30 Claire McCaskill Quotes for You to Enjoy

Claire McCaskill

American Politician

Born: Jul 24, 1953

Country Law People Think Work You

Related authors: Alexander Hamilton Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Benjamin Franklin Bernie Sanders John F. Kerry Nancy Pelosi Robert Kennedy Shirley Chisholm

Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen our laws to prevent mass shootings. Claire McCaskill

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I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you? Claire McCaskill

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Only in Washington would the Republican operatives get the entire press corps ginned up over the notion that I'm going to be home campaigning instead of going to a bunch of worthless parties at a convention that's only being held to do something we all know is going to happen anyway. Claire McCaskill

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I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC. Claire McCaskill

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There are three legs of the stool; spending, entitlements and making the tax code fair and equitable. That's the three legs of the stool. If we do all of those in a responsible, bipartisan way, I think the American people would all be very, very happy. Claire McCaskill

You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need to focus on making sure I'm accountable to the people of Missouri. Claire McCaskill

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All the movies where I play nice guys don't seem to do very well. Claire McCaskill

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It's very American, making a lot of money. Claire McCaskill

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Clearly, a large number of African-Americans don't have faith that the laws are being executed fairly in Ferguson, and that's a problem... We need to ensure Africans-Americans feel confident in the rule of law. Claire McCaskill

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I never need to go far if I need a reminder of how important Medicare and Social Security are to Missouri's seniors. My mom, Betty Anne, is one of millions for whom these services provide a reliable safety net. Across the country, these protections are an integral part of sustaining millions of seniors' health and dignity. Claire McCaskill

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Being a new mother was a joyful and sometimes overwhelming experience - and as the first Missouri female state legislator to have a baby while in office, having heath care for myself and my son gave me some needed peace of mind. Claire McCaskill

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The Missourians I hear from just don't buy the idea that the only way to tackle the national debt is to drastically alter Medicare and Social Security. Claire McCaskill

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If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems. Claire McCaskill

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We shouldn't deny the right of the minority to filibuster, but we need to do a much better job of making them own it. That way, the American people could figure out who is being obstructionist and who is willing to compromise. Claire McCaskill

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I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more. Claire McCaskill

I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then. Claire McCaskill

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I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks. Claire McCaskill

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I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I've just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things. Claire McCaskill

I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time. Claire McCaskill

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You know, we've got to be responsible about our debt. We don't want the United States to ever be a dead beat, and not be able to pay its bills, either to our soldiers who are fighting or to Social Security recipients. Claire McCaskill

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I am a small-town girl. Claire McCaskill

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