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Congress Quotes

Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan each suffered through his second four years. FDR was checkmated by Congress and the Supreme Court. Ike was dogged by Sputnik and reckless charges that the United States suffered from a Missile Gap. Reagan had to wend his way through Iran-Contra.

Michael Beschloss

Congress Way Years Supreme Court Gap

Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war.

Decision War End Congress Opponent

Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially.

Support Congress Conservative Policy

More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.

Time Plan Long Congress Listen More

If the past is an indication, when women are given a job to do in Congress, they get it done.

Women Job Past Congress Done Get

Increased and better screening for explosives is necessary - and Congress should fund it and TSA should implement it as quickly as possible - however that screening doesn't reduce the risk posed by a trained terrorist with an unconventional weapon.

Better Congress Risk Possible Weapon

Vietnam ended a failure: repeatedly, to me, Kissinger described it as his greatest, and most persistent regret. But Congress was more to blame than Kissinger.

Failure Me Blame Regret Congress

In 1787, many Americans were convinced that the 'perpetual union' they had created in winning independence was collapsing. Six years earlier, in the Articles of Confederation, the thirteen state governments had surrendered extensive powers to a congress of delegates from each state legislature.

Winning Independence Congress Years

While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners.

Stephanie Herseth

Congress Supreme Court Property Court

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.

Charles Krauthammer

Congress System Laws Executive Our

Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA.

Political Congress DNA Out Dividends

The Small Business Lending Fund was cleverly named by its authors last Congress. Since its implementation, however, it would appear a more appropriate name would be the Bailed Out Bank Refinancing Fund.

Business Small Name Congress More

Sometimes Congress likes to milk an issue.

Congress Sometimes Milk Likes Issue

Imagine if, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents had to wait on Democrats and Republicans to agree on cuts before receiving clean water or loans to rebuild. Congress' negotiations often come slow or not at all.

Cedric Richmond

Water Wait Slow Congress Clean Water

Congress should... at least keep pace with technological advances.

Congress Technological Keep Pace

Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress, and vested this power in the president.

Power Congress President Laws Our

Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms.

Waiting Forward Thinking Congress

In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority.

Alone Tyranny Congress More First

President Obama can talk about having no grand schemes and making no big gains, but the reality is he can't get anything of significance through Congress.

Reality Congress President Talk Big

I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.

Believe Reach Doing Congress Want

Complying with requests from Congress is not optional. It is mandatory.

Congress Mandatory Requests Optional

Any deal that's not approved by Congress won't be accepted by Congress. Not now and certainly not in the future.

Future Congress Now Deal Accepted

Obviously no one wants to give members of Congress a lot of money, because they barely do anything, and many of them are terrible, but a Congress that is made up of rich-but-not-super-rich people is going to be more corruptible than a Congress of really rich people.

Money People Rich Congress More Up

What I find with my fellow female members of Congress is that we tend to work very hard. While we're very focused, we can also multitask a lot better.

Shelley Moore Capito

Work Better Find Congress Focused

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