Senate Quotes - Page 9

• Romney, supposedly the Republican most electable next November, is a recidivist reviser of his principles who is not only becoming less electable; he might damage GOP chances of capturing the Senate... Republicans may have found their Michael Dukakis.

  George Will

  Principles, May, Might

  "Mitt Romney, the pretzel candidate". www.washingtonpost.com. October 28, 2011.

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• It's now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities as chief justice when the Supreme Court begins its new term in a matter of weeks. We call on the Senate to confirm John Roberts without delay.

  Jay Sekulow

  Moving, Responsibility, Justice

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• There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster.

  Tony Snow

  Use, Filibuster, Governing

  "The Head-in-the-Toilet Test", www.foxnews.com. May 19, 2005.

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• If you're hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You'll get the same kind of feeling and you won't have to pay.

  Bob Dole

  Zoos, Feelings, Pay

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• What has destroyed liberty and the rights of man in every government which has ever existed under the sun? The generalizing and concentrating all cares and power into one body, no matter whether of the autocrats of Russia or France, or of the aristocrats of a Venetian senate.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Men, Russia, Rights

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.205, Cambridge University Press

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• Members of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate are not there by accident. Each managed to get there for some reason. Learn what it was and you will know something important about them, about our country and about the American people.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, People, House

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• There is absolutely zero chance that ObamaCare will be repealed while Democrats control the Senate and President Obama is in the White House.

  Juan Williams

  Zero, Obamacare, White

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• The power of the silent filibuster to distort Senate politics is now accepted on Capitol Hill and by the press as normal and not worth mentioning. Let me be the skunk at this political garden party and say this stinks. Representative government was not designed to work this way by the Founding Fathers.

  Juan Williams

  Father, Party, Garden

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• I think if progressives stay at this, continue at the grassroots level to make the case that all Americans should have choice, all Americans ought to be able to hold insurance companies accountable, I think we will have 60 votes in the United States Senate for a strong bill.

  Ron Wyden

  Strong, Thinking, Should Have

  "Rachel Maddow Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. October 26, 2009.

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• The policy of the emperors and the senate, as far as it concerned religion, was happily seconded by the reflections of the enlightened, and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.

  Edward Gibbon

  Religious, Reflection, People

  The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ch. 2 (1776 - 1788)

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• The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load himself with most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted to no council and senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of man who have folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

  Adam Smith

  Exercise, Men, Hands

  Adam Smith, Bruce Mazlish (2003). “The Wealth of Nations: Representative Selections”, p.167, Courier Corporation

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• The most temptation I'd experienced had been with Tomas, the Senate's spy who had been feeding off me without permission, and Mircea, who was probably plotting some nefarious scheme. I have no taste in men.

  Karen Chance

  Men, Temptation, Spy

  Karen Chance (2006). “Touch the Dark”, p.226, Penguin

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• If you're ever feeling a lack of middle-aged white men, just pop into the Capitol. Not so much the House of Representatives, which has a bit more color and texture, but the Senate -- jeez. Yes, let's have more testosterone running the country. Maximum Ride, School's Out--Forever

  James Patterson

  Running, Country, School

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• The Circle had been less than thrilled by its choice, but we'd finally come to terms. As in, they were no longer trying to play Whac-A-Mole with my head. Only now they seemed to think they had the right to make sure that nobody else did, either. That was a problem, because the vampires felt the same way and the Senate didn't share well.

  Karen Chance

  Thinking, Play, Circles

  Karen Chance (2011). “Hunt the Moon: A Cassie Palmer Novel”, p.47, Penguin

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• Thank you, Captain Obvious." "I'm on the Senate," he reminded me. "It's Lord Obvious.

  Karen Chance

  Captains, Lord, Obvious

  Karen Chance (2012). “Fury's Kiss: A Midnight's Daughter Novel”, p.217, Penguin

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• Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of the Cold War. Despite the passions over various issues, government functioned pretty well. Legislators routinely crossed party lines when they voted, and when they drank; filibusters in the Senate were reserved for the biggest bills; think tanks produced independent research, not partisan talking points. The "D." or "R." after a politician's name did not tell you what he thought about everything, or everything you thought about him.

  George Packer

  War, Party, Independent

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• The Republicans in the House and Senate took the district that I firmly represent, 22 in south Florida, from a D plus one to a D plus five almost a D plus six district, which means you are given a five to six percent registration advantage to Democrats. They drew in more Democrats into the district I represent.

  Allen West

  Mean, Florida, House

  "West clarifies controversial 'get the hell out' message to Democrats". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. January 31, 2012.

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• But when I look at the fact that today is 1,000 days that we have not had a budget for the United States of America, you know, the House, one of the things we did, we passed a budget last year. But that is still sitting over there at the Senate. And so we have got to get this country back on track.

  Allen West

  Country, Years, America

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• The dome of the U.S. Capitol has fallen into severe disrepair... As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which oversees matters of the Capitol's physical plant, I have serious concerns about the consequences of omitting this funding from the stopgap spending measure.

  Charles Schumer

  Matter, Administration, Domes

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• I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.

  Ian Somerhalder

  Running, Office, Floating

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

  Arlen Specter

  Running, Availability, Romance

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• It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.

  Arlen Specter

  Winning, United States, Cost

  "Arlen Specter tries stand-up comedy" by Tim Mak, www.politico.com. December 28, 2011.

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• My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.

  Arlen Specter

  Party, Independent, Labels

  "Specter: A Democrat, and in between, a Republican", www.foxnews.com. January 2, 2011.

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• There are conspiracies all over the Senate floor on any day!

  Arlen Specter

  Conspiracy

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• When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.

  Arlen Specter

  Protection, Gallery, Amendments

  "Interview with Senator Arnold Specter". Interview with Bob Schieffer, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 3, 2009.

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