“It's a shame that we have to use whatever leverage we have in Congress to get the president to deal with the biggest problem confronting our future. And that's our excessive spending.” UseProblemPresidentDealsShameCongressSpendingOur FutureConfrontingExcessive Spending Author:Mitch McConnell
“What I said to the members [of Congress] who hoped they would be chairmen: let's don't have that problem. Be thinking now about legislation that you have, preferably that enjoys some Democratic support because we certainly didn't think we were going to have 60 and we don't.” ThinkingSaidProblemWould BeEnjoySupportMembersDemocraticCongressLegislationChairman Author:Mitch McConnell
“I think there were two messages in last year's election. One is pretty obvious. People were mad as hell at the president [Barack Obama] - and wanted to send a message. We all got that. Our new members were also hearing, and I was hearing as well, that people didn't like the fact that the Congress was dysfunctional. Now they may have been confused about where the dysfunctionality was cause the president kept pointing to the House. Factually, that's not accurate. The dysfunction was in the Senate.” PeopleThinkingYearsWellsMayHas BeensTwoFactsWantedLastsHouseCausesPresidentHellMembersMessagesElectionMadCongressObviousHearingBarackConfusedSenateAccurateLast YearPointingPresident Barack ObamaDysfunction Author:Mitch McConnell
“The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress.” WantKindStillsLeftResultsProduceCongressAdministrationAggravationPartisans Author:Mitch McConnell
“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.” ThinkingMayDoneMightChanceIssuesMembersCongressShootingTake A ChanceDefaultHostageConservative Values Author:Mitch McConnell
