.
Newspaper opinion pages that
HuffPostApr 18 2013
News
Mitch McConnell's Facebook Page Mocks Failed Gun Legislation
WASHINGTON -- A meme was posted Wednesday on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnells (R-Ky.) Facebook page mocking the failure of gun control legislation in the Senate. The mash-up features photos of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) with captions asking how much gun control he can have and McConnell holding up a zero sign with the message You can have this much gun control.
HuffPostMar 15 2013
Opinion
Democrats? budget a ?left-wing manifesto,? says Mitch McConnell
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he asked Democrats to bring forth a thoughtful budget that tabled tax hikes and worked toward balancing spending with cutting. What he got however was a far cry from that.
Washington TimesJan 07 2013
News
Sen. Mitch McConnell: ‘The Tax Issue Is Finished’
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. R-Ky., Sunday said he will not accept any new revenue in future deals with congressional Democrats and President Obama. “The tax issue is finished. Over. Completed, McConnell told me on “This Week. “Thats behind us. Now the question is what are we going to do about the biggest problem confronting our country and thats our spending addiction. “We
ABC News (Online)Jan 25 2013
News
Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell Reach Filibuster Reform Deal
Progressive senators working to dramatically alter Senate rules were defeated on Thursday, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and his counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), set to announce a series of compromise reforms on the Senate floor that fall far short of the demands.
HuffPostJan 24 2013
News
Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell Reach Filibuster Reform Deal
Progressive senators working to dramatically alter Senate rules were defeated on Thursday, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and his counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), set to announce a series of compromise reforms on the Senate floor that fall far short of the demands. The language of the deal was obtained by HuffPost and can be read here and here.
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