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McConnell has been the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007, making him the longest serving Senate party leader in U.S. history. McConnell holds conservative political positions, although he was known as a pragmatist and a moderate Republican early in his political career.
Feb 28, 2024 · Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks off the Senate floor after speaking, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 at the Capitol in Washington. McConnell says he’ll step down as Senate Republican leader in November. The 82-year-old Kentucky lawmaker is the longest-serving Senate leader in history.
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down from the helm of the Republican Conference this year, ending his time as the longest-serving leader in Senate history.
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Jul 27, 2023 · The 81-year-old Kentucky Republican, who is the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, had to be escorted away from a lectern by colleagues in a startling moment that came four...
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Feb 28, 2024 · Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down as Republican leader in November. McConnell, of Kentucky, announced his plans in an emotional speech on the Senate floor shortly after...
Jul 26, 2023 · Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suddenly stopped speaking during a weekly news conference Wednesday, appearing to freeze, and then went silent.
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Apr 8, 2024 · McConnell broke the ice long enough last month to endorse Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee in the November election. McConnell talked expansively in his speech about the dangers of isolationism, suggesting that more is at stake for U.S. interests than at anytime since the fall of the Berlin Wall.