Mitch McConnell 一个在天朝资料少的可怜的参议员（包括贴吧）本帖纯粹就是一个科普贴，科普一下这个在米国著名的参议员。在贴子里会有大量英文资料出现（有空就翻译下啦）。------------预告完毕。

来了来了，偷懒的我，终于准备好了。

U.S. Senate
Elections1984Main article: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1984
In 1984, McConnell ran for the U.S. Senate against two-term Democratic incumbent Walter Dee Huddleston. The election race wasn*t decided until the last returns came in, and McConnell won by a thin margin—only 5,200 votes out of more than 1.8 million votes cast, just over 0.4%.[11] McConnell was the only Republican Senate challenger to win that year, despite Ronald Reagan*s landslide victory in the presidential election. Part of McConnell*s success came from a series of television campaign spots called "Where*s Dee", which featured a group of bloodhounds trying to find Huddleston,[12][13] implying that Huddleston*s attendance record in the Senate was less than stellar. His campaign bumper stickers and television ads asked voters to "Switch to Mitch".[14] It is likely that he was helped by Ronald Reagan*s21-point win in Kentucky that year.
1990Main article: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1990
In 1990, McConnell faced a tough re-election contest against former Louisville Mayor Harvey I. Sloane, winning by 4.4%.
1996Main article: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1996
In 1996, he defeated Steve Beshear by 12.6%, even as Bill Clinton narrowly carried the state. In keeping with a tradition of humorous and effective television ads in his campaigns, McConnell*s campaign ran television ads that warned voters to not "Get BeSheared" and included images of sheep being sheared.[14]
2002Main article: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2002
In 2002, he was re-elected against Lois Combs Weinberg by 26.4%, the largest majority by a Republican candidate in Kentucky history.
2008Main article: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2008
In 2008, after a close campaign, he defeated Bruce Lunsford by 6%.[15]
2014Main article: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2014
In 2014, McConnell faced Louisville businessman Matt Bevin in the Republican primary.[16] The 60.2% won by McConnell is the lowest voter support for a Kentucky U.S. Senator in a primary by either party since 1938.[17] He defeated Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in the general election.
Leadership
During the 1998 and 2000 election cycles, McConnell was chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Republicans maintained control of the Senate in both. He was first elected as Majority Whip in the 108th Congress and unanimously re-elected on November 17, 2004. Senator Bill Frist, the Majority Leader, did not seek re-election in the 2006 elections. In November 2006, after Republicans lost control of the Senate, they elected McConnell to replace Frist asMinority Leader.

TenureReputation
According to The New York Times, in his early years as a politician in Kentucky, McConnell was "something of a centrist". In later years, McConnell followed his party and his state in becoming more conservative, changing his mind on a number of subjects, including abandoning collective-bargaining rights and minimum-wage increases that he previously supported, and abandoning pork barrel projects he once delivered to the state of Kentucky.[10] According to a profile in Politico, "While most politicians desperately want to be liked, McConnell has relished—and cultivated—his reputation as a villain." The Politico profile also noted "For most of Obama*s presidency, McConnell has been the face of Republican obstructionism."[18] According to Salon, "Despite McConnell*s reputation as the man who said his No. 1 goal was to stop President Obama from winning a second term, it*s been McConnell at the table when the big deals — be they over threatened government shutdowns, debt defaults or fiscal cliffs — have been finalized."[19]
Foreign policy
After winning election to the U.S. Senate in 1984, McConnell backed anti-apartheid legislation with Chris Dodd.[20] McConnell went on to engineer new IMF funding to "faithfully protect aid to Egypt and Israel," and "promote free elections and better treatment of Muslim refugees" in Myanmar, Cambodia and Macedonia. According to March 2014 article in Politico, "McConnell was a *go-to guy* for presidents of both parties seeking foreign aid", but he has lost some of his idealism and evolved to be more wary of foreign assistance.[21]
McConnell stands in front and directly to the right of President Obama as he signs tax cuts and unemployment insurance legislation on December 17, 2010.
In August 2007, McConnell introduced the Protect America Act of 2007, which allowed the National Security Agency to monitor telephone and electronic communications of suspected terrorists outside the United States without obtaining a warrant.[22]McConnell was the only party leader in Congress to oppose the resolution that would authorize military strikes against Syriain September 2013, citing a lack of national security risk.[23]
On March 27, 2014, McConnell introduced the United States International Programming to Ukraine and Neighboring Regions bill, which would provide additional funding and instructions to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in response to the 2014 Crimea crisis.[24][25]

Iraq War
In October 2002, McConnell voted for the Iraq Resolution, which authorized military action against Iraq.[56] McConnell supported the Iraq War troop surge of 2007.[57] In 2010, McConnell "accused the White House of being more concerned about a messaging strategy than prosecuting a war against terrorism."[58]
In 2006, McConnell publicly criticized Senate Democrats for urging that troops be brought back from Iraq.[59] According to Bush*s Decision Points memoir, however, McConnell was privately urging the then President to "bring some troops home from Iraq" to lessen the political risks. McConnell*s hometown paper, theLouisville Courier-Journal, in an editorial titled "McConnell*s True Colors", criticized McConnell for his actions and asked him to "explain why the fortunes of the Republican Party are of greater importance than the safety of the United States."[60]
Regarding the failure of the Iraqi government to make reforms, McConnell said the following on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer: "The Iraqi government is a huge disappointment. Republicans overwhelmingly feel disappointed about the Iraqi government. I read just this week that a significant number of the Iraqi parliament want to vote to ask us to leave. I want to assure you, Wolf, if they vote to ask us to leave, we*ll be glad to comply with their request."[61]
On April 21, 2009, McConnell delivered a speech to the Senate criticizing President Obama*s plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, and questioned the additional 81 million dollar White House request for funds to transfer prisoners to the United States.[62][63]
FundraisingMcConnell at the 2014Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.
From 2003 to 2008, the list of McConnell*s top 20 donors included five financial/investment firms: UBS, FMR Corporation(Fidelity Investments), Citigroup, Bank of New York and Merrill Lynch.[64][better source needed]
In April 2010, while Congress was considering financial reform legislation, a reporter asked McConnell if he was "doing the bidding of the large banks." McConnell has received more money in donations from the "Finance, Insurance and Real Estate" sector than any other sector according to the Center for Responsive Politics.[64][65] McConnell responded "I*d say that that*s inaccurate. You could talk to the community bankers in Kentucky." The Democratic Party*s plan for financial reform is actually a way to institute "endless taxpayer funded bailouts for big Wall Street banks", said McConnell. He expressed concern that the proposed $50 billion, bank-funded fund that would be used to liquidate financial firms that could collapse "would of course immediately signal to everyone that the government is ready to bail out large banks".[64][65] In McConnell*s home state of Kentucky, the Lexington Herald-Leader ran an editorial saying: "We have read that the Republicans have a plan for financial reform, but McConnell isn*t talking up any solutions, just trashing the other side*s ideas with no respect for the truth."[66]
Committee assignments
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry, and Credit
Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health
Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans* Affairs, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Committee on Rules and Administration
Select Committee on Intelligence (Ex officio)

Electoral history
Elections are shown with a map depicting county-by-county information. McConnell is shown in red and Democratic opponents shown in blue.
Year % McConnell Opponent Party affiliation % of vote County-by-county map
1984 49.9% Walter Huddleston (incumbent) Democratic 49.5%
1990 52.2% Harvey I. Sloane Democratic 47.8%
1996 55.5% Steve Beshear Democratic 42.8%
2002 64.7% Lois Combs Weinberg Democratic 35.3%
2008 53.0% Bruce Lunsford Democratic 47.0%
2014 56.2% Alison Lundergan Grimes Democratic 40.7% Kentucky 2014 Senate Race Results
Personal life
McConnell is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention. His first wife was Sherrill Redmon,[67] from whom he was later divorced; they have three daughters. His second wife, whom he married in 1993, is Elaine Chao, the former Secretary of Labor under George W. Bush.
McConnell is on the Board of Selectors of Jefferson Awards for Public Service.[68]
In 1997, he founded the James Madison Center for Free Speech, a Washington, D.C.-based legal defense organization.[69][70] McConnell was inducted as a member of the Sons of the American Revolution on March 1, 2013.[71]
In 2010, the OpenSecrets website ranked McConnell, because of net household worth, one of the wealthiest members of the U.S. Senate at the time,[72] because of gifts given to him and his wife in 2008 from his father-in-law James S.C. Chao after the death of his mother-in-law.[73][74]
Personal wealth
Senator McConnell*s net worth was between $9,839,049 to $44,587,000 in 2010, and he was ranked as the 11th wealthiest member of the U.S. Senate at the time.[72]
McConnell’s personal wealth grew seven-fold in ten years in large part due to gifts given to him and his wife in 2008 from his father-in-law, James S.C. Chao; these gifts were worth between $5 million and $25 million (Senate ethics forms require personal finance disclosures in ranges of amounts, rather than specific figures).[73]

右边的就是Mitch McConnell