Quotes about congress
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Our job shouldn't stop with a bill. It should stop with a solution. Congress should be offering solutions, ideas, talking with the administration. Kyle Eastwood
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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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...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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Many fear that our court is making policy, when it repeatedly strikes down laws passed by Congress and the state legislatures, Mike DeWine
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Look at the tobacco-free kids, Microsoft and its opponents, and what most of the trade associations and lobbying groups are doing. They're making heavy use of the Internet to mobilize their members and supporters to contact members of Congress at exactly the right time.
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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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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.
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I take full responsibility for this oversight. While the rules are complicated, as a member of Congress, it is my responsibility to know and obey them. Katherine Harris
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I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly. Anna Eshoo
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I think the president's going to reflect on this, and find that the Congress is going to have something to say about whether or not we want to give these sorts of assurances to Taiwan,
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I think the overwhelming likelihood is that in the next Congress, you'll see even smaller majorities than we have now. And we weren't really able to get anything done in the last few years,
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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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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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I think we really need a joint resolution from Congress to effect the tax exemption on oil.
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I think we're probably looking at the week of June 5th, ... He'll probably want to sign it when Congress is back in Washington.
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I think what Sen. Specter has introduced is a very good step in the right direction and we're looking forward to Congress passing legislation to improve the safety of miners.