Senate Quotes - Page 12

• House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.

  John Boehner

  House, Support, Leader

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• Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.

  Barbara Boxer

  Waiting, Majority, Reform

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• Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts.

  Jeb Bush

  Running, Believe, Cutting

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• I worked for Hillary [Clinton] when I was young - when she was running for the Senate. I was fundraising and things, I see all of these people as political in a way that isn't humanistic. I'm just watching and hoping that someone is going to distinguish himself or herself as comprehending what we need.

  Patti Smith

  Running, Fundraising, People

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• In the Senate race I went for some candidate endorsement meetings and three people there asked me: Do you go to a therapist? Because they could not believe that with the beating I took in the mayor's race I could still come in there cracking jokes and talking about the issues!

  Angela Alioto

  Believe, Race, Talking

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• I hope President-elect Trump will work with me and with the rest of the Senate to try to keep more jobs here in America.

  Joe Donnelly

  Jobs, America, Trying

  "Red State Democrat Prepared To Work With Donald Trump On Trade". "Morning Edition" with Audie Cornish, wksu.org. December 13, 2016.

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• Harry Reid employed the so-called nuclear option, broke the Senate rules to change the Senate rules, lowered the threshold for confirmation from 60 votes to 51 votes. And it is a direct result of Harry Reid that we now have the most conservative Cabinet in decades.

  Ted Cruz

  Cabinets, Nuclear, Conservative

  Source: time.com

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• The anger on the left - I've never seen anything like it. I mean, they're right now opposing everything. Democrats in the Senate are filibustering absolutely everything.

  Ted Cruz

  Mean, Democrat, Left

  "Who’s bat-crap crazy now? Or how Ted Cruz learned to stop worrying and love The Donald" by Jonathan Tilove, politics.blog.mystatesman.com. February 27, 2017.

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• I'm so beautifully represented, so honored the Senate approved Rex Tillerson . He's going to be fantastic.

  Donald Trump

  Fantastic, Honored, Approved

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I'm working on restoring a cabinet over the obstruction of Senate Democrats. It will be one of the great cabinets ever assembled in American history.

  Donald Trump

  Cabinets, American History, Democrat

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.

  Alexander Pope

  Law, Giving, Literature

  Alexander Pope (1794). “The works of Alexander Pope, with remarks and illustrations. By G. Wakefield”, p.245

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• Senator Dan Coates, one of the most respected members to have in the Senate, he can't get approved. How do you not approve him? He's been a colleague, highly respected, brilliant guy, great guy, everybody knows it. We're waiting for approval.

  Donald Trump

  Guy, Waiting, Approval

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I've ordered plans to begin for the massive rebuilding of the United States military. Had great support from the Senate. I've had great support from congress, generally. We've pursued this rebuilding in the hopes that we will never have to use this military.

  Donald Trump

  Military, Support, Rebuilding

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I just wanted to begin by mentioning that the nominee for secretary of the department of labor will be Mr. Alex Acosta. He has a law degree from Harvard Law School, great student. Former clerk for Justice Samuel Alito. He has had a tremendous career. He's a member and has been a member of the National Labor Relations Board and has been through Senate confirmation three times, confirmed. I have wished him the best.

  Donald Trump

  School, Law, Careers

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.

  Karl Rove

  Regret, Fate, Hands

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• [Barack Obama] was running for Senate and he's saying, I'm not for gay marriage because I'm a Christian. Jump off a bridge! I mean what the hell are you talking about? You know, I mean, what's he doing now? He's evolving. Evolving? Well, evolve for Christ's sake! And this is a guy - the whole gay community, and the whole environmental community and all these other people said, he's our guy.

  Bill Ayers

  Christian, Running, Mean

  Source: thepointmag.com

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• I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.

  Barack Obama

  Marriage, Gay, Defense

  "Barack Obama in His Own Words". Book edited by Lisa Rogak, 2007.

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• We plan to pick up another five seats in the Senate and hold the House through redistricting through 2012. And rather than negotiate with the teachers’ unions and the trial lawyers and the various leftist interest groups, we intend to break them.

  Grover Norquist

  Teacher, House, Groups

  "Grover Norquist: The Soul of the New Machine" by Michael Scherer, www.motherjones.com. January 2004.

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• As much as we may have to battle against a Trump presidency, there's still good relationships within the Senate, bipartisan relationships where we can work together.

  Tim Kaine

  Good Relationship, Working Together, Battle

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• I am extremely energized to be in the Senate, because the Senate is the only emergency brake on the Trump train right now. And we have to use that emergency brake in a smart way to keep him from hurting our country, our reputation, our values, and our citizens.

  Tim Kaine

  Country, Hurt, Smart

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• The Senate was the equivalent of an aristocracy at the beginning. Senators were not even elected; they were appointed in the early days. Then that changed, and senators did become elected. But the Senate is designed to slow down out-of-control, madcap activity elsewhere in the legislative branch (i.e., in the House), and the 60-vote rule was part of that.

  Rush Limbaugh

  House, Aristocracy, Branches

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The Senate, compared to the House, is where things are supposed to slow down, by design, Founding Father design. The Founding Fathers were hell-bent to stop government action. The Constitution limited government. And that's why people like Obama and Democrats call it a charter of negative liberties because it limits government. It's an anti-government, pro-citizen document. And the founders wanted to make it hard.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Father, Government, People

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Closing Guantanamo Bay is not a military solution. The closing of that prison, which I support, I supported it when I was in the Senate, requires more than just a military dimension.

  Chuck Hagel

  Military, Support, Dimensions

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• If we can create a climate among people that says that any serious candidate for president, Senate, governor, [the] House is going to have to talk about income inequality, raising wages in America, trade policy - that's a huge success. It's not putting pressure on a candidate. It's mobilizing people.

  Bernie Sanders

  America, People, House

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• Folks, let me ask you a question about that. You voted in 2010, 2014. You're part of the Tea Party and you show up and you just vote. Republicans said they needed the House, and you gave it to 'em; then they said they needed the Senate, and you gave it to 'em. Do you feel like winners even after those two elections? Probably not, because you really didn't think the Republican Party was going to change their stripes and start acting on all this.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, Thinking, Two

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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