Challenges Quote by Stephanie Cutter

If you think, what was the last really big, big accomplishment for the nation that came purely out of the legislature? It might be…

— Tim Kaine

“These and other measures, however, seemed relatively inconsequential in 1965 compared to a Big Four that passed by the end of the session: federal…

— James T. Patterson

I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.

— Mike Quigley

We need to strengthen and save Social Security for today's workers. If we don't act now, this system, born out of the New Deal,…

— Mitch McConnell

“To be accepted by the public, transformative legislation—Social Security, the Civil Rights Act, Medicare—needed at least some level of bipartisan congressional support.”

— Jack Cashill

Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and saw them…

— Claire McCaskill

A slew of federal civil rights legislation protecting the newly freed slaves was passed during the relatively brief but extraordinary period of black advancement…

— Michelle Alexander

In the last two years, the amount of legislation in the House of Representatives and state legislatures has been really unprecedented, that has focused…

— Sandra Fluke

This has been the new normal since September 11. Everyone knows, but nobody says, that if something happens again, the elite consensus in this…

— Charlie Pierce

In Washington, the U.S. House passed a bill unanimously. Every single member of both parties voted for it. What was it? To deny Social…

— Craig Ferguson

I have been able to pass a number of pieces of legislation that have actually been signed into law by President Trump, which is…

— Lucy McBath

I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare.

— John Dingell