Senate Quotes

497 Senate quotes by 335 unique authors

We focused attention on what some believe are the flaws in the process leading to Senate consideration of the bill and the flaws of the… — Harry Reid
For the past three years, the Senate intelligence committee has avoided carrying out its oversight of our nation's intelligence programs whenever the White House becomes… — Jay Rockefeller
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
Minnesota is very important. You're going to have a competitive race for the Senate, a competitive governor's race, you have an open seat in the… — Ken Mehlman
I know well the coequal role of the Congress in our constitutional process. I love the House of Representatives. I revere the traditions of the… — Gerald R. Ford
Statistics have proven that the surest way to get anything out of the public mind and never hear of it again is to have a… — Will Rogers
I read where they are going to limit debate in the Senate. It used to be that a man could talk all day, but now,… — Will Rogers
The Senate just sits and waits till they find out what the president wants, so they know how to vote against him. — Will Rogers
I’m particularly proud of anything the House and the Senate agree on, — Arnold Palmer
You see, in Washington they have these bodies, Senate and the House of Representatives. That is for the convenience of the visitors. If there is… — Will Rogers
It sure did kick up some excitement in the Senate when one Senator called the other Senators 'sons of Wild jackasses.' Well, if you thought… — Will Rogers
And kid Congress and the Senate, dont scold em. They are just children thats never grown up. They dont like to be corrected in company.… — Will Rogers
Wall Street is being investigated, but they are not asleep while it's being done. You see where the Senate took that tax off the sales… — Will Rogers
The high income tax come pretty near passing in the Senate. Only lacked about six votes. So it won't be long now. Well, there is… — Will Rogers
I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil… — Gerald R. Ford
Although the Senate is much given to admiring in its members a superiority less obvious or quite invisible to outsiders, one Senator seldom proclaims his… — Henry Adams
Back in the '40's, Lyndon Johnson could still steal a Senate election in South Texas with the help of the big patrons. — Calvin Jillson
It would convert the Treasury of the United States into a manufactory of paper money. It makes the House of Representatives and the Senate, or… — James A. Garfield
It is hard for us to admit we have a sin nature because we live in this system of checks and balances. If we get… — Donald Miller
The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate.… — Ronald Reagan
Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability to… — Ron Fournier
Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn't been a satirist or a political satirist who's done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during… — Al Franken
Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating… — Al Franken
The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in… — Al Franken
The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate -… — Al Gore

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