Congress Quote by Mary McCarthy

“As history abundantly shows, Congress, for all its faults, has not been the unbroken parade of clowns and thieves and posturing windbags so often…

— David McCullough

Don't you dare besmirch the name of Congress. They are patriotic Americans trying to dress and feed themselves.

— Jon Stewart

Congressmen are like diapers - You need to change them often, and for the same reason

— Pete McCloskey

“Going into the Republican Party National Convention, in all objective truth, our non‑winning front‑runners are the sorriest collection of stuffed shirts, empty suits, self‑gratulatory…

— John Barnes

Congress is furious at the Secret Service for consorting with hookers, which has traditionally been Congress's role.

— Andy Borowitz

“Today Congress operates not as the Framers intended, but in the shadows, where it dreams up its most notorious and oppressive laws, coming into…

— Mark R. Levin

Congress is where the liars and thieves meet.

— Vikrant Parsai

“One informed theory holds that the secret procedures have a specific, defined role for a small, preselected set of congressional leaders—perhaps as small as…

— Garrett M. Graff

If the president is the head of the American body politic, Congress is its gastrointestinal tract. Its vast and convoluted inner workings may be…

— Jon Stewart

Bipartisan reformers have long recognized that earmarks make way for corruption.

— Lauren Boebert

Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons.

— H. L. Mencken

I've seen Congress do some remarkable things within a short period of time.

— Anthony Foxx