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I'm disappointed . . . that the president has not done more to demand that Congress and other federal agencies make the same sacrifices millions… — Tom Coburn
It is inexcusable for the White House and Congress to not even make the effort to find at least some offsets to this new spending,… — Tom Coburn
If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches.. — Mike DeWine
I don't think there is anything this Congress could do more definitively to put people back to work, to stimulate our economy to increase our… — Peter DeFazio
Too many members of Congress are too involved in grabbing what they can for their states or districts without enough emphasis on overall fiscal restraint… — John Ensign
If we are serious about combating the childhood obesity epidemic and improving child nutrition, then everyone must chip in -- parents, schools, and yes even… — Tom Harkin
Dialogue is good, America used to talk to Iraq all the time. Members of Congress don't have any special skill in weapons inspection. However, if… — Dennis Kucinich
There are many individual senators, including myself, who have said that, at an appropriate time after disposing of the impeachment matter, that an appropriate censure… — Carl Levin
I think the American people were saying we do not want to have further investigation. We want to close this off. They clearly made a… — Roy Romer
The Republicans I've been talking to have said, 'Oh, the public is cynical about indictments, they happen so often.' Well, that's whistling past the graveyard,… — Larry Sabato
We deeply regret that some Senators are still willing to do Big Oil?s bidding, and we now turn to the House where the Arctic drilling… — Carl Pope
We thank those Senators, both Republican and Democrat, who stood firm against tremendous pressure from the Bush administration, pro-drilling members of Congress and their allies… — Carl Pope
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision rejected Congress' findings and its method of reasoning, .. Is there any real justification for the court's denigrating Congress' 'method… — Arlen Specter
I think the dignity of Congress and the dignity of the country demands something more than merely censure here. — William Weld
Everything is about accountability to the American people, accountability of the executive branch ... [and] accountability of the oversight of the Congress — Jay Rockefeller
I think Chairman Davis has said he would always prefer that baseball strengthens its own policies and not leave it to Congress to legislate. In… — Robert J. White
If the Republicans get control back of the United States Senate, we will no longer have a check and balance on the White House, on… — Patty Murray
This is like the gun you shoot at the beginning of the race or the bell that you ring at the beginning of a classroom… — Tamar Jacoby
Does he [the president] possess the power of making war? That power is exclusively vested in Congress. . . . It is the exclusive province… — William Paterson
It's hard for the White House to regain momentum if the Congress is in disarray. It ties up the Republicans in Congress and limits their… — Calvin Jillson
Bureaucracy has murdered people in the greater New Orleans area. And bureaucracy needs to stand trial before Congress today. So I'm asking Congress, please investigate… — Aaron Broussard
What is... disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious conflict of interest… — Cynthia McKinney
Ever since I came to Congress in 1992, there are those who have been trying to silence my voice. I've been told to "sit down… — Cynthia McKinney
If anything is going to halt necessary investments in next generation networks it will be Congress dictating business models to companies. — Claudia Jones
There's a rising level of frustration with the disconnect between where the vast majority of conservatives are in this country and how Congress is behaving.… — Pat Toomey

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