Sen. Mitch McConnell is longest-serving party leader in Senate history
BY JULIA BENBROOK WASHINGTON, D.C. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., entered the United States Senate in 1985, achieving a goal he said was set in college while spending his summer as an intern on Capitol Hill. “Once I got here, I was not exactly an overnight sensation but after a number years of going through the ranks, I…