Congress Quote by Evan Esar

To get Congress to do anything.

— Helen Keller

I want people to feel like they have access to Congress, that they have access to government.

— Rashida Tlaib

If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer…

— James Madison

If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare... they may appoint teachers in every state... The powers of Congress would subvert the…

— James Madison

When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

A competition of the best ideas - that should be what Congress is about.

— Mark McKinnon

Before you can have an act of Congress, you have to have a Congress willing to act.

— Al N. Green

I consider it…as subverting the fundamental and characteristic principle of the Government…and as bidding defiance to the sense in which the Constitution is known…

— James Madison

The last time I checked, the president was supposed to sit down and figure out what he wanted and then get Congress to go…

— Diana Taylor

I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.

— Anonymous

The Congress will form the government on its own and people will teach a fitting lesson to the TRS.

— Vijayashanti

Those who proposed the Constitution knew, and those who ratified the Constitution also knew that this is...a limited government tied down to specified powers…It…

— James Madison