It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act. — Russ Carnahan Copy Share Image
There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I think the Congress is elected by people, it represents the people, and works for their interest. The first question that they… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves. — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to end discrimination,… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary? — Marion Barry Copy Share Image
Congress, 535 commoditized temple monkeys pawing through the ruins of America in search of bribes. The bicameral whorehouse on Capitol Hill works… — Fred Reed Copy Share Image
In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture… — Peter Fenn Copy Share Image
Clean air is a basic right. The responsibility to ensure that falls to Congress and the president. — Thomas Carper Copy Share Image
The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting… — Jim Clyburn Copy Share Image
In the future, 'the networked' will sometimes form alliances with the Silicon Valley companies against Congress, but sometimes we are going to… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I have observed in my 30 years in Washington that when a President initiates a major policy speech on a controversial issue… — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
I discharge every person under punishment or prosecution under the Sedition Law, because I considered, and now consider, that law to be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to… — Dennis Hastert Copy Share Image
Man-made global warming was a potential serious threat, and NASA wanted Congress to fund new satellites to study the problem. It was… — Roy Spencer Copy Share Image
No man in America ever strove more, and more successfully first to bring about a Congress in 1765, and then to support… — Christopher Gadsden Copy Share Image
The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the United States we have, in effect, two governments ... We have the duly constituted Government ... Then we have an… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
Eleanor [Marx] was involved in the 1889 Paris congress resolution that established May Day as an annual demonstration of the international solidarity… — Rachel Holmes Copy Share Image
For the first time in history, Congress has 100 women in it. Congratulations. Welcome to modern times, America. It's great having 100… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Congress is good at doing two things: one is nothing, and the other is overreacting. — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
Few things infuse a member of Congress with more courage than self-imposed term limits or an imminent retirement. The issues they choose… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
I am the longest- serving independent in the history of the United States Congress. People of Vermont sent me to Washington as… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
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