#senator

Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in line with me. The next day the New York Times reported that we'd both purchased telephones and what price we'd paid! ↗

— Harold H. Greene

#buy #day #i #line #me

I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan. ↗

— Nikki Haley

#call #conservative #had #head #i

The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not give a minority of senators any right to interfere with that process. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#any #appoint #consent #constitution #does

Far be it from me to denigrate Senator McCain's advice on vice presidential nominees. ↗

— David Axelrod

#denigrate #far #mccain #me #nominees

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

McCarthy emerged in the person of Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin. ↗

— Pat Buchanan

#mccarthy #person #senator #wisconsin

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough. ↗

— George W. Bush

#enough #funding #increase #liberal #massachusetts

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue. ↗

— George W. Bush

#been #both #both sides #enough #every

A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#appeal #away #blacks #far #far away

I think it's unconscionable for a Senator from Massachusetts to come down here and tell the people of Florida what's right for them. It's arrogant and irresponsible. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#come #down #florida #here #i