Senator Mitch McConnell (R)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/06/1984
Next Election: 2014
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Elaine Chao; Children: Elly, Claire, Porter
Birth date: 02/20/1942
Birthplace: Sheffield, AL
Home City: Louisville KY
Religion: Baptist

Profession

Judge/Executive, Jefferson County, 1978-1985 Deputy Assistant, United States Attorney General, 1974-1975 Chief Legislative Assistant, United States Senator Marlow Cook, 1968-1970 Attorney

Education

JD, University of Kentucky Law School, 1967 BA, University of Louisville, 1964

Committees

Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Appropriations
Rules and Administration
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health
Subcommittee on Energy And Water Development
Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition, and Family Farms
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and Credit
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

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