#washington

By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#already #banking #banking system #been #before

Voters definitely believe Washington is corrupt - but most think it's bipartisan. ↗

— Chuck Todd

#bipartisan #corrupt #definitely #most #think

Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security. ↗

— Mike Ross

#departments #fema #fire #flexibility #grant

The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#back #being #department #end #exciting

While I have worked hard to bring folks to the middle to craft common-sense solutions to the many problems that confront our nation, Washington is mired in gridlock, gamesmanship and constant partisan bickering. ↗

— Mike Ross

#bring #common-sense #confront #constant #craft

Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn't make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#analysis #any #brussels #difference #does

The March on Washington was a culmination of years of hard work and dedication of many individuals. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#dedication #hard #hard work #individuals #many

So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#control #environmentalist #everything #happens #himself

Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles, I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition, perhaps, there is more flexibility, more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#angeles #attachment #because #being #change

The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#basically #behalf #consumers #corporate #designed