#senate

I will fight in the United States Senate this year to fund a servicing mission to Hubble by 2008, a mission that would potentially increase Hubble's power and efficiency by a factor of 10 and allow us to look back almost to the beginning of the universe. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#almost #back #beginning #efficiency #factor

Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but I made sure I wasn't the only. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#became #democratic #elected #first #her

Reconciliation is a special budget procedure to change entitlement and tax laws. It cannot be filibustered and requires only a simple majority in the Senate to be passed. It is primarily intended for deficit and mandatory spending reduction. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#cannot #change #deficit #entitlement #intended

It is a great privilege for any man to become a member of the Senate. ↗

— Lionel K. Murphy

#become #great #man #member #privilege

Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration is important. It's important to our nation, it's important to our public safety, it's important to our security, it's important to our economic well-being moving forward. And it's not something that's going to go away. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#conversations #economic #forward #go #go away

You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery. ↗

— Colin Powell

#about #argued #congress #court #deal

As a Democrat in this Senate, I felt aggrieved by some things the other side has done. I have no doubt they feel aggrieved about some of the things we have done. ↗

— Mark Pryor

#democrat #done #doubt #feel #felt

People in Nevada know me from the street to the ring to the Senate chambers. I've never had to prove my manhood to anyone. ↗

— Harry Reid

#chambers #had #i #know #manhood

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. ↗

— Will Rogers

#closes #i #i can #investigation #opens

As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned. ↗

— Robert J. Dole

#country #floor #good #hands #long