Senate Quotes

497 Senate quotes by 335 unique authors

Thank you, Captain Obvious." "I'm on the Senate," he reminded me. "It's Lord Obvious. — Karen Chance
Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of the Cold War.… — George Packer
Roarke had to force himself not to snatch her up as she swept through the hallowed Senate halls. Members of the media were already leaping… — Nora Roberts
When a fissure off the California coast started pumping and dumping oil on the nearby towns and beaches, everybody started dumping on Union Oil. Matters… — Malcolm Forbes
I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I'd rather be a… — John Sharp Williams
I want to have a good vote in the Senate so we send the message that the Republicans and the Democrats are together in favor… — Bob Menendez
Serving in the United States Senate has been the greatest privilege of my life. — Dean Heller
I am running for my Senate district in 2014 and looking forward hopefully to earning the confidence of my community once again and being reelected… — Wendy Davis
As a territory, American Samoa has no representation in the U.S. Senate, and we Samoans lost a respected and powerful ally with the passing of… — Troy Polamalu
The Senate was an odd compromise between the founders and the early leaders of the republic who wanted a single house which was based on… — George Packer
Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed with better ones. — Michael Bennet
I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor… — Wendy Davis
If you go through the regular process of the House and Senate passing companion bills and then try and work out differences in the conference,… — Austin Scott
On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act. Its enactment, following the longest continuous debate in the history of the… — Thomas Perez
Truth be known, President Obama has never been particularly driven by principle. Right after his election, I wrote a column in a few days warning… — Jonathan Turley
F.D.R. had an economic crisis of unprecedented proportions in 1933 when he drove 15 major bills through the Congress, and super majorities in the House… — Robert Dallek
I worked in the Senate in the 1970s. I worked for the Labor, Public Welfare Committee, and we had Ted Kennedy and my old boss,… — Angus King
Clinton passed his first budget without a single Republican vote in either the House or the Senate. Before it led to the longest economic expansion… — Tina Brown
In the Senate, where 60 votes are required to do anything important, you have to work with your colleagues on both sides of the aisle. — Lamar Alexander
Economic conservatives like immigration reform, and in fact, many of them supported the bill that John McCain and I put together in the Senate. — Chuck Schumer
Imagine Texas as a blue state: how hard it would be to carry the presidency or gain control of the Senate. — Jeb Bush
In the Senate, there is a wide spectrum of views on foreign policy. — Ted Cruz
There is no more an enthusiastic advocate of legal immigration in the U.S. Senate than I am, and that is a message that resonates powerfully… — Ted Cruz
Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate… — Ted Cruz
The single biggest surprise about arriving to the Senate is the defeatist attitude here. — Ted Cruz

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