Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden Jr.is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, having been jointly elected twice with President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden represented Delaware as a United States Senator from 1973 until becoming Vice President in 2009...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionVice President
Date of Birth20 November 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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We all have a right to know where she stands on these basic issues. And I hope this puts to bed this notion that it's not a legitimate thing for the United States Congress to find out where a nominee stands on the fundamental constitutional questions facing her.
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... Judge, she (Ginsburg) specifically, in response to a question whether or not she agreed with the majority or minority opinion in Moore v. the City of Cleveland said explicitly: I agree with the majority, and here's what the majority said and I agree with it. My question to you is: Do you agree with it or not?
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In my view, the public is served best by questions that initiate a dialogue with the nominee, not about how she will decide any specific case that may come before her, but about the spirit and the method she will bring to the task of judging,
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Accountability is essential. So the question for me is, what did Secretary Rumsfeld and others in the Pentagon know, when did they know it and what did they do about it? ... If the answers are unsatisfactory, resignations should be sought.
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The only thing I know is I ain't changing my brand. I know what I believe. I'm confident in what I know. And I'm gonna say it. And if folks like it, wonderful. If they don't like it, I understand.
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When you go to your local police officer, your police chief in the town you live in, big or small, he will tell you the vast majority of the weapons recovered at a crime scene are either stolen weapons, and/or they have been 'lost' or stolen.
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We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.
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We don't want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.
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You are one of the best witnesses, I think, that has come before this committee. You've convinced folks who share Senator Brownback's view that you're going to be just right for them and you've convinced folks that share Senator Kennedy's view that you're just right for them.
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You are twice as likely to be struck by lightning as you around to be affected by a terrorist event in the United States.
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Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.
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What they gain is not having to tell the American people the truth.
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The original power given to them was assuming that it would be used with discretion, ... Thirty thousand seems like an awful, awful stretch to me.
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There is no inherent power in the office of the vice presidency. Zero. None. It's all a reflection of your relationship with the president. I mean, Kennedy never let Johnson in the office.