#senator

Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy. ↗

— Lloyd Bentsen

#i #jack #jack kennedy #kennedy #knew

My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about. ↗

— Herman Cain

#because #being #difference #feel #i

Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You didn't have a real partisan issue on those times that it was used. ↗

— Tom Coburn

#bush tax cuts #cuts #democratic #democrats #half

It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be. ↗

— Tom Daschle

#important #incumbent #our #senators #supportive

The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry. ↗

— Howard Dean

#fact #iraq #kerry #like #senator

Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year. ↗

— Bill Weld

#earning #fairness #income #income tax #increase

Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster should be reduced to 55 from 60. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#continually #debate #filibuster #issue #just

If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators. ↗

— Eleanor Clift

#former #governors #look #presidents #senators

I believe that the American administration of Iraq has been arrogant, has pursued policies that are illegal in international law and has been ignorant and incompetent. I said this very forthrightly to the senators. ↗

— Juan Cole

#american #american administration #arrogant #been #believe

In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.' ↗

— J. C. Watts

#based #because #being #clinton #consider