I think that's a pretty responsible way to go forward. It doesn't shut anything down but also doesn't give the Department of Homeland Security a full year's funding and guarantees a kind of ongoing discussion about this whole issue. Mitch McConnell More Quotes by Mitch McConnell More Quotes From Mitch McConnell The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president. Mitch McConnell politicsimportantpresident All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and open system we've had in modern times. Mitch McConnell citizens-unitedlevelsthinking You'll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think. Mitch McConnell regretmemorablethinking Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out? Mitch McConnell governmentbelievecountry For everybody who thinks it's warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn't. Mitch McConnell climate-changerepublicanthinking The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people. Mitch McConnell minimum-wagelevelspeople The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year. Mitch McConnell jobsyearsneeds We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century. Mitch McConnell socialstoriescountry The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it. Mitch McConnell paidgovernmentsocial The worst day of my political life was when President George W. Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law. Mitch McConnell politicalpresidentlaw It's a shame that we have to use whatever leverage we have in Congress to get the president to deal with the biggest problem confronting our future. And that's our excessive spending. Mitch McConnell problempresidentuse More young people believe they'll see a U.F.O. than that they'll see their own Social Security benefits. Mitch McConnell benefitsbelievepeople The biggest problem confronting the country is our excessive spending. If we're not going to deal with it now, when are we going to deal with it? And we've watched the government explode over the last four years. We've dealt with the revenue issue. Mitch McConnell governmentcountryyears Republicans will not be reduced to being the tax collectors for the Obama economy. Mitch McConnell taxeseconomyrepublican The worst experience any majority can have is that you convene and you look around and nothing's ready to go. Mitch McConnell majorityworstlooks Whether it's before the election or after the election, the principle is the American people are choosing their next president and their next president should pick this Supreme Court nominee. Mitch McConnell nextpresidentpeople America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama's four-year experiment in big government. Mitch McConnell governmentamericayears Obama hasn't been working to earn reelection, he's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour! Mitch McConnell reelectionrepublicanpolitics We have a debt the size of our economy, which makes us look a lot like Greece. Mitch McConnell sizedebtlooks For four years, Americans have waited for the faintest light to flicker at the end of the tunnel. And this President has let them down again and again and again. It is time to move on. It is time for a leader who will lead. That leader is Mitt Romney. Mitch McConnell leader
