#cans

Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#bring #corner #democracy #every #fondest

Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#change #congressional #earth #facts #friends

If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it. ↗

— Medgar Evers

#get #like #need #republicans

When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent, it's quite obvious that the only way we are going to get something done is if we work together. ↗

— John Breaux

#done #get #going #independent #obvious

I still believe a majority of Republicans are for income tax cuts. ↗

— Mary Fallin

#cuts #i #income #income tax #majority

Republicans have never been good at public relations. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#good #never #public #public relations #relations

I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans. ↗

— Fred Upton

#ill #means #other #reagan #republican

This is the kind of paradox, I think, of what it is to be a halfway intelligent American right now, and probably also a Western European, is that there are things we know are right, and good, and would be better for us to do, but constantly it's like "Yeah, but, you know, it's so much funnier and nicer to go do something else." and "Who cares?" and "It's all bullshit anyway. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#apathy #boredom #bullshit #europeans #goodness

Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance. ↗

— Chaka Fattah

#african americans #benefits #currently #daily #depend

Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority. ↗

— Chaka Fattah

#majority #now #republicans #someone #spending