#senate

House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust. ↗

— John Boehner

#ban #critical #democratic #democratic leaders #earmark

Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#another #another day #cannot #day #done

People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#bring #committee #common #common sense #diplomatic

When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent, it's quite obvious that the only way we are going to get something done is if we work together. ↗

— John Breaux

#done #get #going #independent #obvious

My viewpoint is the Senate is dysfunctional. ↗

— Mo Brooks

#senate #viewpoint

The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that Seneca should be banished to the island of Corsica. ↗

— Frederic William Farrar

#claudius #decision #guilt #his #innocence

This has not been a legislative process worthy of the Senate. Members of the Judiciary Committee, as I just said, were implored to save their amendments for the floor. Then, when we got here, we were told no amendments could be accepted. ↗

— Russ Feingold

#been #committee #could #floor #got

Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work. ↗

— Robert Caro

#come #genius #make #political #senate

Scott Brown may be the last Republican to win a statewide fight in Massachusetts for a very long time. He caught the machine flat-footed in January 2010 when he out-hustled Martha Coakley and stole the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held all those years. And since then, the Democrats haven't lost a single statewide fight. ↗

— Howie Carr

#caught #democrats #fight #haven #held

President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate. ↗

— Peter Fenn

#barack #barack obama #change #changed #confront