Quotes about congress
congress decisions ideas itself limit policy process producing public rules
The process for producing public policy in Congress is flawed. The process itself kills policy ideas through the bypassing of the rules and procedural decisions that limit discussion.
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The only issue will be how is Congress going to react.
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What I did warn about when I testified in front of Congress in 2002, I said if you want to worry about a state, it shouldn't be Iraq, it should be Iran. But this government, our administration, wanted to worry about Iraq, not Iran. Wesley Clark
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We need Congress to consider financial relief (for businesses) to make it more competitive, William Daley
congress leadership policies
Leadership in Congress isn't just about the personalities; it's about policies and priorities.
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Leadership by example has never been a forte of the United States Congress. We see more of 'Do as I say, not as I do.' This is just another example.
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Serving in Congress is the great honor of my professional life. I am deeply grateful to the people of the 4th Congressional District for placing their trust in me.
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Sen. Graham recognizes the importance of having an ILS at the Aiken airport. He continues to work with state and local officials to ensure Congress and the FAA recognize this priority, Kevin Bishop
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Secretary Snow will be personally engaged on working with Congress. He's been a strong voice on this for some time.
congress hook reluctance
So if Congress is going to be on the hook for this, there is reluctance to go with a tunnel.
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So I had to learn, in the final analysis, that the Congress had a lot of say so into what we do in running HUD on a day-to-day basis. Alphonso Jackson
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The pending hate crime legislation in Congress is under review in the Justice Department at this time, ... We're inclined to prosecute hate crimes like this one. John Ashcroft
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Mr. Speaker, Americans want, need, and rightfully expect Congress to protect them from the prying eyes of identity thieves and give them back control of their Social Security numbers and personal health information. Luis Gutierrez
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We are grateful to Congress and the president for enacting this legislation without further delay.
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The question Congress and the administration will still have to grapple with most is not the nature or desirability of the exploration architecture, but rather its timing, Sherwood Boehlert
congress easy trade votes
Trade votes in the US Congress are never really easy things. Dennis Hastert
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It is time for Congress to provide relief for tobacco farmers. Since the 1930's tobacco production has been regulated by a quota system, which required farmers to purchase quota in order to grow tobacco. Allen Boyd
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When the president puts out a legislative and executive agenda, we'll make sure we reflect the fact that it's difficult for Congress to get anything done in an election year. Dan Bartlett
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My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college. Nancy Pelosi
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Women oftentimes are the ones making those economic decisions, sitting around the kitchen table and trying to figure out how to pay for rising gas prices or food prices or the health insurance costs. And I think that they see where they expect their leaders in Congress to also make those tough decisions. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
congress funds
Those funds have to be appropriated by Congress and then they are funneled down to the states.
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To me, this is not really and should not be a partisan question. I think it's a question of institutional pride of this body, of the Congress of the United States. John Deane
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You did the right thing by offering to resign, ... I'd like you to know that there's at least one member of Congress who is not going to rationalize the innocent deaths of two dozen children. John Conyers
congress programs
We did not want to put out our programs only to find out they conflicted with something that Congress could authorize.
congress credible produce
We are really disappointed. For Congress to produce any kind of credible reform, they need an enforcement mechanism.
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The reality is is that Congress is a very male-gendered oriented institution. Out of the, you know, more than 10,000 people who've ever been elected to Congress, you know, only about 250 of them have ever been women. Gwen Moore
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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln
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It is important that Congress works to promote home ownership in Indian Country. These federal housing funds and programs will help young Native American families to stay on tribal lands in order to live, work and raise a family. Rick Renzi
congress debt expects limit problem time
The debt limit will be raised; no one expects otherwise. The problem here is Congress reconvenes around mid-January, and it isn't a lot of time they have to get this done. But they'll get it done.
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Richard Nixon is very much a self-made man in the six years prior to his emergence as a national figure. Between the moment he's elected to Congress in 1946 and the moment he's inaugurated as Vice President in 1953, he conducts nothing less than a kind of prodigy of American political self-advancement.
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Polluters have mounted a public pressure campaign, even enlisting some members of Congress, to lobby EPA to weaken the law even more. For the sake of our lakes and streams and the wildlife and people who depend on them, the law needs to be strengthened, not watered down.
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My understanding, for governmental entities, is that they are going to be held harmless, so it's really not an issue for the members of Congress and their staffs and the federal government and local governments.
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Nearly 75,000 Demand Progress members have urged Congress to fix the Patriot Act. Aaron Swartz