#senate

When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

#both #house #iq #member #moves

When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public. ↗

— Elena Kagan

#appropriately #becomes #ceases #confirmation #discussion

I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to govern in a way - at least put forward solutions whether or not the president goes along with them or not, that deal with these long-term challenges. ↗

— John Thune

#both #challenges #deal #forward #given

All alone in a committee room of the Senate Office Building in Washington, I was reading the dry typewritten pages in an unpublished report of an almost forgotten congressional committee hearing. ↗

— Robert Welch

#alone #building #committee #congressional #dry

Senator, we just don't use that kind of language on the floor of the Senate. ↗

— Mike Mansfield

#just #kind #language #senate #senator

The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country! ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#come #country #determination #different #like

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying. ↗

— Barack Obama

#also #amend #any #ban #constitution

Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What have you done?' ↗

— Barack Obama

#democrats #done #house #i #know

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended. ↗

— Barack Obama

#about #absolute #absolute power #chambers #either

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate? ↗

— Will Rogers

#ancient #ancient rome #because #both #declined