U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Mitch+McConnell&family=editorial&specificpeople=217985 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Mitch McConnell</a> (R-KY) (2n L) speaks as (L-R) Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Sen. <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=John+Thune&family=editorial&specificpeople=534356 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>John Thune</a> (R-SC), Sen. <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=John+Cornyn&family=editorial&specificpeople=154884 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>John Cornyn</a> (R-TX) and Sen. <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Roy+Blunt&family=editorial&specificpeople=233679 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Roy Blunt</a> (R-MO) listen during a news briefing after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon December 11, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. McConnell discussed various topics with the media including the fiscal cliff issue saying 'time is running out.'