"Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a……" — Evan Bayh
"Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster should be reduced to 55 from 60."
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24 Quotes by Evan Bayh
Evan Bayh has 24 quotes on this site.
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Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also…
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We must do all we can to help improve the deplorable human rights situation of the North Korean people.
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Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with…
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Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today,…
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In recent years, we have seen technology advance at lightning speed, allowing us to accomplish lifesaving feats never imagined before.…
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Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are…
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If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one…
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As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't…
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Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative,…
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Families and businesses are tightening their belts to make ends meet - and Washington should too.
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I love working for the people of Indiana. I love helping our citizens make the most of their lives, but…
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I'm pleased to offer analysis of public policy and politics to the millions of Americans who get their news from…
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More Commitment Quotes
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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this…
— Hannah Arendt
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People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and…
— Tom Arnold
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I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of…
— Christian Bale
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Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is…
— Jean Baudrillard
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Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.
— Bob Beauprez
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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when…
— Alexander Graham Bell
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I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we…
— Candice Bergen
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An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national…
— Wendell Berry
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Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.
— Mary McLeod Bethune
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We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day…
— Jeff Bezos
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