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Many of the opposition [to the new Federal Constitution] wish to take from Congress the power of internal taxation. Calculation has convinced… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think the dignity of Congress and the dignity of the country demands something more than merely censure here. — William Weld Copy Share Image
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American voters should understand that Congress will always find a way to spend every last dollar sent to Washington. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
A foundation representing firefighters who die in the line of duty is calling for Congress to strip the Centers for Disease Control… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
The new Republican Congress should move full speed ahead to repeal and replace Obamacare. It would be unwise to wait for the… — Deroy Murdock Copy Share Image
Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think… — Bruce Babbitt Copy Share Image
My judgment is that neither House of Congress, nor both combined, have any right to interfere in the count. It is for… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
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I think that the most exciting thing is to find a tool, like an art, with an opportunity to share. Real roots… — Pawel Althamer Copy Share Image
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We have two parties who are basically hijacking our country for their corporate paymasters. And if we focus on 535 members of… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
To those who say it would be too difficult to repeal and replace Obamacare, I say it's a two step process. We… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
“Just a month after the completion of the Declaration of Independence, at a time when he delegates might have been expected to… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I fully support President Bush's decision to strike Al Qaeda's terrorist network. Now more than ever, we must stand united as a… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
The other General Welfare Clause is in the first of the authorities given to the Congress and it's not a grant, it's… — Andrew Napolitano Copy Share Image
The great successes of the modern environmental movement in the '60s and '70s had laid the seeds of their failure in the… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
Sovereignty inheres in the right to issue money. And the American sovereignty belongs by right to the people, and their representatives in… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
PM Modi's irresponsible behaviour and an overzealous Supreme Court will damage the Indian federal structure. — Hamsalekha Copy Share Image
In the past, there have been a range of treaties that divided Congress and every administration was able to get them through. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was the first Latino member of Congress to support Senator Obama's candidacy. For quite a while, I was the only one. — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
The tax relief that this Congress has given now in terms of four tax cuts has overwhelmingly gone to the people at… — Richard Neal Copy Share Image
It was declared by Congress that marijuana makes people insane. But . . . lawyers, defense lawyers, got the idea, OK, I… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A lot about Congress is about forming good working relationships with people, and humor can really help you do that. — Linda Sanchez Copy Share Image
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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Mike Pence, of course, is a governor with executive experience and doing well in a Midwestern state, but also served in Congress.… — Steve Scalise Copy Share Image
Millions of Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages. They have a right to know whether members of Congress receive sweetheart deals… — Jeb Hensarling Copy Share Image
Congress is furious at the Secret Service for consorting with hookers, which has traditionally been Congress's role. — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
We're committed to working with Congress to doing what the president said he was always going to do, which is cut the… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and… — Jacob Lew Copy Share Image
Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure ... no wonder it's been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country. — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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