#fede

We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but it was a guarantee, it was not a grant. And we not only paid it off, but we paid it off ahead of time. ↗

— David Dinkins

#backed #bonds #borrowed #federal #federal government

The level of analysis that is done when you see laws created, whether it's the city or state or federal level - it's much more horse-trading than analysis. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#city #created #done #federal #federal level

The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#being #big #day #decision-making #excuses

Clinton was a president who used his office, in creative ways, to try to reinvigorate the federal government to benefit the majority. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#clinton #creative #creative ways #federal #federal government

It's not, 'We have a city to bid, now let's go check in with the federal government'. ↗

— Peter Ueberroth

#check #city #federal #federal government #go

Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%. ↗

— Mike Epps

#any #because #being #called #cried

I can recall back in 1998, in August of that year, when we had a horrible disaster along the Mexican border in the town of Del Rio. At the time, FEMA was the shining star of the federal government. It's now perceived as many to be the dullest knife in the drawer. Right or wrong, that's the perception. ↗

— Henry Bonilla

#august #back #border #del #disaster

It is during difficult times like this that the true American spirit reveals itself. I am not talking only of the response of local, state, and federal governments, although they will each play an extremely important role in this effort. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#am #american #american spirit #difficult #difficult times

We also must pull from our highest ideals of justice and protect against those ills that destabilized our economy - like predatory lending, over-leveraged financial institutions and the unchecked avarice of the past that trumped fairness and common sense. Our platform calls for significant cuts in federal spending. ↗

— Cory Booker

#also #avarice #calls #common #common sense

The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack. ↗

— Bob Etheridge

#attack #federal #federal government #government #potential