"Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not.……" — Thomas E. Mann
"Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress."
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- I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people… — David Axelrod
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- I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress,… — Michele Bachmann
- I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal… — Michele Bachmann
- I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find… — Michele Bachmann
- Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out… — F. Lee Bailey
- I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young… — Birch Bayh
- Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with… — Evan Bayh
- Memo to Congress: America's problem is not that government is too small. It's the spending, stupid! — Bob Beauprez
- Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President. We get them from God. — Glenn Beck