Senate Quotes - Page 21

• Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)

  Herbert Hoover

  Granddaughter, Thank God, Birth

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• Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.

  Jon Tester

  Government, Shady, Deals

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• We believe the Senate language provides for federal subsidies for abortions. Plus theres a language in there where you have to pay one dollar per month, every enrollee, to pay for a fund for reproductive rights which include abortion. And thats totally against federal law. So we are saying take that out.

  Bart Stupak

  Believe, Rights, Law

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• The chaplain of the Senate does not pray for the Senate. He watches the Senate and prays for the country.

  Sam Levenson

  Country, Government, Doe

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• Everyone in Senate is a hurdle, but everyone in there has children. Everyone in there has grandchildren. No one wants to see our kids continue to gain weight, have high blood pressure high cholesterol, diabetes, and depression.

  Richard Simmons

  Children, Kids, Blood

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• The Enron scandal continues. The U.S. Senate has announced they are going to subpoena Ken Lay and make him testify. Apparently Lay received the subpoena this morning and then, out of habit, immediately shredded it.

  Conan O'Brien

  Morning, Enron Scandal, Habit

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• Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed with better ones.

  Michael Bennet

  Habit, Function, Improving

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• As a territory, American Samoa has no representation in the U.S. Senate, and we Samoans lost a respected and powerful ally with the passing of Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye.

  Troy Polamalu

  Powerful, Hawaii, Territory

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• I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.

  David Remnick

  Thinking, Different, Electorate

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• I was listening to the guy that represented me in the state Senate, and I just got really frustrated. I called my wife and said, Ive always wanted to do something that makes a difference. So I ended up running and won.

  Matt Salmon

  Running, Differences, Wife

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• My opponents will do anything they can to distract from their own flawed candidate. Bob Menendez is under federal criminal investigation. As far as I know, he is the only candidate for Senate under federal criminal investigation.

  Thomas Kean, Jr.

  Criminals, Bob, Opponents

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• John Kerry has apologized for saying those who do not study hard and do their homework will get stuck in Iraq. Now, those that do not campaign well and are boring will end up stuck in the Senate.

  Jay Leno

  Iraq, Campaigns, Homework

  "The Money Just Wasn't There for Kerry". www.politico.com. January 24, 2007.

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• In trying to explain our political paralysis, analysts cite President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for important legislation. These are large factors to be sure, but that list neglects what may be the biggest culprit of all: the childishness, ignorance, and growing incoherence of the public at large.

  Jacob Weisberg

  Ignorance, Political, Important

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• Sarah Palin. Remember Sarah Palin? She is adorable. She is back on the campaign trail. Really. She's going to campaign in the Senate runoff in Georgia. As soon as she finds out where Georgia is.

  Craig Ferguson

  Adorable, Campaigns, Georgia

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• A top McCain policy adviser claimed this week that McCain's work in the Senate helped create the BlackBerry, saying, 'You're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create.' He then handed the BlackBerry to McCain, who attempted to withdraw $20 from it.

  Amy Poehler

  Miracle, Week, Policy

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• As you know, John McCain is an older, white-haired man who has been in the Senate for over twenty years, voted for the Iraq War, and said Barack Obama did not have the experience to be president. I'm sorry, that's our intro for next week when Joe Biden is on, I got confused.

  Jay Leno

  Sorry, Confused, War

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• The Illinois Senate passed a bill on Wednesday to legalize medical marijuana. The bill was passed after the state senator said, 'Come on, dude, pass it. Come on.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Marijuana, Illinois, Bills

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• Senate Democrats vowed Sunday to kill President Bush's energy plan. They think this is their ticket back to the White House in 2004. All they have to do now is figure out a way to get cars to run on beautiful pictures of Alaska.

  Argus Hamilton

  Beautiful, Running, Sunday

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• The Senate was holding hearings on deceptive sweepstakes practices. These companies target the elderly, making them think they're going to get a bunch of money, when in reality they never see any of it. The most popular of these scams is called Social Security.

  Colin Quinn

  Thinking, Reality, Elderly

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• My preference would be to remain in the Senate, ... But you can't say I would refuse to serve in one of those (Cabinet) capacities. It's not the same as vice president.

  John McCain

  President, Vices, Would Be

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• There is no doubt in my mind that Rudy Giuliani in the Senate will be a leader for the people of New York but also for the people of Arizona and the people all over this country.

  John McCain

  Country, New York, People

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• I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States? The vice president has two duties. One is to break a tie in case of a tie vote in the United States Senate... The other is to inquire daily as to the health of the president. Neither one of those are very challenging as compared to being able to live for a good part of the time in the state of Arizona.

  John McCain

  Dark, Thinking, Years

  "News from CNN" with Thelma Gutierrez, www.cnn.com. May 28, 2004.

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• While I support a more comprehensive bill and hope a more extensive package will eventually past the Senate, I also am a realist and know that we must not let the perfect bill be the enemy of real reform.

  John McCain

  Real, Past, Perfect

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• I have known Trent Lott for 20 years, ... I don't believe he's racist. But he must proactively send a message to his colleagues in the Senate and the American people that he is absolutely opposed to any segregation in any form and racism in any form and discrimination in any form.

  John McCain

  Believe, Years, Racism

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• The smartest person in the United States Senate, and he knows it, is John Sununu. Thank God he had his mother's temperament.

  John McCain

  Mother, Thank God, United States

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