#senate

If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration. ↗

— John Dingell

#being #congress #disclose #does #facts

And I am saying, how about the other two branches? And putting the pressure on our representatives in the Senate and the Congress, and the court system. They should be counter-acting this corruption, but they are sitting there silent. ↗

— Sibel Edmonds

#am #branches #congress #corruption #court

When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#billions #children #cut #debt #dollars

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

#chamber #compromise #fall #here #i

Jim, I'm not aware of any formal requests from the Senate Judiciary Committee for these kinds of documents. ↗

— Alberto Gonzales

#aware #committee #documents #formal #i

I feel very confident that that information should be sufficient for the members of the Senate to make an informed decision about John Roberts' qualifications. ↗

— Alberto Gonzales

#confident #decision #feel #i #i feel

President Obama's decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#bypass #consent #constitutional #decision #incident

It's like going into the Senate. You know, the first time you get there, you're all excited, "My God, how did I ever get here?" Then, about six months later, you say, "How the hell did the rest of them get here?" ↗

— Mike Gravel

#did #ever #excited #first #first time

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#filled #good #good intentions #goodwill #hell

I'm a results-oriented person and my Senate record shows that. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#person #record #senate #shows