Mitch Mcconnell

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, followed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., approaches the microphones outside the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, to speaks to reporters following their meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from left, accompanied by, from left, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, following their meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, followed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., leaves the White House the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, to speak to the media after meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is on the campaign trail tending to important races in his home state.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, has been critical of campaign finance regulations as a violation of free speech and free press. (Associated Press)

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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), left, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), right, look on as Chairperson and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, also known as Burma, is awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in the Capitol rotunda, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (center) is awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 19, 2012, as House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, look on. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, checks out the stage Aug. 27, 2012, at the Republican National Convention inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. (Associated Press)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other GOP leaders, talk to reporters following a political strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. He is joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., far left, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the GOP’s guiding principle in the debate over who gets tax breaks is “Do no harm.” There is no consensus. (Associated Press)