Mitch Mcconnell

42 years in the U.S. Congress · since 1985

• Senator KY 1985–present

• background Born February 20, 1942; attorney
• role U.S. Senator from Kentucky since 1985; longest-serving in state history
• achievement Longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history (2007–2025)
• role Senate minority leader (2007–2015, 2021–2025), majority leader (2015–2021)
• achievement Led opposition to campaign finance restrictions; Citizens United v. FEC outcome
• achievement Trump administration: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; record appeals judges; Supreme Court confirmations

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 0.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 30 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

  Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

• 16
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 70 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 1
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 16 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 14
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

  Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Mitch Mcconnell. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Department of Defense Subcommittee Chairman
• Joint Committee on Printing Chairman
• Rules and Administration Committee Chairman
• Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research Subcommittee Chairman
• Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
• Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
• Appropriations Committee
• Joint Committee on the Library Vice Chairman
• Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
• Rural Development, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee · oversees Energy
• State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee
• Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade Subcommittee
• Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · oversees Energy
• Energy and Water Development Subcommittee · oversees Energy

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Mcconnell most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Mcconnell connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov