August Quote by Stephen Colbert

There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.

— Will Rogers

President Bush is taking the entire month of August off. Bush said today he thinks it is important for a president to spend time…

— Jay Leno

Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president…

— John Podhoretz

“we senators get recesses, but Senate recesses aren’t really breaks. They’re just periods of time where we’re doing different kinds of work, like traveling…

— Al Franken

When I first arrived, I likened Congress to being back in school again as a freshman. Well, just like school, we have an 'August…

— Jared Polis

“McConnell and the president were barely on speaking terms. From his August “working holiday” in Bedminster, the president’s staff had tried to organize a…

— Michael Wolff

August in Florida is God's way of reminding us who's in charge.

— Blaize Clement

WHEN OBAMA RULES

— Anonymous

I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session.

— Dick Cheney

Congress is back in season.

— Jane Ace

I think it's too soon. We are less than 24 hours since the polls closed, it's too soon to speculate. There's all sorts of…

— Nicky Morgan

We are scheduled to meet this year fewer days than any Congress since at least 1948. And that is even before I was born.…

— Jim Cooper