Mitch McConnell - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Mitch McConnell Index / People Transcripts Leon Panetta ...sat down with Boehner, I sat down with [Mitch] McConnell , I sat down with [Chuck] Schumer, wit... Rob Nabors ...wanted to ask you about something that Senator McConnell said early in January of 2009. He said... ...President Biden's negotiations with Senator McConnell were crucial in reaching a resolutio... ...President Biden's relationship with Senator McConnell in those negotiations? It wa... ...each other. I very rarely agree with Senator McConnell on policy issues, but I respect hi... ...you and Secretary Geithner met with Senator Mitch McConnell at the end of November of 2012 afte... ...Biden helped to negotiate a deal with Senator McConnell in a last-minute compromise, I can say... ...cliff. Can you talk a bit about how Senator McConnell and Vice President Biden kept the line... ...phone and calling McConnell. I think Senator McConnell is more inclined to play his card... ...vice president was speaking directly to Senator McConnell ? Yes, it was funny. I remember th... ...occur? Were we just going to go punch Mitch McConnell in the nose and make this happen? An... Show more... Jason Furman ...[Jr.], then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell . So Biden went to McConnell an... David Cote ...President Biden and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell . I wanted to move on to the nex... Jeanne Lambrew ...effort to try to engage them. I think Senator McConnell had already come out and said his quot... Tom Harkin ...it's not on the level.” It's like Mitch McConnell said. “We're going to make him ... Pete Rouse ...say, once we got to the Senate you have Mitch McConnell here in 2010 saying that “my number on... ...And I wanted to ask you about something Senator McConnell said early in January of 2009. He sai... ...as having negotiated directly with Senator McConnell a resolution to the impasse that ha... ...and also about his relationship with Senator McConnell . I'd say a couple of things abou... ...there in the Roosevelt Room where Mitch McConnell would sit there for an hour and neve... ...think it's a function—for example, when Mitch McConnell says in October 2010, says publicly i... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Labor Labor go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy