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December 2008
11th -  McConnell: We Simply Cannot Ask the American Taxpayer to Subsidize Failure
November 2008
24th -  A Path to Accomplishment, Not Gridlock
18th -  Republican Leadership Team Announced
17th -  McConnell Statement On The Yet-To-Be-Written Democrat Spending/Bailout Bill
7th -  McConnell Statement on Working with President-elect Obama
October 2008
1st -  McConnell: Senate Will Act to Protect Main Street
1st -  McConnell: Economic Rescue Plan: Senate to Vote Tonight
August 2008
26th -  Senate Dems: Let Them Eat Cake
20th -  T. Boone Pickens vs. Democrat Energy Plans
1st -  Washington Speak: Gas Price Edition
July 2008
28th -  Senate Dems' Gas Price Politics
24th -  Dems Shut Down Energy Bill After Fears Of “Defections In The Ranks” On Domestic Energy Production
22nd -  Dems Cite Speculation Stats That Don't Match The Facts
22nd -  All Ideas Were Welcome When Gas Was A Fraction Of Today’s Price
17th -  Act More, Talk Less?
15th -  More Senate Democrats Signal "Receptiveness" To Domestic Exploration
14th -  Senate Democrats Begin To Embrace Deep Sea Exploration
10th -  Dems' Evolving View Of General Petraeus
8th -  Dems' New Gas Price Strategy: "Drive Small Cars And Wait For The Wind"
7th -  $4.11
1st -  McConnell, Grassley Call for Bipartisan Solution to Extend Tax Relief, Energy Incentives; Extending Current Tax Relief is No Excuse for Tax Hikes
1st -  $4.09
June 2008
27th -  Senate Republicans Acting To Reduce Gas Prices
26th -  Senate Republicans Introduce The "Gas Price Reduction Act Of 2008"
24th -  Dems' "Gradual Adjustment" Increase Continues To Ignore Pain At The Pump
19th -  What You Won't Hear In Today's Senate Democrat Pen-And-Pad
17th -  $4.08
16th -  Sen. Byron Dorgan On The Dems' "Gradual Adjustment" Gas Price Policy
12th -  Republican Leader Mitch McConnell On The Democrats’ “Gradual Adjustment” Approach To Gas Prices
12th -  $4.06
11th -  $4.05
10th -  Flashback: Democrats Blocked Real Relief For Americans At The Pump
10th -  $4.04
9th -  $4.02
9th -  Memo: Democrats’ Gas Price Ruse
5th -  History Lesson
5th -  $3.99
4th -  Dems' Hollow Commitments On Judicial Nominations
4th -  $3.98
3rd -  Democrat Angst
2nd -  Newspapers Speak Out Against The Boxer Climate Tax Bill
May 2008
13th -  Democrats' OPEC Dependency
12th -  The “Leahy Standard” On Judges
8th -  "New Stuff?"
8th -  Democrats Blast Key Provisions In Their Own Gas Price Proposal
7th -  Gas Prices: The Lessons Of 1980
7th -  Senate Republicans Introduce Amendment To Reduce Gas Prices And Decrease Dependence On Foreign Oil
5th -  No Pay for Soldiers, No Big Deal?
April 2008
30th -  "Talk Is Cheap, Gas Is Not"
25th -  Breakthrough?!
24th -  Another "Filibuster" Passes The Senate
24th -  Democrats' MoveOn Messaging
23rd -  The Clinton-Obama Senate Shutdown
23rd -  Excepts From Republican Leader Mitch McConnell And Senator Richard Burr On The Clinton-Obama Senate Shutdown
16th -  Yet Another Political Joint Economic Committee Event
16th -  Media And Economists Dismiss Democrats’ Faulty Analysis On The Economy And Iraq
15th -  Dems Say Tax Relief Helps “Multimillionaires And Special Interests” And American Taxpayers “Won’t Notice”
15th -  Democrats Use Tax Day To Focus On Economic Analysis That “Strains Credulity”
10th -  Newspapers Blast Democrats' Attempt To Kill Free Trade Agreement
8th -  What A Difference A Year Makes
7th -  McConnell and Kyl on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement
3rd -  Majority Leader On 60 Vote Threshold
3rd -  Republicans Propose Greater Transparency, Debt Reduction, and Oversight
1st -  How A Bill Advances In The U.S. Senate
March 2008
14th -  Dems Admit They Are Willingly Delaying Critical Intelligence Tool
13th -  Media Outlets Note That Democrats “Held Ranks” To “Saddle Millions Of Americans” With “Big Tax Increases”
13th -  Democrats To Middle Class: You “Won’t Notice” Tax Relief
13th -  Baucus Amendment: All Talk - No Action
13th -  House FISA Bill Has Already Been Overwhelmingly Defeated
12th -  Baucus' Smoke And Mirrors Amendment
12th -  1984
12th -  “Ping-Ponging” Our National Security
11th -  Democrats' False Promise To America's Families
6th -  Please Review
3rd -  The 86-1 Vote You Just Witnessed Is What Democrats Refer To As A “Republican Filibuster”
3rd -  Senate Republicans Unveil Proposals To Strengthen Economy
February 2008
28th -  Dual Role
27th -  Senate Democrats' "Cram Down" Housing Proposal Could "Raise Mortgage Rates"
26th -  Time Warp: Democrats' FISA Position At Odds With Previous Statements About DNI Mike McConnell
25th -  2007 Redux
25th -  McConnell: The Consequences Of Inaction Are Real
15th -  Democrats Claim Surveillance Gap Is Not A Problem
15th -  Intelligence Community Explains The Significance Of Liability Protection For Phone Companies
13th -  Despite "Major Breakthrough" In Iraq Democrats Continue To Say Surge "Is A Failure"
6th -  Don't Spend It Yet...
6th -  Elections Trump Economy For Senate Democrats?
5th -  Continuous Delays By Senate Democrats Cost Taxpayers
1st -  Senate Democrats' Campaign Politics Outweigh Financial Relief For Americans
January 2008
31st -  SRCC: Senate Democrats Scramble To Add Their Favorite Spending To The Bipartisan Package
31st -  McConnell: A 'Christmas Tree' Approach Will Only Delay Economic Growth
30th -  Senator Kit Bond On Senate Consideration Of FISA
30th -  McConnell Announces Fiscal Reform Working Group
30th -  SRCC: The President, The Speaker, And Both Republican Leaders Agree The Bipartisan Package Must Be Passed Now
30th -  SRCC: Senate Democrats Delay Economic Growth Package Despite Pleas For "Quick Action"
29th -  SRCC: Senate Democrats Threaten The Bipartisan Economic Growth Package
24th -  SRCC: Senate Democrats Inject Partisan Attacks Into Bipartisan Beginning
15th -  SRCC: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
December 2007
21st -  SRCC: Republicans Consistently Offered A Path Forward
21st -  SRCC: Seriously?
19th -  SRCC: Democrats’ Budget Backtrack
19th -  SRCC: The Show Goes On
18th -  SRCC: After A Year Of Political Show Votes, Senate Session Ends With More Of The Same
18th -  SRCC: Democrats' Words And Actions Leave Taxpayers On The Hook
17th -  McConnell Video: House AMT Delay Threatens a Middle Class Tax Grab
17th -  McConnell Video: Troop Funding by Christmas
12th -  SRCC: “$10 Billion In Table Scraps”
10th -  McConnell: Dem Funding 'Deal' Unacceptable
5th -  SRCC: Tax Increases Aplenty
5th -  SRCC: Democrats Part From Leaders On The Success Of The Surge
4th -  SRCC: Priorities Left Undone
3rd -  SRCC: “No One Is Talking About Cutting Off The Funds”
November 2007
30th -  SRCC: What I Learned On Vacation…
29th -  SRCC: ***DEMOCRAT MEDIA ADVISORY***
20th -  SRCC: “The Security Improvements In Most Neighborhoods Are Real.”
16th -  SRCC: Time For A Break?
16th -  SRCC: 9 Days Of Farm Bill Futility
15th -  VIDEO: Democrats’ Mismanagement Threatens a Middle Class Tax Grab
15th -  SRCC: 61*
14th -  SRCC: Democrat Delays Put Millions Of Middle Class Taxpayers At Risk
13th -  Saxton and Brownback Call for Defective Iraq Cost Report’s Withdrawal
13th -  SRCC: Democrats Ignore Progress In Iraq Even As Troops Begin To Come Home
9th -  Video: Democrats’ Failure on Tax Relief Will Lead to ‘Very Unpleasant Surprise,’ McConnell Says
8th -  SRCC: "Events On The Ground" Have Grounded Dems' Iraq Message
8th -  SRCC: Video: Republican Leaders On Dems' Mismanagement
7th -  SRCC: One Year Of Mismanaging The People's Business
6th -  SRCC: Democrat Congress Risks Delaying $75 Billion In Tax Returns
6th -  SRCC: The Politics Of Trees
6th -  SRCC: Democrats Pursue Partisan Path: Force Farm Bill Consideration Without Amendments
2nd -  SRCC: American People Again Set New Economic Record For Consecutive Months Of Job Growth
1st -  Republicans Call On Reid And Pelosi To Advance "Freestanding" Veterans And Defense Bills Before Veterans Day
October 2007
31st -  SRCC: They Wanted Him, They Got Him, Now They Slow-Walk Him
30th -  SRCC: Democrats' Historic Mismanagement
30th -  SRCC: Dems Slow-Walking Nominee With "Independence And Integrity"
26th -  Kyl: Congress Marks Worst Appropriations Record in 20 Years
26th -  McConnell: Rangel Tax Increase ‘Dead on Arrival’ in Senate
26th -  Senate Extends Internet Tax Ban For 7 Years
25th -  Bipartisan Majority Supports Judge Southwick
23rd -  SRCC: Dems Fall Victim To Their Own Failed Iraq Strategy
23rd -  SRCC: The Democrat Playbook: Raise Taxes
18th -  McConnell: It’s Time to Move Forward with a Responsible Expansion of SCHIP
18th -  Republican Senators Call for Immediate Reform of AMT
18th -  Sessions Amendment: Restore Funding to the Office of Labor Management Standards
17th -  SRCC: The Democrat Playbook: Big Labor Payback
17th -  McConnell on Judge Mukasey
17th -  McConnell on FISA
16th -  Ban on Internet Tax Should Be Made Permanent
5th -  McConnell Reintroduces Kids First Health Care Legislation
5th -  SRCC: American People Set New Economic Record For Consecutive Months Of Job Growth
5th -  American People Set New Economic Record
3rd -  Republicans Add Border Security Funding to Defense Bill
3rd -  Senator McConnell Testifies on Burma Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
3rd -  McConnell: We Must Press For a Strong UN Resolution Against Burmese Regime
3rd -  McConnell: “Americans Don’t Need Meters On Our Modems”
3rd -  McConnell: We Must Press For a Strong UN Resolution Against Burmese Regime
3rd -  SRCC: Dems Troop Funding Flip Flop
2nd -  SRCC: Democrats Strip Troop Funding In An Attempt To Raise Taxes
2nd -  Senate Passes Resolution Condemning Military Junta in Burma
2nd -  McConnell: “In Burma, We Have Indeed Witnessed The Combination Of Bad Men”
1st -  McConnell: “The Silence in Burma is a Deafening One”
September 2007
27th -  McConnell: Republicans Have Made SCHIP Reauthorization A Top Priority
27th -  McConnell: Kennedy Amendment Jeopardizes Military Pay Raise, Wounded Warriors
27th -  McConnell: Internet Tax Moratorium Should Be Made Permanent
27th -  SRCC: The Post Office Congress Continues
26th -  SRCC: Democrats Use Children’s Health Insurance For Nationalized Healthcare Agenda
26th -  Burma: The World is Watching
25th -  McConnell: We Stand With The People Of Burma
24th -  "Handing A Megalomaniac A Megaphone"
21st -  McConnell: Let's Take Sides: General Petraeus Or MoveOn.org
19th -  SRCC: Webb Amendment Increases Demand On National Guard
17th -  McConnell Floor Speech On Judge Michael Mukasey
13th -  Democrat Spending Worries Taxpayers
12th -  McConnell: Democrats Must Not Delay Attorney General Confirmation
12th -  Democrats Unsure of Next Move After Petraeus Report
11th -  SRCC: “The Expectation Is That Outside Groups Will Do This For Us”
11th -  SRCC: Democrats’ Evolving View Of General Petraeus
10th -  McConnell: Let’s Allow General Petraeus to Speak
4th -  As Congress Returns, The To-Do List Is Long, But Time Is Short
August 2007
22nd -  SRCC: Dems’ Surge 360
21st -  SRCC: After Months Of Condemning "The Surge" Dems Now Praise The Results
16th -  McConnell Delivers Remarks At The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
9th -  Democrats’ Rapid Response Plan Succeeds—In Highlighting Progress In Iraq
7th -  McConnell Op-Ed On SCHIP
7th -  Letter From DNI Mike McConnell On FISA Reform
2nd -  McConnell Calls for Full Senate Vote for Southwick
1st -  McConnell Amendment Highlights Need to Bring Southwick Nomination to a Vote
1st -  SRCC: Republican Leader Mitch McConnell Forces Full Senate To Consider Judge Leslie Southwick’s Nomination
July 2007
31st -  SRCC: What They Are Saying About Judge Southwick
30th -  SRCC: The “Leahy Standard” On Judges
27th -  SRCC: The Democrats’ Home-State Double-Standard
26th -  SRCC: Southwick "An Extraordinarily Accomplished Individual"
26th -  McConnell: Secure Our Borders Now