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It seems with every new day, we have a new veto threat from the president.

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Mitch McConnell
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 20
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United States Senator
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Alabama
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What we do know is that the American people, regardless of how they feel about the abortion issue, don't think that taxpayer money ought to be used to pay for abortions.
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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.
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After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs.
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This heinous crime should be of particular concern to all of us. . . . I know my colleagues will agree that the murder of Americans overseas cannot go unpunished. I will continue to closely follow developments in this case[.]
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America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama's four-year experiment in big government.
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I've often wished we had more women in the Senate.
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