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 4,314 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 6,100 views per program. Most appearances with John Thune (293), John A. Barrasso M.D. (266), 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: 4,311

Recent Appearances

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate confirmed Dennis Hankins’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to Haiti. Mr. Hankins was nominated by President Biden i…

  • Senate Session, Part 1

    Senate Session, Part 1

    The Senate confirmed the nomination of Jasmine Yoon to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Virginia, a…

  • Senate Republican Agenda

    Senate Republican Agenda

    Following their weekly caucus luncheon, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other members of Senate Republican leaders…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate advanced the nomination of Jasmine Yoon to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Virginia.

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate worked on a House-passed government funding measure. This bill would extend funding for part of the government bey…

  • Senate Session, Part 1

    Senate Session, Part 1

    The Senate confirmed Ronald Keohane’s nomination to be an assistant defense secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and v…

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Member of Congress Record

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Ideology Rankings
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

Votes

Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 133
    • Total Time Speaking: 28 hours
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Bills

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