Senate Quotes
497 quotes by 338 authors
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I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've been…
— Michele Bachmann
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I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was back…
— Michele Bachmann
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When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to defeat cap and trade. I…
— Michele Bachmann
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I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the…
— Tammy Baldwin
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Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a…
— Evan Bayh
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Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate, and I have learned a lot.
— Joe Biden
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Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the Democratic Party on…
— Joe Biden
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There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something…
— Joe Biden
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House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban…
— John Boehner
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Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health…
— Barbara Boxer
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Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts.
— Jeb Bush
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Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
— Laura Bush
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My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues…
— Herman Cain
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Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson…
— Robert Caro
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In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has been one vote of a hundred in the United States Senate - and fortunately on matters of…
— Dick Cheney
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I've always been intrigued by the Senate, and admired many of the people who have served there.
— Hillary Clinton
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The importance of building relationships among colleagues, of trying to create coalitions behind the issues that you are championing, was not something I ever had…
— Hillary Clinton
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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 in my first…
— Hillary Clinton
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A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So they'll pick the phone up…
— Jack Abramoff
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The Alien bill proposed in the Senate is a monster that must forever disgrace its parents.
— James Madison
Who Wrote These Senate Quotes
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