What Does Mitch McConnell Really Believe?

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For or against transparency? “Majority Whip Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who was rumored to be opposed to the change, says he is for [electronic filing].”
(Washington Post, December 6, 2006)
 “Republican Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, has not allowed a vote on Senate Bill 223, which requires campaign and other public financial documents to be filed electronically.”
(Lexington Herald-Leader, May 2, 2007)
For or against using PACs? In addition, over the last five election cycles, [McConnell’s] Bluegrass Political Action Committee has contributed to at least 40 of his 54 current Senate GOP colleagues. In September 2004, the month when he emerged as the only viable contender for the leader’s job, McConnell donated $250,000 from his campaign account to the NRSC, then the largest ever donation to the committee. By the end of the month, McConnell had used his PAC to donate more money to his colleagues than any other GOP senator except Frist.
(Washington Monthly, October 2006)
 "Both these bills will be dead on arrival," says Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) of Kentucky, an outspoken critic of PACs [speaking of public financing legislation].
(Christian Science Monitor, March 5, 1992)
Reform bill limits speech or doesn’t limit speech? “But McConnell and other opponents of the law contended it was ‘the most threatening frontal assault on core First Amendment values in a generation.’ Restrictions in the new statute, opponents said, violated the right to free speech.”
(Courier-Journal, May 3, 2003)
 “‘There won't be any less speech or money spent,’ McConnell said. ‘Dramatically more will be spent, just in a different way.’”
(Lexington Herald Leader, December 28, 2003)
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