#republic

Rather than showing themselves to be an ally to the middle class by ending the AMT or repealing it for years to come, my Republican colleagues refused to include it in today's legislation and America's middle class will surely suffer that choice greatly. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#america #choice #class #colleagues #come

I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican. ↗

— Marion Berry

#abraham #abraham lincoln #created #freed #funny

The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives. ↗

— Craig Benson

#i #interference #less #lives #look

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#american republic #bribe #congress #day #discovers

For years, my colleagues and I - primarily Republicans but also some Democrats - have introduced legislation and written to the FCC asking the commission to cease attempts to regulate the Internet unless given the clear authority to do so by Congress. ↗

— Mary Bono

#asking #attempts #authority #cease #clear

I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#booth #colleagues #democrat #equal #every

It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. It's time for a plan to bring our troops home. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#both #bring #deficits #home #iraq

The Republicans are running wild with our tax dollars and it's been a mistake to let this administration continue a policy of incompetence when it comes to Iraq. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#been #comes #continue #dollars #incompetence

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. ↗

— Elmer Davis

#established #preserve #republic #will

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process. ↗

— Barney Frank

#delay #ethics #mr #process #republicans