I think that now is the moment for us to rededicate ourselves to learning the truth about what happened on February 21st… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
Since 1981, when President Ronald Reagan took office promising to scale back the federal government, Republican leaders have promised to cut regulation… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
General revenue - what taxpayers are willing to give government, what they think is fair to give government - is not going… — Rick Scott Copy Share Image
I support ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country. I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you're a progressive, you've got to be worried about how the federal government is spending its revenue, because we don't have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The legacy of the New Del was, more than anything else, a matter of ideological change. Henceforth, nearly everyone would look to… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
The Tea Party was born out of the disgust many Americans felt early in the financial crisis upon learning that the federal… — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that it has… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The American people don't trust the Federal Government to enforce our immigration laws, and we will not be able to do anything… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The federal government needs to do a much better job of managing our resources, but the sale or transfer of our land… — Ryan Zinke Copy Share Image
The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline. — Mark Kirk Copy Share Image
Literally from the moment I came in the door of MIT, it was very clear that a highly productive 40-year partnership between… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“So take something that's been happening in recent years: devolution―that is, removing authority from the federal government down to the state governments.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining. Copper is huge here, and now uranium. And then we have the federal government… — Jan Brewer Copy Share Image
What the USA Freedom Act did is it did two things. Number one, it ended the federal government's bulk collection of phone… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
“As long as it didn't cost white anything American officials were absolutely determined to see justice done for the black Indian. The… — Jonathan D. Greenberg Copy Share Image
I believe the private sector and small businesses drive our economy, and that means the federal government should work to ensure the… — Ann Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
Let the corporations do as they please -- pillage the environment, falsify their advertising, rig the securities markets -- and it is… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Leading the boom of 1838 were state governments, who, finding themselves with the unexpected windfall of a distributed surplus from the federal… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
By allowing the federal government to encroach on our federal elections, state and local governments lose control of elections and it serves… — George Santos Copy Share Image
Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image