What are the hours of work? <a href=" http://al4a.fun ">al4a</a> McConnell reiterated his “long-held position” that tax increases are not an option for dealing with the country’s spending problem, according to a senior GOP leadership aide. The aide said McConnell reminded Reid and Pelosi of the $16 trillion national debt and pointed out an annual federal deficit that grows by hundreds of billions of dollars a year.