[221], In 2018, the OpenSecrets website ranked McConnell one of the wealthiest members of the U.S. Senate, with a net worth of more than $25 million. It's just false and wrong and as the mother of three small kids, it's a slap in the face to tell people that I would somehow be for what my opponent says about me, this 100% ninth-month stuff. WebKY Sen Mitch McConnell R I Baptist KY Sen Rand Paul R I Presbyterian LA 1 Steve Scalise R I Catholic LA 2 Cedric L. Richmond D I Baptist LA 3 Clay Higgins R I Unspecified Protestant WebMcGrath is a former Marine Corps fighter pilot, mother of three and a Catholic. These are the people likely to have a job that does not have good health insurance. [39][40][41][42] This reputation dimmed after Republicans failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in 2017 during consolidated Republican control of government. About Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. [216], In February 2003, McConnell underwent a triple heart bypass surgery in relation to blocked arteries at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. His foreign policy views have included support of sanctions on Cuba, Iran and Russia,[181] opposition to the Iran nuclear deal and support of Israel. I always ask groups when I talk to them, does anybody even think Mitch McConnell has a plan [on how to respond to COVID-19]? It was a connection to what I knew, and what I knew to be true.'. son of Julia Odene Dean Shockley McConnell, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mitch-McConnell, Mitch McConnell - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up), Rising GOP star embroiled in tough Kentucky primary fight, McConnell: GOP will not support replacing Feinstein on panel, GOP leader McConnell returns to Senate after head injury, Republican senators holding a press conference, Mitch McConnell celebrating his reelection in 2014. Flagged as a rising Republican star, Daniel Cameron could have taken a cautious approach and run for reelection as Kentucky's attorney general, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's attempt to step aside temporarily from a key Senate panel is in doubt, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is back at work in the U.S. Capitol, almost six weeks after a fall at a Washington-area hotel and undergoing extended treatment for a concussion. "[58][59], McConnell worked to delay and obstruct health care reform and banking reform, two of the most notable pieces of legislation that Democrats navigated through Congress early in Obama's tenure. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. We've received your submission. His name is marked with a ^. Whether they respect precedent. In July 2016, after Trump had criticized the parents of Capt. As chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee in 1995, he garnered national attention for resisting Democratic attempts to investigate sexual assault accusations against Republican Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon. [169][170] With a 49% disapproval rate in 2017, McConnell had the highest disapproval rating of all senators. [7] He is of Scots-Irish and English descent. Slowing the Senate's ability to process even routine measures limited the sheer volume of liberal bills that could be adopted. How Republicans Have Packed the Courts for Years | Time Amy McGrath at an event in Los Angeles Dec. 14, 2019 (Flickr/Louise Palanker). American politician and lawyer (born 1942), "Senator McConnell" redirects here. That didn't work out. People don't know what to believe. According to The New York Times, Obama's final two years as president saw 18 district court judges and one appeals court judge confirmed, the fewest since President Harry S. Truman. "[50] A number of political scientists, historians, and legal scholars have characterized McConnell's obstructionism and constitutional hardball as contributors to democratic erosion in the United States. If you think that is a generalization, consider all the focus on abortion and LGBT issues whenever there is a Supreme Court nominee and the dearth of focus on theCommerce Clauseand labor issues. Mitch McConnell shot them down", "Mitch McConnell could end the shutdown. By making sure all Americans know that you and your party will have nothing to do with higher taxes on the rich or with putting money into "human infrastructure," you will move the Democrats into position to put less emphasis on the culture war issues and more attention on the kitchen table issues, opening the path to becoming the majority party again. In November 2006 he was elected Senate minority leader the post he held until Republicans took control of the Senate in 2015. 'Mitch McConnell has built a system and a Congress he has built it! He noted that in 2016 the Senate was controlled by a party other than the president's and argued that for that reason, the 2016 precedent was not applicable in 2020, when the presidency and Senate were both controlled by Republicans. There [are] only extreme situations that are medical crises [where such late-stage abortions are performed.] "[57] The Republican caucus threatened repeatedly to force the United States to default on its debt, McConnell saying he had learned from the 2011 debt-ceiling crisis that "it's a hostage that's worth ransoming. My faith is a personal thing; I don't try to impose it on others. The Catholic Church's gender ideology is complementarian and binary. Before the Affordable Care Act, there was not a single insurer in Kentucky that would cover maternity care! [224], McConnell's detractors have called him by a number of nicknames, including "Moscow Mitch",[225] "Cocaine Mitch",[225] the "Grim Reaper",[179] "Darth Vader",[226] "Rich Mitch",[227] "Nuclear Mitch",[226] "Midnight Mitch",[228] and "Old Crow". WebMitch McConnell, in full Addison Mitchell McConnell, Jr., (born February 20, 1942, Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S.), American politician who began his first term representing