“It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.” YearsCountryConstitutionIndependenceDeclarationDeclaration Of Independence Author:Mitch McConnell
“And this year, when we end the cruel, defeatist practice of passing children who cannot read into fourth grade, and when our most diligent students begin to graduate from high school in 11 years, and get a head start on college costs with the dollars they earned through their hard work, others will take notice of Indiana yet again.” YearsChildrenEndsHardSchoolPracticeStudentsCollegeHard WorkCostHigh SchoolDollarsPassingPassingsGradesGraduatesFourthDiligentIndianaFourth GradeGraduating High SchoolHead Start Author:Mitch McConnell
“The biggest problem confronting the country is our excessive spending. If we're not going to deal with it now, when are we going to deal with it? And we've watched the government explode over the last four years. We've dealt with the revenue issue.” IfsYearsCountryProblemGovernmentLastsDealsIssuesFourSpendingFour YearsRevenueConfrontingExcessive Spending Author:Mitch McConnell
“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.” ThinkingYearsIssuesOughtTaxesFavorsReformRevenueTax Reform Author:Mitch McConnell
“The classic example I've used - I'm sure you've heard me say it before - was Mark Begich in Alaska who was here for a full six years and never had a roll call vote on an amendment on the floor of the Senate, which Dan Sullivan tells me he used on virtually a daily basis. So the notion that protecting all of your members from votes is a good idea politically, I think, has been pretty much disproved by the recent [Barack Obama] election.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensIdeasUsedHeardExampleMembersSixVoteBasesMarkElectionNotionBarackClassicGood IdeasSenateAmendmentsAlaska 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
“We didn't make much progress on the country's agenda. And in my view it's because the Senate basically hadn't done much of anything, with a couple of exceptions, for the last four years [of Barack Obama's presidency]. And that's going to change.” YearsCountryDoneLastsViewsFourProgressCoupleBarackExceptionAgendasFour YearsSenatePresidency Author:Mitch McConnell
“The debt they ran up in the first year of the Obama administration is bigger than the last four years of the Bush combined.” YearsFirstsLastsFourBiggerDebtAdministrationRanUsaFour Years Author:Mitch McConnell
“The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year.” NeedsYearsEndsJobsTaxesNewsBillsCreatorOwnersSmall BusinessBad NewsBusiness OwnersSmall Business OwnersJob Creators Author:Mitch McConnell
“We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather.” YearsWould BeJobsAmericaThreePresidentEconomyRecordsDoorsBlameFolksWeatherManagersShopsThree YearsCeoObama Economy Author:Mitch McConnell
“We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his daughter doesn't know he lost his job, the recent college grad facing up to the painful reality that the only door that's open to her after four years of study and a pile of debt is her parents'. These are the faces of the Obama economy.” KnowsYearsStoriesRealityJobsFacesMotherFatherHouseLostParentMorningEconomyStudyFourDoorsCollegeDaughterPainfulDebtSuitsFour YearsEvery MorningGradObama Economy Author:Mitch McConnell
“America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama's four-year experiment in big government.” YearsBigsGovernmentAmericaTurnsFourPagesExperimentsBarackFour YearsBig Government Author:Mitch McConnell
“Tiger Woods and John Edwards had a better year than the stimulus bill.” YearsPoliticsBillsWoodsTigersStimulus Author:Mitch McConnell
