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Flanked by fellow Republican Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and John Barrasso of Wyoming, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks to reporters Tuesday. "The debate has turned from how much to grow government to how much to reduce it," he said. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Mr. McConnell said President Obama failed to explain what is the "desired outcome" of the mission in Libya in his nationally televised address the night before. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, left, talks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, right, before Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner (right), Ohio Republican, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, talks to the media Tuesday on Capitol Hill after a Republican policy luncheon as Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, looks on at left. (Associated Press)
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"We're waiting for presidential leadership," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said Tuesday. "Entitlement reform will not be done except on a bipartisan basis with presidential leadership." (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, gives two thumbs up while addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky vows that Republicans will keep revisiting the health care law in a variety of ways in an effort to modify it or repeal it.
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Sens. Mitch McConnell (left), Kentucky Republican, and John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, depart after speaking to reporters about repealing the health care law at the Capitol on Wednesday. A party-line vote defeated the GOP-led repeal attempt. (Associated Press)
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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky wraps up a meeting with reporters after announcing that he was introducing an amendment to repeal the health care law Tuesday on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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On NBC's "Meet the Press," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, on Sunday said, "I think the president needs to be more bold" in addressing the massive federal deficit, including entitlements, in a collaborative effort. (NBC via Associated Press)
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**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (left), Nevada Democrat, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)
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In this Feb. 25, 2010, file photo Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, left, walks past Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, during a meeting at the Blair House in Washington. In a rare moment of agreement at the January 2011 start of the 112th Congress Mr. McConnell and Mr. Reid opened by endorsing a bipartisan effort to find ways to improve an unwieldy, unproductive process for naming and confirming the nation's top officials. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, walks near the Senate floor during an unusual Sunday session on Capitol Hill in Washington Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Mr. McConnell said he would oppose a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, damaging prospects for President Obama's foreign policy priority in the final days of the post-election Congress. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, poses in his office on Capitol Hill on Thursday. The midterm elections, which gave the GOP more seats in the Senate, strengthened Mr. McConnell's hand in dealing with the president. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, is optimistic about reaching agreement with the Democrats about extending the Bush-era tax cuts. "I'm optimistic it'll come together," he said Sunday. "It's pretty clear taxes are not going up on anybody in the middle of this recession." (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks to a reporter on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican has said that "Republicans will vote against proceeding to any legislative matter until we've funded the government and protected every taxpayer from a tax hike." (AP Photo)
