After Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced he would step down as the GOP leader at the end of his term this fall, he received a standing ovation from his Republican colleagues as he entered a weekly lunch meeting on Wednesday afternoon, according to sources familiar.
McConnell, who turned 82 last week, announced his decision from the Senate floor, the place he became leader in 2006.
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