We need to strengthen and save Social Security for today's workers. If we don't act now, this system, born out of the New Deal, will become a bad deal.

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In its 2009 report liberal government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named McConnell one of the 15 most corrupt members of Congress stating that "Sen. ”
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.

First elected to that position in 2006 he is the 15th Senate Republican Leader and the second Kentuckian to lead his party in the Senate. He is also the longest serving U.