Congress Quote by Joshua Micah Marshall Download Open image “Congress is unpopular. Incumbents are unpopular.” — Joshua Micah Marshall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Congress Unpopular
Congress as a whole is less popular than it's been since polling was invented. — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress. — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
As constituents, we've become lazy in terms of what we want and how to get it. If we, as a constituency, don't like what… — Emma Gonzalez Copy Share Image
A president can be unpopular for good reasons. You know, I'm not always on the side that the people are right, for God's sake.… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Congress is best viewed from a distance—the farther the better—because up close, it is truly ugly. I saw most of Congress as uncivil, incompetent… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
It's no great secret, number one, in my view, and I think the view of most Americans, that Congress itself is pretty dysfunctional. We… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
If you're running for office, it's tough to be an incumbent. It's tough to run out of Washington. It's better to be an outsider.… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Large incumbents become big and sometimes become lazy and set themselves up for failure in the future. — Taavet Hinrikus Copy Share Image
The most noticeable weakness of Congressmen is their timidity. They fear the use to be made of their "record." They are afraid ofmaking enemies.… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Incumbents rarely face major primary challengers. Those who even get one do so because they're not beloved within at least part of their party. — Harry Enten Copy Share Image
When we are reporting the news, we make every effort to report it in as factual way as possible. — Joshua Micah Marshall Copy Share Image
We all know how powerful the web can be for raising political money. Well, if you're game, the Duke Cunningham Legal Defense Fund is… — Joshua Micah Marshall Copy Share Image
Most politicians keep close tabs on what's happening back home and work assiduously to keep lines of communications open with the political players in… — Joshua Micah Marshall Copy Share Image
Some of the immediate causes of Jack Abramoff's troubles were some Indian elections that went bad for him. — Joshua Micah Marshall Copy Share Image
Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984. — Ed Gillespie Copy Share Image
We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the president-elect [Donald Trump], or then-president [Barack Obama]. But it's - I'm very clear. I voted for the change that put the Army Field Manual in place as a member of Congress. I understand that law very, very quickly and am also deeply aware that any changes to that will… — James Mattis Copy Share
So our focus has to be on the things that we can control, which is to take the necessary measures working with Congress to… — Jay Carney Copy Share Image
It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image
Can you understand why the Congress, most states and most cities refuse to pass legislation requiring the registration and licensing of any and all guns? For the life of me, I can't. We must register our cars and be licensed to drive. In many places we must get licenses for dogs and even bicycles. Being required to register firearms and… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an incumbent Democratic… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to… — Rick Larsen Copy Share Image
About one-half of the members of Congress are seekers for office at the nomination of the President. Of the remainder, at least one-half have… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
We need less travelling by jet plaes from congress to congress... but more kneeling and praying and pleading to God to have mercy on… — Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to… — Laura Ingraham Copy Share Image
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