“The worst experience any majority can have is that you convene and you look around and nothing's ready to go.” Quote by 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
“We [Democrats] are looking for things that we think would make a difference, improve the country, and enjoy some bipartisan support.” ThinkingCountryEnjoyDifferencesSupportDemocratMaking A DifferenceBipartisan Author:Mitch McConnell
“What happens in committee if the committee functions, more often than not, not every time but more often than not, a bill comes out with bipartisan support.” IfsHappensSupportFunctionBillsCommitteesBipartisan 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
“We certainly will have a vote on proceeding to a bill to repeal Obamacare... it was a very large issue in the campaign. And, the reconciliation process does present an opportunity and we're reviewing that to see what's possible through reconciliation.” DoeOpportunityProcessIssuesVoteBillsCampaignsReconciliationObamacareProceeding Author:Mitch McConnell
“We're certainly gonna keep our commitment to the American people to make every effort we can to repeal [Obamacare].” PeopleEffortCommitmentObamacare Author:Mitch McConnell
“It is a statement to the obvious, however, that [Barack] Obama - of Obamacare - is the President of the United States, so I don't want people to have [unrealistic] expectations about what may actually become law with Obama - of Obamacare - in the White House. But we intend to keep our commitment to the American people.” PeopleWantMayStatesLawHousePresidentWhiteUnitedUnited StatesExpectationsCommitmentObviousStatementsBarackWhite HouseObamacareUnrealistic Expectations Author:Mitch McConnell
“79 senators, including that great conservative Elizabeth Warren, said they didn't like the medical device tax, so we will go at that law - which in my view is the single worst piece of legislation passed in the last half century - in every way that we can.” WaySaidLastsLawViewsHalfPiecesWorstCenturyTaxesIncludingConservativeMedicalDevicesSenatorsLegislationGreat Conservative Author:Mitch McConnell
“I think it is to the advantage of my state to have the opportunity to come to meetings occasionally and to vote in person, rather than just by proxy.” ThinkingPersonsStatesOpportunityAdvantageVoteMeetingsProxy Author:Mitch McConnell