About Mitch McConnell
He is a Republican and is now in his seventh Senate term, making him the longest‑serving senator in Kentucky history. From 2007 to 2025 he led the Senate Republican Conference, serving twice as minority leader, and was majority leader from 2015 to 2021, the longest‑serving Senate party leader in U.S. history.
![“It is a statement to the obvious, however, that [Barack] Obama - of Obamacare - is the President of the United States, so I don't want people to have [unrealistic] expectations about what may actually become law with Obama - of Obamacare - in the White House. But we intend to keep our commitment…” quote by Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/139/mitch-mcconnell-2153_american-people_it-is-a-statement-to-the-obvious-however_1969212.jpg)
![“We didn't make much progress on the country's agenda. And in my view it's because the Senate basically hadn't done much of anything, with a couple of exceptions, for the last four years [of Barack Obama's presidency]. And that's going to change.” quote by Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/530/mitch-mcconnell-2153_agendas_we-didn-t-make-much-progress-on-the-coun_798874.jpg)
![“I think there were two messages in last year's election. One is pretty obvious. People were mad as hell at the president [Barack Obama] - and wanted to send a message. We all got that. Our new members were also hearing, and I was hearing as well, that people didn't like the fact that the Congress…” quote by Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a2d/mitch-mcconnell-2153_accurate_i-think-there-were-two-messages-in-last_1572393.jpg)
