Mitch McConnell

Addison Mitchell McConnell III is an American politician and retired attorney who has served as Senate Minority Leader since 2021 and the senior United States senator from Kentucky since 1985. He previously served as minority leader from 2007 to 2015, majority leader from 2015 to 2021 and was majority whip from 2003 to 2007. McConnell has been the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007 and is the longest serving Senate party leader in US history. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Mitch McConnell has 4,332 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1985 Senate Committee. The year with the most videos was 2017 with 263 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2020 with an average of 6,104 views per program. Most appearances with John Thune (295), John A. Barrasso M.D. (268), Roy Blunt (198). Most common tags: Washington Politics, Republican Party, Senate.

Appearances by Title:January 3, 1985 - Present U.S. Senator, R-KY View Map


Minority Leader (Jan 20, 2021 - Present) Majority Leader (Jan 03, 2015 - Jan 20, 2021) Minority Leader (Jan 03, 2007 - Jan 03, 2015) Videos: 4,329

Recent Appearances

  • Senate Minority Leader McConnell News Conference on Foreign Aid Package

    Senate Minority Leader McConnell News Conference on Foreign Aid Package

    “This is an important day for America and a very important day for freedom-loving countries around the world,” said Senate Mi…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    In a 79-18 vote, the Senate approved the $95.3 billion House-passed foreign aid package that includes money for Ukraine, Isra…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate approved House-passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) f…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate continued work on House-passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to the House-passed FISA reauthorization bill.

  • Senate Session, Mayorkas Impeachment Trial

    Senate Session, Mayorkas Impeachment Trial

    The Senate voted 51-49 to adjourn the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after the two artic…

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Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

Committees

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Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 146
    • Total Time Speaking: 32 hours
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Bills

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