Official portrait of Mitch McConnell
U.S. Senate · Kentucky

Mitch McConnell

RRepublicanIn this seat since January 3, 1985Term ends January 3, 2027This seat is on the ballot November 3, 2026.
Previous profession
Attorney (admitted to the Kentucky Bar, 1967); Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General, 1974 to 1975
First public office
1978Judge / Executive of Jefferson County, 1978 to 1984
Years in public office
47of 59 years since 1967, the first year the biography gives for any work

Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.

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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, McConnell has a recorded vote on 38 laws that passed.

32 Yes · 0 No · 6 Did not vote
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The record in plain language

Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 38 came to a recorded vote in the Senate while McConnell is a member. The rest passed the Senate by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.

McConnell votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the Rescissions Act of 2025, which cancelled about $9 billion in approved spending; the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; and the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law.

On funding the government, McConnell votes Yes on the March 2025 full-year funding law; the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown; the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA; and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.

Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the Senate in that time. McConnell votes to cancel 21 and against cancelling 0, and did not vote on 3. The rules McConnell votes to cancel come from: Interior: Bureau of Land Management (6), Environmental Protection Agency (6), Energy (3), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2), Treasury: Comptroller of the Currency (1), Interior: National Park Service (1), Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1) and Interior: Ocean Energy Management (1).

McConnell votes the same way as most Senate Republicans on all 32 of these Yes and No votes.

McConnell did not vote on the Russia and Iran sanctions law; the September 2026 funding extension; the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; the law that cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules; the law that cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development; and the law that cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.

Votes on laws that passed

Public Law 119-111 · Signed Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.

House 262–159Senate 86–11Did not vote
Public Law 119-103 · Signed Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027

Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.

House 370–48Senate 90–6Did not vote
Public Law 119-101 · Became law without a signature on 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.

House 358–32Senate 85–5Did not vote
Public Law 119-98 · Signed Secure America Act

Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.

House 214–212Senate 52–47Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 140 · Signed Public Law 119-85

Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.

House 214–208Senate 50–49Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 142 · Signed Public Law 119-78

Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.

House 215–210Senate 49–47Did not vote
Public Law 119-75 · Signed Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.

House 217–214Senate 71–29Votes Yes
Public Law 119-74 · Signed Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026

Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.

House 397–28Senate 82–15Votes Yes
Public Law 119-60 · Signed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

The annual defense policy law.

House 312–112Senate 77–20Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 131 · Signed Public Law 119-52

Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

House 217–209Senate 49–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 130 · Signed Public Law 119-51

Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.

House 214–212Senate 51–43Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 106 · Signed Public Law 119-50

Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.

House 215–210Senate 50–46Did not vote
H.J.Res. 105 · Signed Public Law 119-49

Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.

House 215–211Senate 50–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 104 · Signed Public Law 119-48

Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.

House 211–208Senate 52–47Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 80 · Signed Public Law 119-47

Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

House 216–209Senate 52–45Votes Yes
Public Law 119-37 · Signed Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026

Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.

House 222–209Senate 60–40Votes Yes
Public Law 119-28 · Signed Rescissions Act of 2025

Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.

House adopted H.Res. 590, 216–213Senate 51–48Votes Yes
Public Law 119-27 · Signed GENIUS Act

Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).

House 308–122Senate 68–30Votes Yes
Public Law 119-26 · Signed HALT Fentanyl Act

Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.

House 321–104Senate 84–16Votes Yes
Public Law 119-21 · Signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act

A broad tax and spending law.

House 218–214Senate 50–50Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 31 · Signed Public Law 119-20

Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.

House 216–212Senate 52–46Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 13 · Signed Public Law 119-19

Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.

House 220–207Senate 52–47Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 89 · Signed Public Law 119-17

Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.

House 225–196Senate 49–46Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 88 · Signed Public Law 119-16

Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.

House 246–164Senate 51–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 87 · Signed Public Law 119-15

Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.

House 231–191Senate 51–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 61 · Signed Public Law 119-14

Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.

House 216–202Senate 55–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 60 · Signed Public Law 119-13

Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

House 219–205Senate 50–43Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 28 · Signed Public Law 119-11

Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.

House 219–211Senate 51–47Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 18 · Signed Public Law 119-10

Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.

House 217–211Senate 52–48Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 75 · Signed Public Law 119-9

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.

House 214–193Senate 52–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 42 · Signed Public Law 119-8

Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.

House 222–203Senate 52–46Did not vote
H.J.Res. 24 · Signed Public Law 119-7

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.

House 203–182Senate 53–42Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 20 · Signed Public Law 119-6

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.

House 221–198Senate 53–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 25 · Signed Public Law 119-5

Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.

House 292–132Senate 70–28Votes Yes
Public Law 119-4 · Signed Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.

House 217–213Senate 54–46Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 11 · Signed Public Law 119-3

Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.

House 221–202Senate 54–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 35 · Signed Public Law 119-2

Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.

House 220–206Senate 52–47Votes Yes
Public Law 119-1 · Signed Laken Riley Act

Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.

House 263–156Senate 64–35Votes Yes

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Member-requested spending

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Congress printed 44 spending items this member requested, $483,718,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.

Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.

RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and EnvironmentPublic Law 119-37University of Kentucky/ United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Services Forage-Animal Production Research UnitAgricultural Research Service · Buildings and FacilitiesKY$10,000,000
Ohio County HospitalPublic Law 119-37Ohio County Healthcare Hospital Infrastructure Improvement ProjectRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities ProgramKY$1,350,000
Military Container Production Facility: DesignPublic Law 119-37Military Container Production Facility: DesignArmyNone printed$27,000,000
Air Traffic Control TowerPublic Law 119-37Air Traffic Control TowerArmyNone printed$45,000,000
Modernized Hangar: DesignPublic Law 119-37Modernized Hangar: DesignArmyNone printed$11,000,000
Aviation Support Facility (INC)Public Law 119-37Aviation Support Facility (INC)Army ReserveNone printed$50,000,000
Emergency Services Railroad Overpass: Minor ConstructionPublic Law 119-37Emergency Services Railroad Overpass: Minor ConstructionArmyNone printed$8,000,000
Warrior Dining Facility: DesignPublic Law 119-37Warrior Dining Facility: DesignArmyNone printed$4,500,000
Readiness Center: DesignPublic Law 119-37Readiness Center: DesignArmy National GuardNone printed$1,500,000
on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74e KY Martin County Treatment Pla RehabilitatioEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$4,800,000
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RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate KY City of Albany Treatment PlaEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$7,334,000
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate KY Edmonson Count District for Plant ModerniEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$9,256,000
ice ConstructionPublic Law 119-74KY Green River Na Refuge for Vi ImprovementFish and Wi · ldlife ServNone printed$1,000,000
Capital Improvement an MaintenancePublic Law 119-74d KY Capital Improv Maintenance a the Lakes Nat Recreation ArForest Serv · iceNone printed$7,450,000
University of LouisvillePublic Law 119-74Center for BioscienceDOC · NIST ConstructionNone printed$70,000,000
University of KentuckyPublic Law 119-74Healthy Kentucky Research BuildingDOC · NIST ConstructionNone printed$35,000,000
City of MadisonvillePublic Law 119-74Cybercrime Training Facility EquipmentDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$2,500,000
Warren County Fiscal CourtPublic Law 119-74Law Enforcement Technology and EquipmentDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$352,000
Home of the InnocentsPublic Law 119-75for equipment for a pediatric skilled nursing facilityHHS · Health Resources and Services AdministrationKY$1,000,000
Mountain Comprehensive Health CorporationPublic Law 119-75for facilities and equipment for construction of autism treatment facilityHHS · Health Resources and Services AdministrationKY$1,500,000
University of KentuckyPublic Law 119-75for acquisition of laboratory research equipmentHHS · Health Resources and Services AdministrationKY$15,000,000
University of KentuckyPublic Law 119-75for facilities and equipment for construction of biomedical research facilityHHS · Health Resources and Services AdministrationKY$15,000,000
University of LouisvillePublic Law 119-75for facilities and equipment for construction and renovation of laboratory space and to purchase imaging systemsHHS · Health Resources and Services AdministrationKY$12,500,000
University of LouisvillePublic Law 119-75for facilities and equipment to acquire and install DNA sequencing systems and protein analysis systemsHHS · Health Resources and Services AdministrationKY$9,326,000
University of LouisvillePublic Law 119-75for facilities and equipment to acquire and install research computer systems and biobank equipment and softwareHHS · Health Resources and Services AdministrationKY$8,000,000
Life Learning CenterPublic Law 119-75for programming, technology, and equipment for the Life Learning CenterHHS · Administration for Children and FamiliesKY$2,700,000
Campbellsville UniversityPublic Law 119-75to support mental health care educationED · Higher EducationKY$3,000,000
Madisonville Community CollegePublic Law 119-75for the purchase of aviation equipmentED · Higher EducationKY$2,000,000
Elizabethtown Regional Airport (EKX)Public Law 119-75Runway Reconfiguration StudyDepartment of Transportation · Transportation Planning, Research, and DevelopmentKY$250,000
Kenton County Airport BoardPublic Law 119-75Concourse A Apron Rehabilitation at CVG AirportDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsKY$2,000,000
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)Public Law 119-75Taxiway ReconstructionDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsKY$7,500,000
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF)Public Law 119-75Federal Inspection Service FacilityDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsKY$9,600,000
Blue Grass Airport (LEX)Public Law 119-75Air Traffic Control Tower Relocation Enabling ProjectsDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsKY$5,400,000
Elizabethtown Regional Airport (EKX)Public Law 119-75Runway ReconfigurationDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsKY$9,000,000
Barkley Regional Airport (PAH)Public Law 119-75Airfield Lighting RehabilitationDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsKY$3,100,000
KYPublic Law 119-75Belvedere Redevelopment ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsKY$250,000
KYPublic Law 119-75I-69 Ohio River CrossingDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsKY$10,000,000
KYPublic Law 119-75Hal Rogers Parkway ImprovementDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsKY$20,000,000
Owensboro Family YMCAPublic Law 119-75Owensboro and Daviess County Community Childcare CenterDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundKY$6,600,000
McCreary County Heritage FoundationPublic Law 119-75Historic Stearns RevitalizationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundKY$11,000,000
Somerset-Pulaski Economic Development AuthorityPublic Law 119-75Barnesburg Road Bridge ConstructionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundKY$1,450,000
Barren CountyPublic Law 119-75Cave City Area Agriculture Exposition CenterDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundKY$20,000,000
City of CovingtonPublic Law 119-75Riverfront Podium and Land Bridge InfrastructureDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundKY$4,500,000
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro GovernmentPublic Law 119-75Belvedere TransformationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundKY$7,000,000

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For the 2026 election cycle, McConnell's campaign reports receiving $217,446.91 and reports spending $969,119.37, as of June 30, 2026.

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What the filing reports2026 cycleFEC number S2KY00012as of June 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number S2KY00012as of December 31, 2024
Money raised (total receipts)$217,446.91$1,203,839.87
Money spent (total disbursements)$969,119.37$1,078,988.86
Cash on hand (at the end of the period)$7,341,791.94$8,093,464.40
Debts (owed by the committee)$0.00$0.00

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Reported as received from2026 cycleFEC number S2KY00012as of June 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number S2KY00012as of December 31, 2024
Individuals, itemized$17,200.82$670,521.85
Individuals, unitemized$1,453.00$48,993.69
Other political committees$15,000.00$265,112.37
Party committees$0.00$0.00
The candidate, contributions$0.00$0.00
The candidate, loans$0.00$0.00

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