• Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell currently serves as the Republican Minority Leader. Preceded by Walter Huddleston, McConnell has been a Senator since 1985. Before a career in politics, McConnell was a judge in Alabama.

  In February 2009, Senator McConnell proposed a plan to offer fixed, government-backed, low-interest mortgages of 4% to "any credit-worthy borrower." According to McConnell, President Barack Obama's stimulus package does not fit what he says is the "main problem first and that's housing." McConnell said he wants to amend Obama's stimulus package to include his plan.FOX News: McConnell Proposes Cheap, Government-Backed Mortgages... (February 2, 2009)

• 1. Born: February 20, 1942
  2. Birth place: Sheffield, Alabama
  3. Alma mater: University of Louisville
  4. Assumed office: January 3, 1985
  5. Senior member of the Appropriations Committee, the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee and the Rules and Administration Committee
  6. Ranking member in the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
  7. Spouse: Elaine Chao
  8. Religion: Baptist
  9. Successfully ran for re-election in 2008
  10. Defeated Bruce Lunsford of Louisville to win his fifth term in officeCNN: KY State Election Results (November 4, 2008)

• Positions

  • In 2008, voted to prohibit minors to cross state lines in order to get an abortion
  • Voted in favor of limiting death penalty appeals in 1996
  • Against a ban on oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
  • Votes with the Republican Party 92.9% of the time
  • Voted to authorize military force in Iraq in 2002

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