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title: "23 Congress Power Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 23 Congress Power quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Congress Power sayings and thoughts."
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> [Quite frankly, I always believed that Congress is where the power is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-woolery/quite-frankly-i-always-believed-that-congress-is-where-the-power-is/)

[Chuck Woolery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-woolery/)

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> [Congress has no power to make any religious establishments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-sherman/congress-has-no-power-to-make-any-religious-establishments/)

[Roger Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-sherman/)

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> [The Congress is a power-oriented party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharad-pawar/the-congress-is-a-power-oriented-party/)

[Sharad Pawar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharad-pawar/)

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> [As policy makers, Congress has the power to promote public policies that economically empower single parents and drastically reduce childhood poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-veasey/as-policy-makers-congress-has-the-power-to-promote-public-policies/)

[Marc Veasey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-veasey/)

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> [No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rawle/no-clause-in-the-constitution-could-by-any-rule-of-construction-be/)

[William Rawle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rawle/)

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> [Impeachment is one of the most significant and arduous authorities of the United States Congress, a power I do not take lightly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-donalds/impeachment-is-one-of-the-most-significant-and-arduous-authorities-of/)

[Byron Donalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-donalds/)

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> [If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-chidambaram/if-you-go-back-to-any-period-in-india-s-history-all-the-hard/)

[P. Chidambaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-chidambaram/)

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> [The construction applied . . . to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a power .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-construction-applied-to-those-parts-of-the-constitution-of-the/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [When the Congress was in power, the educated - especially the engineers - were jobless and they could not even sell pakodas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamilisai-soundararajan/when-the-congress-was-in-power-the-educated-especially-the-engineers/)

[Tamilisai Soundararajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamilisai-soundararajan/)

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> [The attack on ObamaCare was that Congress does not have the power under the Commerce Clause to force a private citizen into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-podhoretz/the-attack-on-obamacare-was-that-congress-does-not-have-the-power/)

[John Podhoretz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-podhoretz/)

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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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/many-of-the-opposition-to-the-new-federal-constitution-wish-to-take/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The idea of creating a national bank I do not concur in, because it seems now decided that Congress has not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-idea-of-creating-a-national-bank-i-do-not-concur-in-because-it/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [ “On January 27, 1778, the -Articles of Confederation-, recently adopted by Congress, were debated here \[Montague, Massachusetts\]. It was 'voted to approve… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-pearson-pressey/on-january-27-1778-the-articles-of-confederation-recently-adopted-by/)

[Edward Pearson Pressey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-pearson-pressey/)

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> [When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlen-specter/when-the-president-acts-in-absence-of-a-congressional-grant-of/)

[Arlen Specter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlen-specter/)

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> [“There was and is no danger of military domination of the nation. The Constitution gave Congress the power of life or death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/there-was-and-is-no-danger-of-military-domination-of-the-nation-the/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

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> [It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-would-reduce-the-whole-instrument-to-a-single-phrase-that-of/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/we-must-not-permit-our-respect-for-the-dead-or-our-sympathy-for-the-2/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

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> [“The Supreme Court, the final arbiter of legal conflicts, reviews, acts of the executive and Congress. With this power, the Court is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marites-da-guilan-vitug/the-supreme-court-the-final-arbiter-of-legal-conflicts-reviews-acts/)

[Marites Dañguilan Vitug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marites-da-guilan-vitug/)

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> [“Some courts held that Congress had no constitutional authority to force individuals to enter into relationships. Others held that Congress had power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dibaggio/some-courts-held-that-congress-had-no-constitutional-authority-to/)

[Michael DiBaggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dibaggio/)

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> [The money problem facing the country from 1789 to 1896 existed because Congress never exercised is authority to "coin money or regulate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-jennings-bryan/the-money-problem-facing-the-country-from-1789-to-1896-existed/)

[William Jennings Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-jennings-bryan/)

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> [“The Supreme Court upheld the law in the 2012 decision of National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, but not because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-t-mcclanahan/the-supreme-court-upheld-the-law-in-the-2012-decision-of-national/)

[Brion T. McClanahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brion-t-mcclanahan/)

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> [“Over a two-year period, the Obama administration delayed the implementation of the Affordable Care Act twenty-eight times, ostensibly to give employers time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-t-mcclanahan/over-a-two-year-period-the-obama-administration-delayed-the/)

[Brion T. McClanahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brion-t-mcclanahan/)

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> [“...the Constitution is an invitation for the president and Congress to struggle for the privilege of directing foreign policy. Although the president…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-h-hamilton/the-constitution-is-an-invitation-for-the-president-and-congress-to/)

[Lee H. Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-h-hamilton/)

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                        "text": "“Over a two-year period, the Obama administration delayed the implementation of the Affordable Care Act twenty-eight times, ostensibly to give employers time to comply with the law.9 This was a blatantly unconstitutional power grab by the executive office. Congress alone has the power to legislate, and once a law is passed and signed by the president, the executive branch has a constitutional responsibility to enforce that law. Obama had no legal authority to issue such delays, particularly in regard to employer and individual mandates. These mandates would have been (and are) painful and probably would have resulted in even larger losses for the Democrats in the 2014 election cycle.”",
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                        "text": "“...the Constitution is an invitation for the president and Congress to struggle for the privilege of directing foreign policy. Although the president is the principal foreign policy actor, the Constitution delegates more specific foreign policy powers to Congress than to the executive. It designates the president as commander-in-chief and head of the executive branch, whereas it gives Congress the power to declare war and the power of the purse. The president can negotiate treaties and nominate foreign policy officials, but the Senate must approve them. Congress is also granted the power to raise and support armies, establish rules on naturalization, regulate foreign commerce, and define and punish offenses on the high seas. Although the president is the chief foreign policy maker, Congress has a responsibility to be both an informed critic and constructive partner of the president. The ideal established by the founders is neither for one branch to dominate nor for there to be an identity of views between them. Rather, the founders wisely sought to encourage a creative tension between the president and Congress that would produce policies that advance national interests and reflect the views of the American people. Sustained consultation between the president and Congress is the most important mechanism for fostering an effective foreign policy with broad support at home and respect and punch overseas. In a world of both danger and opportunity, we need such a foreign policy to advance our interests and values around the globe.”",
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