Senate Quotes - Page 5

• The Democrats' plan for 2006? Take the House and Senate and impeach the president. With our nation at war, is this the kind of Congress you want?

  Ken Mehlman

  War, Aggravation, House

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• Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than the U.S. Constitution has words. I guarantee you that not a single member of the House or Senate has a complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001.

  Butch Otter

  Healthcare Reform, Pushing Through, Usa

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• Tea Party has now cost the Republicans 5 senate seats. My next donation is going to them.

  Bill Maher

  Party, Tea, Cost

  Twitter post from Nov 07, 2012

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• But when Warren has spoken on national security, she has invariably spouted warmed-over, banal Democratic hawk tripe of the kind that she just recited about Israel and Gaza. During her Senate campaign, for instance, she issued wildly militaristic – and in some cases clearly false – statements about Iran and its nuclear program that would have been comfortable on the pages of The Weekly Standard.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Israel, Iran, Nuclear

  "Elizabeth Warren Finally Speaks on Israel/Gaza, Sounds Like Netanyahu". readersupportednews.org. August 28, 2014.

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• The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would tax Botox. When Botox users heard this, they were horrified. Well, I think they were horrified. It's difficult to tell.

  Craig Ferguson

  Thinking, Botox, Bills

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• Jeff Sessions is the lone voice in the Senate.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Voice, Lone, Session

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• By all accounts, the senate race I ran in was a quality race in the wrong year.

  Mike McGavick

  Race, Years, Quality

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• ...Senate Doc. # 259. The 65th congress(:)...The coal companies made between 100% and 7,856% on their capital stock during the war (to end all wars, WWI). ...The leather people sold your Uncle Sam hundreds of thousands of saddles for the calvary. But there wasn't any calvary overseas!

  Smedley Butler

  Uncles, War, Dark

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• It took us 200 years to elect the first Democratic woman to the Senate in her own right, and that's Barbara Mikulski. Six years later, we had a grand slam: We elected four new Democratic women to the Senate. Sen. Mikulski now has some company.

  Ellen Malcolm

  Years, Six, Four

  "LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW : Ellen Malcolm : The Woman Behind All Those Women Candidates". Interview with Jacob Weisberg, articles.latimes.com. November 8, 1992.

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• Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year, though no one is sure if a shouted 'Bingo!' counted as a yea or a nay.

  Jon Stewart

  Years, Missing, Finals

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• After a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, the federal government has a profound obligation to help those in need, .. Right now, the victims of Hurricane Katrina need our help. Entire communities have been destroyed. Families have been torn apart. Many are still missing. Tens of thousands remain homeless. As the recovery proceeds, we in the Senate pledge to do everything in our power to help rebuild the shattered lives across the Gulf Coast.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Recovery, Government, Profound

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• John Kerry's newfound interest in fiscal discipline is a political gimmick that defies his 20-year record in the Senate and stands in stark contrast to his reckless and expansive promises of new government spending on the campaign trail.

  Steve Schmidt

  Government, Years, Discipline

  "Kerry slams Bush over deficit". www.cnn.com. April 8, 2004.

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• Had the Senate or House, or both, censured or somehow warned Richard Nixon, the tragedy of Watergate might have been prevented. Hopefully the Senate will not sit by while even more serious abuses unfold before it.

  John Dean

  House, Abuse, Tragedy

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• As the elected representatives of the American people, all the people, nearly 300 million people, that we in the Senate are charged with the responsibility to examine whether to entrust their precious rights and liberties to [Supreme Court] nominee.

  Patrick Leahy

  Responsibility, Rights, People

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• It's important to remember that whatever the presidential candidates of either party say, they will have to interact with the United States Congress, particularly the Senate, when it comes to crafting policy.

  Tom Cotton

  Party, Presidential, Important

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. July 3, 2016.

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• In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small businesses.

  Joni Ernst

  Hard Work, Needs, Small Business

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• In the Iowa senate, I helped pass the largest tax cut in state history - returning over four billion dollars in savings and putting more money back in the pockets of hard-working Iowa families.

  Joni Ernst

  Hard Work, Cutting, Iowa

  Source: hotair.com

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• The Grocery Manufacturers Association is behind the bills which have been trying to pre-empt states' labeling laws in the Senate. And they have a lot of money and power in Washington. So it's a classic David versus Goliath story, where corporate lobbying outweighs consumers' rights.

  Zoe Lister-Jones

  Law, Rights, Trying

  "Zoe Lister-Jones: The Dangers of GMOs". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 27, 2016.

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• Now my mom designs to resign so she runs for US senate, and now at 67 my mom just launched a new company called Women's Leadership Live, she is the cofounder and CEO, and it's all about empowering women to be successful in business however they define success. When you have a role model like that you really don't ever look at gender as an issue and it's about owning your place and taking charge of your role, regardless of what you look like.

  Stephanie McMahon

  Mom, Running, Successful

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance.

  Alexander Pope

  Art, Kings, Dancing

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq”, p.361

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• Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice .

  Orrin Hatch

  Giving, Judging, Advice

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I will not be responsible for the loss of the Democratic majority in the United States Senate.

  Robert Torricelli

  Loss, Majority, United States

  "Torricelli drops out of N.J. race". www.cnn.com. October 1, 2002.

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• The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.

  Robert Torricelli

  United States, Remains, States

  "Torricelli apologizes for ethics 'lapses'". www.cnn.com. July 31, 2002.

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• I want to remind all Americans that the Senate has a very important responsibility to confirm only well- qualified individuals who will faithfully interpret the law and the Constitution.

  Chuck Grassley

  Responsibility, Law, Important

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Judges are appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. And it is our duty to ask questions on great issues that matter to the American people and to speak for them.

  Edward Kennedy

  Issues, Judging, People

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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