#senate

I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've been here ever since. ↗

— Michele Bachmann

#congress #did #ever #here #i

I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot change the Constitution. ↗

— Peter Camejo

#cannot #change #congress #constitution #i

What I think is at stake in 2012, is whether the five or six strong conservatives elected to the Senate in 2010 become 10 or 12. And if that happens, it will fundamentally shift the character of the Senate. It will shift the balance. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#become #character #conservatives #elected #five

The Appropriations Committee in the Senate is out of control, out of control on spending. ↗

— John Ensign

#committee #control #out #senate #spending

You would like me to say that the veil will be ripped from the voters' eyes sometime between now and November, thereby restoring the proper version of Democracy to the House and Senate. I won't say that, of course. The simple reason is, I don't know. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#course #democracy #eyes #house #i

The American people do not like privatization. They are afraid of the debt the president's willing to do. And they don't like benefit cuts. And everyone here should understand all 45 Senate Democrats are united. We are not going to let this happen. ↗

— Harry Reid

#american #american people #benefit #cuts #debt

Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at age 30. Somewhere around 1992, he should have had to go out and get a real job. ↗

— Howie Carr

#around #elected #first #get #get a real

The Democrats filibustered something in the Senate when I was eight years old. I don't remember what it was on and I didn't honestly care when I was eight years old. I cared about the history and the Senate rules. ↗

— Jonathan Krohn

#care #cared #democrats #eight #history

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative. ↗

— Eugene McCarthy

#honor #imperative #last #primitive #senate

I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill. ↗

— Don Nickles

#bipartisan #good #i #i think #pass