#federal government

Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it? ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#federal #federal government #government #mandated #money

With respect to drugs, you know, there are a lot of organizations, including an enormous budget and an army at the federal government level that tries to deal with the drug problem. ↗

— Burke Marshall

#budget #deal #enormous #federal #federal government

I think there are steps that can be taken that haven't been required or energy to make that fight more secure and we are going to continue to push the federal government to do that. ↗

— George Pataki

#continue #energy #federal #federal government #fight

The reason that the unions and the other stakeholders have not cut a deal with the automakers is because they believe the federal government is going to bail them out. ↗

— Tim Pawlenty

#because #believe #cut #deal #federal

We have a country that is $5 a gallon gas, $4 a gallon gas, we got unbearable unemployment and a federal government that is out of control. We have to take back this country and we've got to get off the sidelines and take it to President Obama. ↗

— Tim Pawlenty

#control #country #federal #federal government #gallon

The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice. ↗

— Charles W. Pickering

#bodies #branches #direct #elections #exception

Elections do have consequences, and those we elect and far too often re-elect have forgotten how government works and for whom they work for, and that an ever growing, power hungry state and federal government are not the answer to the problem, but 80% of the time are the problem. ↗

— David Pratt

#consequences #elect #elections #ever #far

I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#amount #back #bring #cap #democrats

We have a lot of things we give away to people who are very, very wealthy in this country. And I'm not sure that our federal government can afford that. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#away #country #federal #federal government #give

If for no other reason than the energy crisis now facing this country, the federal government should be eager to become partners with us in rebuilding our city. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#city #country #crisis #eager #energy