#senator

I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could tell, for the most part, Democrat and Republican, respected that. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#best #could #democrat #i #i think

I am a mom as well as a senator! ↗

— Patty Murray

#i #i am #mom #senator #well

Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents. ↗

— Mel Martinez

#driven #florida #martinez #million #needs

I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House. ↗

— George McGovern

#american #better #businesspeople #concerns #firsthand

Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' ↗

— Evan Bayh

#because #current #determined #enough #filibuster

Except for the title 'father,' there is no title, including 'vice president,' that I am more proud to wear than that of United States senator. ↗

— Joe Biden

#except #father #i #i am #including

I have never left another senator out to dry. Never. ↗

— Joe Biden

#dry #i #left #never #out

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's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'. ↗

— Fay Vincent

#because #crowd #down #draw #invite

It simply isn't fair for senators to cut to the front of the line when seniors around the country have been forced to wait for hours to get a flu shot. ↗

— Dick Durbin

#been #country #cut #fair #flu