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We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an energy debate. ↗

— Russ Feingold

#arctic #budget #debate #discussion #drill

For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#body #communities #constitutional #constitutional amendment #debate

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#creditors #dates #debtors #fixed #forgetting

Healthy disagreement, debate, leading to compromise has always been the American way. ↗

— Donald L. Carcieri

#american #american way #been #compromise #debate

There is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of shock to find it. ↗

— Will Durst

#debris #disaster #find #history #humor

I had been working for eight years and all I had to show for it was this horrible debt. At one point we had the bailiff at the door. ↗

— Tom Felton

#debt #door #eight #had #horrible

Raising the debt ceiling is not additional spending. It is simply saying, you, the United States of America, can continue to borrow the money you need to pay the bills you have already rung up. ↗

— Jay Carney

#already #america #bills #borrow #ceiling

The debate we won't be having is whether or not the debt ceiling should be raised. We will not have a situation where people will hold the American economy hostage in order to achieve a specific agenda - at least not until 2013. So we think that is incredibly important as a matter of economic good. ↗

— Jay Carney

#agenda #american #american economy #ceiling #debate

I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#enjoyed #floor #i #really #same

But I do think its necessary to have debates. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#i #i do #necessary #think