#senate

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

As Michigan's voice on the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I will continue working to make sure the next generation of advanced technologies and alternative fuel vehicles are made right here in America. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#alternative #america #committee #continue #energy

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

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#dust #falls #feet #heard #individual

I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of the League of Nations as a tragic mistake. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#had #i #league #mistake #nations

I think that climatic changes have a natural causes according many geological data... I am very glad to sign the U.S. Senate's report of scientists against the theory of man-made global warming. ↗

— Uberto Crescenti

#against #am #causes #changes #climatic

BABARIC! ↗

— Robert Byrd

#barbaric #dog-fighting #old-people #robert-byrd #u-s-senate

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

— Margaret Truman

#club #exclusive #most #pride #senate

If you're ever feeling a lack of middle-aged white men, just pop into the Capitol. Not so much the House of Representatives, which has a bit more color and texture, but the Senate -- jeez. Yes, let's have more testosterone running the country. Maximum Ride, School's Out--Forever ↗

— James Patterson

#funny #maximum-ride #senate #age