#congress

The government needs to help those in need, but members of Congress shouldn't take advantage of the situation and use a national tragedy as an opportunity to spend taxpayer dollars on their pet projects. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#congress #dollars #government #help #members

I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#congress #cover #i #immortal #library

Well, I think the president is going to do well in terms of his influence for positive change here in the Congress, making sure that we don't overspend, making sure that we spend for only those programs that are justified. ↗

— Thad Cochran

#congress #going #here #his #i

I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision. ↗

— Barber Conable

#decision #drag #function #heels #i

Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network. ↗

— Artur Davis

#congress #four-year #getting #network #out

Ayman Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's deputy, as well as Abu Musab Zarqawi, have made it quite clear in their internal propaganda that they cannot win unless they can drive the Americans out. And they know that they can't do that there, so they've brought the battlefield to the halls of Congress. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#battlefield #bin #brought #cannot #clear

As we enter into the 110th Congress, it is imperative that we address ethics reforms needed to make this institution run correctly. ↗

— Jo Ann Davis

#congress #correctly #enter #ethics #imperative

The Congress has now become a fairly evenly divided entity. ↗

— John Dingell

#congress #divided #entity #evenly #fairly

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. ↗

— Rita Dove

#congress #distinct #duties #how #i

Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since Jackson has claimed the mantle, even while lacking two ingredients of an electoral mandate: a landslide victory and a specific agenda. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#andrew #claim #claimed #congress #constitutional