McConnell: Pelosi 'Ridiculous' For Saying Government Has No Spending Problem Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) saying in a "Fox News Sunday" interview that the federal government doesn't have a spending problem. "When we hear the House Democratic leader echo the president's claim that we don't have a spending problem, well, it's hard to know where to start after a ridiculous suggestion like that,"