Beyond Quote by Molly Ivins

Big money and big business, corporations and commerce, are again the undisputed overlords of politics and government. The White House, the Congress and, increasingly,…

— Bill Moyers

The Congress is pretty powerful if it wants to be.

— Newt Gingrich

Congress always gets new blood. You have to balance that with people who know what's going on. It's no different than a business, it's…

— Michael Capuano

All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate into a…

— John Quincy Adams

Corporations and special interests have their voice in Congress, and they have too many members scared of their power. What Congress needs is a…

— Pramila Jayapal

In reality, everybody in Congress is a stand-in for some kind of lobbyist. In many cases it's difficult to tell whether it's the companies…

— Matt Taibbi

For far too long, Congress has been focused on the CEOs, the millionaires, the billionaires.

— Jason Kander

The corporations have become our government. They're not just influential. Department by department, you name it, they put their people in high government positions,…

— Ralph Nader

... the State Legislatures will jealously and closely watch the operations of this Government, and be able to resist with more effect every assumption…

— James Madison

Believe it or not, there are members of Congress who actually want to govern and get stuff done. Unfortunately, there are others whose agendas…

— Jon Runyan

Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who…

— E. L. Doctorow

The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin.

— Mark Shields