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My belief is that guns are too easy to get in America. My belief is that the NRA has bought much of our congress, to the point that guns are actually the only unregulated consumer product in America. Think about that. It's stunning.
Elayne Boosler
Congress
Think
Too
Our
Easy
Guns
About
Only
Point
Consumer
Bought
Stunning
America
Get
Much
Product
Belief
Actually
Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.
F. Lee Bailey
Today
You
Rights
Seriously
Congress
Say
Out
Could
Through
Get
Any
Committee
Bill
Bill Of Rights
Even
Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations.
J. C. Watts
Vote
Political
Single
White
White House
Congress
Believe
About
Purpose
Votes
Cater
House
Talked
Democrats
Reparations
Senate
Trying
Controlled
Getting
Republican
Reasons
Serious
Needed
To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and America's long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill.
Joe Baca
Opportunity
Congress
Action
Weak
Security
About
Economic
Take
Economic Security
Instead
Long-Term
Fair
Fair Trade
Trade
Squandering
America
China
Republican
Decisive
Decisive Action
Workers
Should
Bill
Farmers
Help
Businesses
Bring
The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.
Nancy Pelosi
History
Integrity
Honesty
People
Congress
Restore
Lead
Open
Voted
Most
Democrats
Intend
American
American People
Ethical
Washington
Honest
We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.
Nancy Pelosi
Speak
Congress
Voice
Israel
Subject
Stand
I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress.
Peter Stone
Man
Law
Three
Become
Congress
Law Firm
More
Firm
Come
Conclusion
Disgrace
Useless
Two
If I get to be president, what can I do anyway? With Congress and the press, what chance do I have to make basic changes?
Robert Kennedy
Congress
Changes
President
Press
Make
Get
Anyway
Basic
Chance
We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we have met the standard that has been set forth by Congress in order to utilize these techniques.
Robert Mueller
Judge
Met
Congress
Approving
We Cannot
Has-Been
Determining
Wire
Court
Without
Go
Been
Up
Order
Cannot
Forth
Standard
Search
Utilize
Techniques
Set
I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment the sober second thought of the people.
Rutherford B. Hayes
People
Thought
Judgment
Politicians
Congress
President
Press
Abide
Liked
Content
Am
Office
Sober
Second
No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.
Barack Obama
Wisdom
Democracy
You
Will
Long
Party
Congress
Monopoly
President
Our
Deficit
Spending
Tell
Wealthy
Somehow
More
Compromise
Allies
Never
New
Along
Well
Without
Go
His
Math
Governor
Governor Romney
Refuse
Tax
Tax Breaks
Romney
Breaks
Us
Lower
Works
Democrats are a big-tent party. You know, I'm not trying to impose an ideology on all, you know, several hundred members of Congress.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
You
Ideology
Party
Congress
Hundred
Several
Members
Know
Democrats
Impose
Trying
You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in.
Arundhati Roy
Politics
You
Hypocrisy
Congress
See
Never
Know
Indulging
Terrible
Terrible Thing
Sort
Been
Covert
Begin
Which
Communal
Realize
Fascism
Compared
Thing
Shy
Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
Barbara Boxer
Vote
Voting
Citizen
Country
Matters
Congress
Every
President
Member
Booth
Counted
Weight
Any
CEO
Much
Should
Guaranteed
The American people should not be footing the bill for federal employees who stonewall Congress or rewarding government officials' bad behavior.
Blake Farenthold
Government
People
Behavior
Employees
Congress
Bad
Bad Behavior
Federal
Footing
Government Officials
American
Officials
Rewarding
American People
Should
Bill
Who
We need a Congress that cares more about doing the people's business than their own.
Christine Todd Whitman
Business
People
Own
Congress
Cares
About
More
Doing
Than
Need
Some day, the public might actually revolt against the undemocratic system of seniority that allows Congress to keep the old ways of Washington ingrained into the culture of Congress.
Chuck Todd
Day
Culture
Old
Congress
Ways
System
Some
Revolt
Seniority
Against
Public
Might
Ingrained
Old Ways
Washington
Keep
Actually
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Clare Boothe Luce
You
Women
Too Much
Men
Congress
Too
Say
Invented
Know
Talk
Worked
Much
Filibuster
They Say
It's an embarrassment that we don't have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place. I could count the members of Congress on one hand that took these issues seriously.
DeForest Soaries
Political
Seriously
Congress
Enough
Took
Broad
Embarrassment
Members
Could
Take
Count
Leaders
True
Issues
Hand
Political Leaders
Reform
Place
Should
Among
Consensus
Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.
Donald Rumsfeld
You
World
Congress
Press
Jobs
Divide
Facts
Rivals
Accept
Opponents
Infatuation
Them
Us
Avoid
Yours
Resentment
George W. Bush was good as his word. He visited the Gulf states 17 times; went 13 times to New Orleans. Laura Bush made 24 trips. Bush saw that $126 billion in aid was sent to the Gulf's residents, as some members of his own party in Congress balked.
Donna Brazile
Good
Word
Made
Party
Own
Congress
Aid
Saw
States
Visited
Members
Laura
Laura Bush
Gulf
Some
Trips
He
New
George
His
George W
George W. Bush
New Orleans
Times
Sent
Bush
Billion
Orleans
Residents
Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
E. L. Doctorow
Justice
Money
Progress
Will
Congress
Corporate
Corporate Interests
Solution
General
Feel
Fair
Fair Play
Any
Beholden
Frustrated
Interest
Interests
Who
Play
Damaged
I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.
Everett Dirksen
Respect
Country
Congress
Suicide
Installment
Said
Fiscal
Authorization
Commit
Want
Plan
Bills
There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're the party of no. They desperately need some intellectual leadership. And whatever you think of Newt Gingrich, he can supply intellectual leadership. So I hope he does run.
Howard Dean
Hope
Leadership
You
Party
Whatever
Congress
Think
Desperately
Run
Gingrich
Some
He
Supply
Ideas
Does
Intellectual
Republican
Republican Party
Newt
Newt Gingrich
Now
Right
Need
The NSA has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times a year since Congress gave it broad new powers in 2008.
Jared Polis
Broken
Privacy
Legal
Year
Congress
Gave
Broad
Rules
Thousands
Since
New
Powers
Times
Authority
The Congress has now become a fairly evenly divided entity.
John Dingell
Become
Congress
Entity
Divided
Fairly
Now
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