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[174] [175] With a 49% disapproval rate in 2017, McConnell had the highest disapproval rating of any senator. [176] Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky on October 30, 2024. In September 2019, the Morning Consult found that McConnell's approval rating had been underwater since the first quarter of 2017, when it was 44% positive and 47% negative.
To the general public, McConnell might seem too old to be a serving senator, but as Pew Research notes, the current median age of Senate members is 65.3 years, up from 64.8 in the 117th Congress.
McConnell, who has walked with a limp after overcoming polio at a young age, has taken previous falls. One fall in March 2023 at a hotel in Washington resulted in a prolonged absence from the Senate.
During his campaign in 1984, when Reagan was visiting Kentucky, the president called him “Mitch O’Donnell.” McConnell endorsed Reagan’s view of America’s role in the world and the ...
Senator Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007, announced in February 2024 that he would step down from his leadership position following the 2024 United States Senate elections. [2]
The U.S. Senate confirmed Chao on January 31, 2017, by a vote of 93–6, with her husband, then-Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, abstaining. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] As Secretary of Transportation, Chao led the presidential delegation to the enthronement ceremony for Japanese emperor Naruhito . [ 69 ]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced plans Wednesday to step down from the role come November, marking the end of a storied career as the nation’s longest-serving U.S. Senate leader ...
Senate Yes 78.5 16 Roger Williams: Republican Texas: House Yes 67.0 17 Buddy Carter: Republican Georgia: House Yes 66.5 18 Jim Risch: Republican Idaho: Senate Yes 41.8 19 Mitch McConnell: Republican Kentucky: Senate Yes 34.1 20 Steve Daines: Republican Montana Senate Yes 32.9 21 Scott Peters: Democratic California House Yes 60.5* 22 Rick W ...