While Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer are stepping down after decades in top leadership posts, another octogenarian leader across the Capitol is pledging to stay in charge.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 80, who was reelected to a record-shattering ninth term as head of the GOP conference last week, will not be stepping aside from leadership, his top aides said.
The statement refutes speculation from anonymous Senate Republicans outside of his inner circle who are predicting Mr. McConnell won’t stick around for long in leadership but may remain in the Senate in another role, perhaps serving in a senior position on the powerful appropriations committee.