Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest January 2014 No. 01 Vol. 93
Honorable Mitch McConnell

Changing the Filibuster Rules

A Historic Vote on Senate Procedure

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Honorable Mitch McConnell

United States Senator, Kentucky, Republican

Senator McConnell was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984. He served as County JudgeExecutive in Jefferson County, Kentucky, from 1977 to 1984. He sits on the following committees: Appropriations; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Rules and Administration; and the Select Committee on Intelligence. He is the Minority Leader of the Senate. The following is from the November 21, 2013, Senate floor debate on changing the rules for consideration of presidential nominees.   Once again, Senate Democrats are threatening to break the rules of the Senate in order to change the rules of the Senate. And over what? Over a…

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