Action Quote by Sheldon Whitehouse

Too many members of Congress seem willing to give corporate polluters, many of whom happen to be major political donors, a free pass to…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The Democrats need to be confident about making their argument... and making sure that everybody knows we care about them.

— Jason Kander

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.

— Thomas E. Mann

Big government flourishes under Republicans.

— Ron Paul

While Republicans rail against the perils of big government, their voters expect virtually the same things from government as liberal voters. They, too, care…

— Jessica Tarlov

That Republicans now control the Senate means, of course, that they control the confirmation process. Their majority enables them to stop an unacceptable nomination…

— Terry Eastland

[The Republican Party] for example, they do run the House of Representatives, they're a majority there, and it's the House that is essentially sending…

— Noam Chomsky

Democrats are a big-tent party. You know, I'm not trying to impose an ideology on all, you know, several hundred members of Congress.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

“The fact that the Republican Party in particular often seems to stand for principle, only to cave in to pressure at the last minute,…

— Ben Carson

When a party is in opposition, it opposes. That's its job. But when it comes to power, it must govern. Easy rhetoric is over,…

— Charles Krauthammer

The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate…

— Al Gore

A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough.

— Al From