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title: "8 Power Congress Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Power Congress quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Power Congress sayings and thoughts."
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> [With regard to the Constitution, the power to create 'a uniform rule of naturalization' does not rest in Article II, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kayleigh-mcenany/with-regard-to-the-constitution-the-power-to-create-a-uniform-rule-of/)

[Kayleigh McEnany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kayleigh-mcenany/)

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> [Corporations and special interests have their voice in Congress, and they have too many members scared of their power. What Congress needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/corporations-and-special-interests-have-their-voice-in-congress-and/)

[Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/)

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> [The IRS has become morally corrupted by the enormous power which we in Congress have unwisely entrusted to it. Too often it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-v-long/the-irs-has-become-morally-corrupted-by-the-enormous-power-which-we/)

[Edward V. Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-v-long/)

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> [I was very, very concerned about President Obama and how much executive order and how much executive power he tried to exert.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-was-very-very-concerned-about-president-obama-and-how-much/)

[Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/)

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> [The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-provision-of-the-constitution-giving-the-war-making-power-to/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [One of my big beliefs about Washington is that we highly overstate the power of individuals and highly underrate seeing Washington as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-klein/one-of-my-big-beliefs-about-washington-is-that-we-highly-overstate/)

[Ezra Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-klein/)

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> [Every time they came to power, the Congress engaged in large scale corruption. Even when they were in power, they did nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pinarayi-vijayan/every-time-they-came-to-power-the-congress-engaged-in-large-scale/)

[Pinarayi Vijayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pinarayi-vijayan/)

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> [Joe Biden, acting as a pseudo-dictator, has ignored the Supreme Court and issued his own eviction moratorium. He is shredding the Constitution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-taylor-greene/joe-biden-acting-as-a-pseudo-dictator-has-ignored-the-supreme-court/)

[Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-taylor-greene/)

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