Senators Quotes
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Senator Kerry voted to undermine the troops in the field, and that is not only inexcusable, it is reprehensible.
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Bob Corker was not the inside man that, certainly, Senator [Jeff] Sessions was. And he doesn`t telegraph what`s going on. He`s been much more discreet about that.
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If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators.
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Because of various security lapses, some senators are calling for a probe of the security at the offices of the Department of Homeland Security. The investigation will be conducted by the Department of Irony.
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Often President Obama's worst critics are Senator Obama and candidate Obama.
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I was very productive as a senator for my state.
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I knew Jack Kennedy; Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.
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John McCarthy's regime was ended by Senators who realized that he had gone too far. What we have now may be more insidious.
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A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they’re doing work that most any trained person could do.
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I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan.
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Senators, in the end, must be elected.
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Clarence Thomas, a man of no known intellect, did NOT have to be on the Court; spineless senators put him there.
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It's not going to be maybe as depressing of a Christmas in Ottawa. People in Ottawa can smile again when talking about the Senators.
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There is no "but" in it. The way to be an administration Senator is to vote with the Administration.
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Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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Senators don't really provide good gossip - until they do, and then it's an A1 story and they're out of a job.
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I do know how to treat people and that is treat them the way I want to be treated. So when I extend that respect and that consideration that I would like to have, there is a certain amount of reciprocating. Some of the senators have even said words to the effect to me of "I can't dislike you as much as I wish that I did".
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Senator Arlen Specter hasn't really switched parties; he's simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election
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Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster should be reduced to 55 from 60.
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Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'
