The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
I think it's important that members of the United States Senate spend time not just on Capitol Hill but making contact with… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The Senate as an institution is broken. We're not doing the work of the American people and the rules are being abused.… — Tom Udall Copy Share Image
Nobody is going to give away the farm in Kyoto. It is not anybody's to give away. And even if the United… — Thomas Schelling Copy Share Image
My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at age 30. Somewhere around 1992, he should have had to go… — Howie Carr Copy Share Image
The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to… — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
We plan to pick up another five seats in the Senate and hold the House through redistricting through 2012. And rather than… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
To resume, in a few words, the system of the Imperial government, as it was instituted by Augustus, and maintained by those… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The Senate is allowed to work the way it was designed to - meaning a place where nothing is decided without a… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
The Senate was an odd compromise between the founders and the early leaders of the republic who wanted a single house which… — George Packer Copy Share Image
We wouldn't even be where we are had it not been that 70% of Hispanics voted for President Obama, voted Democratic in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To be honest, I haven't seen much serious budget planning since the Republicans took control of the House after the 2010 elections… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
If everybody is rewarded just for being alive, you get the same sort of effect as you do when you reward every… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
If I can get enough signatures, to present an apology to slavery, I will present it to the President. The House of… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly (and proudly) what the method was to all this… — Mike Lofgren Copy Share Image
Between [Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan, [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump's team, I don't see a lot of… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
My take is this. The Republicans control the Senate. They have the majority of the House, and they have the White House.… — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
John Kerry keeping a low profile this week. He said he wanted to get away and go someplace where no one would… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Ted Kennedy was in the Senate for 40 years. Tip O'Neill for 35 years. John Kerry in the Senate for 30 some… — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
This has not been a legislative process worthy of the Senate. Members of the Judiciary Committee, as I just said, were implored… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
My opponents will do anything they can to distract from their own flawed candidate. Bob Menendez is under federal criminal investigation. As… — Thomas Kean, Jr Copy Share Image
In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small… — Joni Ernst Copy Share Image
One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity,… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
Everybody thought Barack Obama was going to [inspire people] when he came to Washington, but, you know, the Senate seems like the… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid marveled at the electability of Barack Obama because, unlike previous black candidates,… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee,… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable… — John C. Danforth Copy Share Image
Treason is a strong word, but not too strong to characterize the situation in which the Senate is the eager, resourceful, and… — David Graham Phillips Copy Share Image
It wasn't until 1998 that I ever seriously thought about running for office. And I didn't make up my mind to do… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
In the Senate, I will work to shrink the size of our federal government to its core Constitutional role so the private… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
I think if you're going to get anything done in the Senate, you have to be on the same sheet of music.… — Jon Tester Copy Share Image
The Concord Coalition in Virginia complained about pork projects and wasteful spending in the federal budget. Consider the Senate chaplain's salary. As… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
“There is a Senate and a Congress who carry on endless sessions discussing garbage disposal and outhouse inspection, the only two questions… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
If passed by the U.N. and ratified by the U.S. Senate, the U.N. Small Arms Treaty would almost certainly force the United… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
Republicans think that [Ted] Cruz would be like Barry Goldwater. He'd lose in a landslide and pull the party down with him.… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
From voting rights and housing affordability to mental health and reproductive rights, young people and especially young women are facing headwinds, and… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
Sudan replaced the U.S. on the U.N. Human Rights Commission joining Syria, and Cuba. So now, the commission members have no interest… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
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