Members of Congress Quotes
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I may have been prejudiced against lawyer members of Congress, having run against one or two and having been threatened politically by a few others, and also because my own professional background was academic, principally in the liberal arts. Good lawyers, I asserted in campaigns, can be found in the yellow pages of the telephone books. Good historians, or political and social philosophers, are not so easily found or classified.
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Stiffening the spine of progressive members of Congress is crucial.
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Members of Congress care about reelection most of all. And that means they care about their constituents. So you have to be a constituent to make your voice heard.
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You have to be local. You have to focus on your local members of Congress.
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There's a different leader in Syria now. Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he's a reformer.
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What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.
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Some members of Congress ought to have their mouths taped instead of their speeches.
