#senate

I used to sit on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue and wonder why the Senate was always going into recess, until in my first year I realized how intense the pressure was. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#avenue #end #first #going #how

But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#california #citizen #come #creation #for the people

That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#against #could #defend #doing #everything

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

Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President of the United States and that no rule or procedure should ever stop the Senate from exercising its constitutional responsibility. ↗

— Johnny Isakson

#believe #constitutional #doubt #each #ever

I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate. ↗

— John Thune

#america #best #feel #fight #future

Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#believe #cater #congress #controlled #democrats

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#become #i #politician #running #senate

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

— Mike Mansfield

#just #kind #language #senate #senator

Americans simply ask for, not just Democrats in the House but also the Senate has asked the President for a clear plan as it relates to dealing with the issue of Iraq and our troops and making sure that we can bring families together in the very near future. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#ask #asked #bring #clear #dealing