Senate Quotes

497 Senate quotes by 335 unique authors

What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator. — Jim DeMint
If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war… — John Dingell
Members of the Senate and House, if they want to send troops into war, should be forced to send a family member. That would really… — Will Ferrell
Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena. — Carly Fiorina
But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue… — Carly Fiorina
Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have elected me. It… — Carly Fiorina
When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in… — Carly Fiorina
The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty… — Hubert H. Humphrey
I don't want to bash Bill and Hillary, because they're friends of mine, but I do have a difference of opinion about how to take… — Dennis Kucinich
One of the reasons that the Senate was structured and founded the way it is, as opposed to the House, it was designed for gridlock.… — Rush Limbaugh
We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you… — Barbara Mikulski
1992 became known as the 'Year of the Woman' because so many of us were elected to public office that November, including a record six… — Dee Dee Myers
Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97… — Grover Norquist
We plan to pick up another five seats in the Senate and hold the House through redistricting through 2012. And rather than negotiate with the… — Grover Norquist
I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I… — Barack Obama
What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on… — Barack Obama
Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What have you done?' — Barack Obama
The last time I saw Ted Kennedy was a generation after my first meeting, at the Senate subway below the Capitol on Obama's Inauguration Day.… — Christine Pelosi
Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose… — John Podhoretz
Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. — Alexander Pope
You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were… — Colin Powell
The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power.… — Dan Quayle
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate? — Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. — Will Rogers
When my mom ran for the Senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. I can still hear her saying in… — Mitt Romney

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