Congress Quotes - Page 25

My belief is that guns are too easy to get in America. My belief is that the NRA has bought much of our congress, to the point that guns are actually the only unregulated consumer product in America. Think about that. It's stunning.

Elayne Boosler

Gun, Thinking, America

"Yuo Cant Take Away My Gun Rites, Idiott" by Elayne Boosler, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 13, 2011.

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The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left.

Robert Bork

Promise, Judicial Review, Constitution

Robert H. Bork (2009). “The Tempting of America”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.

Barbara Boxer

Country, Political, Voting

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And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to an extent that most statesmen a quarter of a century ago would have regarded as utopian.

Hjalmar Branting

League, Assembly, Century

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One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a national thing, where the kids, as a field trip, will go and join hands around Congress and give the politicians report cards on how they're voting on hunger issues.

Jeff Bridges

Kids, Issues, Hands

Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. January 10, 2011.

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It's a lie! I am not an anti-Semite. The World Jewish Congress supported me and said that I am not anti-Semitic.

Hugo Chavez

Lying, World, Said

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I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.

Tom Clancy

Book, Memorable, Names

"King Of The 'Techno-thriller'" by Patrick Anderson, www.nytimes.com. 1988.

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My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount of compromise.

George Clooney

Father, Way, Compromise

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As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people as soon as possible should remain a topic of debate for Congress while relying on our military commanders to set up the timetable.

Howard Coble

Military, Years, People

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The Supreme Court has never ruled that Congress can use the Commerce Clause to require individuals to engage in an activity they have chosen to avoid. Yet that is precisely what Obamacare does: It forces Americans without health insurance to purchase coverage. Such a requirement is unprecedented and unconstitutional.

John Cornyn

Obamacare, Doe, Use

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In short, it is the position of the people of the United States, as expressed by their representatives in Congress, that Israel's fight is our fight. And so shall it be until the last terrorist on earth is in a cell or a cemetery.

Tom DeLay

Fighting, Israel, Cells

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If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration.

John Dingell

War, Thinking, House

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Prayer and dependence on God has been our history. How unfortunate it is now that an unaccountable and unelected and misguided judge from Wisconsin, Judge Barbara Crabb, has declared National Days of Prayer - established by the Congress - to be unconstitutional.

James Dobson

Prayer, Judging, Wisconsin

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I have lectured at Town Hall N.Y., The Library of Congress, Harvard, Yale, Amherst, Wellesley, Columbia, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana State University, Colorado, Stanford, and scores of other places.

Paul Engle

Illinois, Yale, Library

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With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership.

Ron Fournier

Leadership, Approval Rating, Lost

"Why Gov. Christie Is Presidential Timber" by Ron Fournier, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 9, 2013.

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Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since Jackson has claimed the mantle, even while lacking two ingredients of an electoral mandate: a landslide victory and a specific agenda.

Ron Fournier

Two, Victory, Desire

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The failure of the White House and Congress to seriously address the nation's fiscal situation is certain to broaden the belief among many voters that the U.S. political system is broken.

Ron Fournier

White, Broken, House

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We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress.

David Frum

Decision, Leader, Conservative

"David Frum On Republicans And Health Care". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. April 1, 2010.

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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.

Barry Goldwater

Party, Wife, People

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The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests who are most affected by the proposal.

Al Gore

Powerful, Special, Reform

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In Congress, while the House’s proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can’t equate spending on veterans with spending on defense.

Jennifer Granholm

Cutting, House, Pay

"Honor Sacrifice by Supporting Vets" by Jennifer M. Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 26, 2012.

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Since September 11th Congress has created the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled the homeland security budget and implemented a bipartisan overhaul of our intelligence systems.

Doc Hastings

September, Homeland Security, Department

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Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the higher jobs, more of the seats in Congress. Men need to re-examine what their power is. We need to understand how to use it.

James Hillman

Jobs, Men, Office

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Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House.

Jesse Jackson

Christian, Liars, White

"Some Layer of the Excitement is Gone". SPIEGEL interview, www.spiegel.de. August 8, 2011.

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There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Political, President, Politics

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