President Obama's decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident. — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
According to the old rules, Senator Jeff Sessions could not be confirmed by the United States Senate because in fact he wasn't. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small… — Joni Ernst Copy Share Image
I'm very proud to have joined with conservatives in both the Senate and the House to reform how we target bad guys. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The Senate is not the sort of place where instant gratification, I should say, is very likely. — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
Jim, I'm not aware of any formal requests from the Senate Judiciary Committee for these kinds of documents. — Alberto Gonzales Copy Share Image
If the Senate is the world's greatest deliberative body, the House is poised to be the world's greatest tweeting one. — Ruth Marcus Copy Share Image
I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott. — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
Republicans also took control of the Senate after gaining another seven seats. I haven't seen the GOP get this many seats since… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature… — Max Baucus Copy Share Image
When I was in the Maine Senate and proposed Maine RX - a plan to lower prescription drug costs by forcing the… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn't been a satirist or a political satirist who's done that. So, that really was… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
As the elected representatives of the American people, all the people, nearly 300 million people, that we in the Senate are charged… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
Nobody in the Senate on a bipartisan fashion trusts the Iranians. They lie. They cheat. They're a murderous regime. They've been trying… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
I'm a big, big reader of pretty much everything that Chuck Colson has written. And I consulted with him when I was… — John Thune Copy Share Image
Folks, let me ask you a question about that. You voted in 2010, 2014. You're part of the Tea Party and you… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
With Republicans in control of the Senate for the first time since Barack Obama took office, the president may find it harder… — Terry Eastland Copy Share Image
The excuse of divided government is over: they have the House and the Senate as well; they have the state legislatures; they… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
America is said to be the arena on which the battle of freedom is to be fought; but surely it cannot be… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to… — Zell Miller Copy Share Image
The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
You know, my name … comes from the word shomer, guardian, watcher. My ancestors were guardians of the ghetto wall in Chortkov.… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to… — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
The Senate could use more people who had to sweat for a living and fewer of the politicians who made this mess. — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate. — John Thune Copy Share Image
Every once in a while, the Senate seems to remember that it belongs to a coequal branch. — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator. — Jim DeMint Copy Share Image
I'm not going to run for Senate and I'm not going to run for Governor. I'd like to put those rumors to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they have a voice in the U.S. Senate. — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate. — John Dingell Copy Share Image
I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks. — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
One of the dangers of being here [the Senate] a while is you may have been on record directly and diametrically opposed… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
I accept the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to represent the State of Illinois. — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
I don't get asked a lot of questions about who is the best political candidate or what my position is on what… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Too many of my Senate colleagues overdid it. They stayed on too long - napping through committee hearings when they should have… — Leverett Saltonstall Copy Share Image
I'm working on restoring a cabinet over the obstruction of Senate Democrats. It will be one of the great cabinets ever assembled… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
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