Quotes about congress
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President Arroyo is not the State by itself. This could only be exercised pursuant to a law enacted by Congress.
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Our push for more federal funds is not predicated on one meeting. It's a sustained effort that includes outreach to Congress as well as the administration. E. P. Thompson
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Part of the problem is that when Congress considers legislation, and the administration proposes it, they only consider a one-year, five-year, or maybe 10-year time horizon. David Walker
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Part of what the K Street Project was about was making lobbyists indispensable to Congress because of the money they were raising.
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Our nation's needy families would be better served if Mr. Cuomo spent less time holding press conferences and more time working with Congress to ensure his programs have the maximum impact for those who depend on them,
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Our mission as set forth by the Congress is a critical one. Ben Bernanke
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Our message to the president and Congress is simple--let's work together to get a program done this year.
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orchestrate a conspiracy to intimidate members of Congress by using their past lives. Tom DeLay
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People have been moving together, talking, discussing things, ... You can always find someone who's going to try to be a dead-ender and say, 'If you don't do this, I won't do that.' But that's part of negotiation. We see that in the Congress and we see it in democratic systems all over the world. Donald Rumsfeld
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People in Congress need to apologize. We're growing the government at a pace that makes the Democrats look thrifty. Lindsey Graham
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...Some of reports have called for increases of 10,000; others between 20,000 and 40,000. So there are a number of options on the table to be considered. But we'll work with Congress on that.
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Some of us in Congress wanted more family tax relief in this package than what we ultimately passed,
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Our rule of thumb is we want to sit down and exchange information and ideas with our constituents. When the intent is simply to embarrass the congressman or get publicity for a group or a cause, we will not participate in that.
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Pigs are going to start flying. The voice of the taxpayers is finally being heard in Congress.
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Most seats in Congress are relatively safe this year. But they are not safe from a tsunami. Larry Sabato
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We've told Congress and everyone else who will listen that we don't intend to branch.
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We'll also be providing voter education programs. In the meantime, we'll be keeping up the pressure on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
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I went to libraries. I went to the Library of Congress. I went to obscure video shops. Some of the most obscure films I found were in the dark, hidden, X-rated corners of the store. Dave Douglas
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I think these numbers should give Congressman Mark Foley reason to consider making a run.
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It is a shame that the Congress party is describing their president Sonia Gandhi's resignation from parliament as a sacrifice. She wanted to defame us and instead stumbled and fell in the grave dug by them.
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It is a regrettable fact of life, but it is a fact of life that everything is done in the Congress at 11:59 if there is a 12 o'clock curfew.
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I think there has to be a debate; there has to be some good discussion, ... There has to be some opportunity for the people to be heard. ... Congress needs to be equal and full partners in this discussion, and ultimately in the decision. Tom Daschle
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Large contractors give lots of money to these members of Congress. They always have. That's the way things are done.
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I think Congress will give him a courteous response. I think we are interested in the future. It would be a tragedy if we were displaced from doing our duty because the president is embroiled in this kind of circumstance, John Ashcroft
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I think Congress showed an unwillingness to move forward.
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The appropriate members of Congress have been and continue to be informed with respect to the Terrorist Surveillance Program. Dana Perino
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The American people want Congress to find sincere ways to pay for Hurricane Katrina, and we are pressuring ourselves to get this done.
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The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history. Nancy Pelosi
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The American people know that our government's too big, and it spends too much. And they expect Congress to do something about it. John Boehner
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I think it's very timely that Indiana sets up and provides more dollars for student loans at a time when the U.S. Congress is just about going in the opposite direction. O. J. Simpson
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I think this Congress has to stand up for the interest of the American consumer, ... This is about as far from a free market as anything I know. Byron Dorgan
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I think sometimes after we have this type of party, there is a hangover -- and this comes in '05, ... The new Congress in '05 will make efforts to restrain growth. They may not rescind the tax cuts, but there will be spending restraint. But between now and then, it's just a party.
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It is important to do no harm. The worst thing Congress could do now would be to repeat the mistakes of the past by overriding the structures of the free marketplace (by) imposing new controls, allocation schemes, new taxes on industry or other obstacles.