When people say - 'Well, do you miss being a judge since you're in Congress,' I go - 'Only when I want… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
The 1935 Social Security Act established 65 as the age of eligibility for payouts. But welfare state politics quickly becomes a bidding… — George Will Copy Share Image
So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was… — Malcolm Wallop Copy Share Image
My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Hostess Bakery plants shut down due to a workers' strike. It was split up. The State Department hired all the Twinkies, the… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra has charged the Bush administration with keeping programs secret from Congress. Somehow no one from Congress reads the… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Winston Churchill used to say that we, Americans, try every other option before we finally do the right thing. After everything else… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Many critics of the Palestinians, especially those in Congress, think the current calm is merely the eye of the storm. That's why… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
The first phrase of the First Amendment spoke to the freedom uppermost in Jefferson's mind when it provided that, 'Congress shall make… — Edwin Gaustad Copy Share Image
The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on a looting raid for the enrichment of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Virginia and Maryland attorneys argued this is a national problem and needs a national solution. I'm hoping that with a federal court… — Walter Smith Copy Share Image
I don't understand why every single person in Congress isn't standing up and going, "He [Donald Trump] is in bed with Russia."… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
I think conventional wisdom is that time is not on our side. But there are a number of members of Congress who… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Whether wisely or not, one of the first priorities of the incoming Obama administration was to present a package of healthcare benefits,… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
Our people are slow to learn the wisdom of sending character instead of talent to Congress. Again and again they have sent… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
During the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress and George Washington - I call him the first George W.… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that we've become a nation of thieves, a value rejected by our founders. James Madison, the father of… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Essentially Rumsfeld wins, Cheney wins, and the CIA and State Department lose. Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld have more centralized control over intelligence,… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I'm old enough to remember Richard Nixon. They called it the imperial presidency when he was refusing to spend money that Congress… — Angus King Copy Share Image
During the Reagan years, government shut down eight different times under a Democrat Congress. The president and Congress worked together and got… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
