Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, listen to a question from a reporter on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, after Senate Republicans voted on leadership positions for the 114th Congress. Standing with McConnell are, starting third from left, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.