#senate

Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House and the Senate and the presidency, and taken up the issue of illegal immigration. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#control #duff #finally #gotten #happy

When my mom ran for the Senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. I can still hear her saying in her beautiful voice, 'Why should women have any less say than men, about the great decisions facing our nation?' ↗

— Mitt Romney

#any #beautiful #dad #decisions #every

Too many of my Senate colleagues overdid it. They stayed on too long - napping through committee hearings when they should have packed up and gone home. ↗

— Leverett Saltonstall

#committee #gone #hearings #home #long

The dome of the U.S. Capitol has fallen into severe disrepair... As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which oversees matters of the Capitol's physical plant, I have serious concerns about the consequences of omitting this funding from the stopgap spending measure. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#administration #capitol #chairman #committee #concerns

There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster. ↗

— Tony Snow

#governing #proper #rule #senate #uses

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#around #arrange #availability #i #i am

It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#costs #down #like #million #seat

When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#clause #enacted #equal #equal protection #galleries

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not guilty." ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#call #guilty #know #not guilty #present

He took pride in belonging to the world's most exclusive club: the United States Senate. ↗

— Margaret Truman

#club #exclusive #most #pride #senate