Appointments Quote by Calvin Coolidge

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

— Arlen Specter

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.

— Benjamin F. Wade

Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty…

— Gary Bauer

As the select assemblies for choosing the President, as well as the State legislatures who appoint the senators, will in general be composed of…

— John Jay

In the Senate, I will put people before politics.

— Amy McGrath

Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President…

— Johnny Isakson

[The reason a man has] so much trouble with the Senate is that there isn't a man in the Senate who doesn't think he…

— Calvin Coolidge

I'm not running for the U.S. Senate because I think Lincoln Chafee is a bad man.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

We live in a time of such great distrust in government, and I really do think that that poses a deep, deep concern and…

— Andy Kim

The Senate has a constitutional responsibility to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court, and I take that responsibility very seriously.

— Bill Nelson

My preference would be to remain in the Senate, ... But you can't say I would refuse to serve in one of those (Cabinet)…

— John McCain

It is a great privilege for any man to become a member of the Senate.

— Anonymous