Senators Quotes - Page 8

• As we watched Judge Clarence
  Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation
  hearings, all of the commentators
  said the same thing: 'One of these
  people in the room is lying.' Do you
  believe that? You've got two lawyers
  and 14 senators in the room, and only
  one of them is lying?

  Jay Leno

  Lying, Believe, Two

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• They are having a panel look into the intelligence failures in Iraq. It is a seven-person panel and it will include Senator John McCain, but the findings from this panel will not be issued until after the election. President Bush says the commission can go off and report back in a year, you know, the same way it works in the Texas National Guard.

  Bill Maher

  Texas, Years, Iraq

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• Often President Obama's worst critics are Senator Obama and candidate Obama.

  Peter Schiff

  President, Worst, Critics

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• Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived.

  John Wayne

  Government, Joseph Mccarthy

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• While Roberts wanted to give the impression he respected the right to privacy and the precedent of Roe vs. Wade, his answers look dangerously similar to the responses (Associate Justice) Clarence Thomas gave senators during his confirmation hearings 14 years ago.

  Nancy Keenan

  Years, Giving, Justice

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• Senator John Kerry is in trouble for making a joke about soldiers being uneducated. As a result, Kerry promised to stop making jokes and stick to boring people.

  Conan O'Brien

  People, Soldier, Sticks

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• I have a 'glamour job' on the Hill. That is, I could not care less about gov or politics, but working for a Senator looks good on my resume. And these marble hallways are such great places for meeting boys and showing off my outfits.

  Jessica Cutler

  Jobs, Boys, Care

  "The Adolescent Mind of Washingtonienne" by Juliet Eastland, www.alternet.org. October 20, 2004.

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• I remember George Mitchell - I was doing the Clarence Thomas hearing, and there were 48 senators declared they were not prepared to vote for him at the front end. We could have filibustered that and stopped it. George and I - George was the leader at the time - took the heat from every liberal group saying, "No, no, that's not the way the system is supposed to work, since the Constitution - the president shall propose and the Constitution shall dispose, we're going to let them hear this."

  Joe Biden

  Leader, President, Way

  Interview with Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. February 18, 2016.

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• There is a difference between Senator Obama and Senator McCain. Senator Obama believes that the government ought to be able to take as much as it thinks it needs from anybody.

  Karl Rove

  Believe, Thinking, Government

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Senator McCain believes there ought to be a limit to how much the government can take from anybody, and he believes that today with the federal tax rate at 35 percent that that's more than the government ought to be taking from any individual regardless of how much they make.

  Karl Rove

  Believe, Government, Today

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• That's why I call the Senate the graveyard of democracy, because even when you have 58 senators, they can block it and block it and block it.

  Ralph Nader

  Block, Democracy, Graveyard

  Source: www.democracynow.org

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• Indeed, as soon as he took office, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that his top priority was to deny President [Barack] Obama a second term.

  Julianne Malveaux

  Office, Priorities, President

  Source: www.theskanner.com

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• Senator Jeff Sessions is reportedly on the [Donald] Trump shortlist to be either the next Secretary of Defense or the next Attorney General of the United States.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  United States, Defense, Next

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• According to the old rules, Senator Jeff Sessions could not be confirmed by the United States Senate because in fact he wasn`t.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  United States, Facts, Senate

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Senator Bernie Sanders saying in effect that he wants Washington to operate under the old rules, where someone like Steve Bannon would never be allowed to visit the White house, never mind work there.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  White, House, Mind

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• You don't say that for a senator to be a great senator he has to vote against his constituency.

  Michael Beschloss

  Vote

  Source: www.politico.com

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• The president who did the most for black Americans in 20th century history was Lyndon Johnson, and he got his hands dirty by dealing with Southern senators, Southern congressmen, horse trading with them, cajoling them, learning what not to talk about. And he got civil rights passed and Great Society programs. That should be the model. Get over yourself.

  Steve Inskeep

  Horse, Dirty, Rights

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I've argued with the senators and congressmen I've talked to. You don't want to be too little too late. If you buy them at the right price, you may be buying two trillion of face value.

  Warren Buffett

  Two, Too Late, May

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". "Charlie Rose", www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• I've done everything I can as a United States Senator to educate myself on the carbon issue and the climate change issue.

  Johnny Isakson

  Issues, Climate, United States

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• People in Congress are willing to shut down the entire government or to make it impossible for a Supreme Court nominee to get a hearing or for routine appointments in the executive branch to go unfilled for years because of a hold placed by a senator.

  George Packer

  Government, Years, People

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Well it's unusual for us to do an endorsement, you know, and the special occasions where you need appointments, but we thought that Senator [Hillary] Clinton had occupied such a neat and unique role, certainly a worldwide advocate for women, and also there's also only 16 women without her in Congress.

  Eleanor Smeal

  Unique, Special, Needs

  Interview with Joanne Bamberger, www.blogher.com. December 22, 2008.

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• Carolyn Maloney identifies with the possibility of being raped, that's why she hung in there for the Debbie Smith Bill. So it - it's essential that in New York, if we can't get a prominent woman in New York, where can we? I mean there's so many states that have never even had a woman senator. We're still on our first this and our first that.

  Eleanor Smeal

  New York, Mean, Essentials

  Source: www.blogher.com

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• As a senator, I raised the alarm about sub prime mortgages. I fought to hold reckless manufacturers accountable for toxic toys and household products that threaten our kids. I introduced legislation to protect Americans' personal data and combat identity theft. So as president, I will make consumer protection a top priority across the entire government.

  Hillary Clinton

  Kids, Government, Data

  Source: time.com

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• Hillary Clinton complains that Donald Trump took advantage of the tax code. Well, why didn't she change it? Why didn't you change it when you were a senator? The reason you didn't is that all your friends take the same advantage that I do.

  Donald Trump

  Complaining, Reason, Clinton

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I've been in favor of getting rid of carried interest for years, starting when I was a senator from New York.

  Hillary Clinton

  New York, Years, Favors

  "Transcript of the Second Debate". www.nytimes.com. October 10, 2016.

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