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Senator McConnell’s plan for raising the national debt ceiling is ill-advised and questionably unconstitutional. The explosion of the debt is Obama’s problem and the GOP should make him own it. Instead the Republicans are allowing the President the opportunity to demagogue the issue and threaten cutting off senior citizen checks.

You will not obtain substantial spending reform on entitlements until after the 2012 elections anyway and you win a majority of the Senate and have a new President.

Republican leaders should quickly approve some bipartisan deal to raise the limit before the economy tanks further and the Democrats go to the airwaves blaming the GOP. This poor economy and high unemployment are Obama’s and Pelosi’s.

Make them own it and worry about major debt reform during the upcoming 2012 campaigns.

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GOP Sentate Minority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will bear watching this next year. He has been duplicitous to the RIGHT before and seen as a RINO compromiser. Look at this Big Government Food Bill. There really is no reason to accommodate the Democrats on Harry Reid’s mistake.

A landmark food safety bill that aims to modernize America’s food inspection regimen appeared destined for the ash heap until the Senate rejuvenated it Sunday in one of the last acts of a busy lame-duck Congress.

The Senate approved the food bill Nov. 30, but a procedural mistake meant that its funding was tied to a now-scuttled omnibus spending bill. Without a funding mechanism in place by the time the new Congress takes its seat in January, the food safety law — the first major upgrade in the US inspections process in 70 years – would be a nonstarter.

Food safety advocates say they knew ultimate passage of the Food Safety and Modernization Act could go down to the wire given grumblings that it amounts to an unnecessary expansion of federal powers to regulate what goes on the American kitchen table

More Big Government from the Obama Administration and the GOP Senate makes accommodations?

I know one or two NEW Senators taking office in January who will hold McConnell and his leadership accountable to the Constitution and conservative principles: Rand Paul and Marco Rubio.

Calling Senator Jim DeMint as the new Republican leader?

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As they should.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will announce this morning that Republicans will block any legislation from coming to the Senate floor until two key economic issues are addressed: funding the government (the “continuing resolution” which must pass to prevent a government shutdown) and the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts.

McConnell will say that members of his caucus are united in the pledge to use procedural votes to prevent any other non-economic issues — including the new START treaty, the DREAM Act, or the defense authorization bill that contains a potential repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy – from coming to the floor for debate.

Power politics to force Obama and the Democrat’s hand on the Bush era tax rates. If they expire, then the GOP will re-enact them in January (the next Congress) and force Obama to either sign the bill or use his veto.

Believe me, Americans care about jobs and taxes – not whether gays can serve in the military and amnesty for illegal aliens.

Chris, why U.S. Senator and GOP Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell from Kentucky is spouting off about “clean”coal is beyond me.

While we shouldn’t expect our left-wing elitist of a President to understand last Tuesday’s electoral rejection of his “progressive” prescriptions for America, we should expect Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to get it.

But Sen. McConnell seems to have missed the message, at least when it comes to cap-and-trade — odd for a coal state politician. The day after the election, Sen. McConnell said:

“The president says he’s for nuclear power. Most of my members are for nuclear power. The president says he’s for clean coal technology. Most of my members are for clean coal technology. There are areas that we can make progress on for the country.”

But, the Tea Party organizations and the new House GOP majority are not going to allow this “clean coal” excuse for cap and trade to proceed in ANY way.

Senator McConnell is wrong and indeed with a few more missteps will be OUT as GOP leader in the Senate.

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Duh and remember that there were only three GOP Senators (one who later switched to become a Democrat) who supported the $ 700 Billion Plus bill.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that President Obama’s stimulus package would have little, if any, impact on the economy — and re-stated his opposition to including any public option in the upcoming health care overhaul.

“I’m very skeptical that the spending binge that we’re on is going to produce much good and, even if it does, anytime soon, ” said McConnell. “And I think the economy is just as likely to begin to recover on its own, wholly aside from this, before much of this has an impact. So I’m very skeptical that this massive sort of spending binge that we’ve engaged in is going to have much of an impact.”

Listen here.