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title: "9 Senate Going Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/ancient-rome-declined-because-it-had-a-senate-now-what-s-going-to/)

[Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-not-going-to-run-for-senate-and-i-m-not-going-to-run-for-governor/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I used to sit on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue and wonder why the Senate was always going into recess, until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-used-to-sit-on-the-other-end-of-pennsylvania-avenue-and-wonder-why/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [We're going to be eternally optimistic that the Senate is going to get their work done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-black/we-re-going-to-be-eternally-optimistic-that-the-senate-is-going-to/)

[Diane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-black/)

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> [John Kerry keeping a low profile this week. He said he wanted to get away and go someplace where no one would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-leno/john-kerry-keeping-a-low-profile-this-week-he-said-he-wanted-to-get/)

[Jay Leno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-leno/)

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> [The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-coburn/the-danger-of-what-s-happening-right-now-in-terms-of-using/)

[Tom Coburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-coburn/)

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> [When I'm president, the Senate bill is not going to be what we're operating off of. It's going to begin by focusing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/when-i-m-president-the-senate-bill-is-not-going-to-be-what-we-re/)

[Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/)

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> [I have this fear that one day there's going to be a fire in the Senate and there are only going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barney-frank/i-have-this-fear-that-one-day-there-s-going-to-be-a-fire-in-the/)

[Barney Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barney-frank/)

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> [The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-coburn/the-danger-of-what-s-happening-right-now-in-terms-of-using-2/)

[Tom Coburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-coburn/)

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