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The American people do not like privatization. They are afraid of the debt the president's willing to do. And they don't like benefit cuts. And everyone here should understand all 45 Senate Democrats are united. We are not going to let this happen.


Harry Reid


#american #american people #benefit #cuts #debt

Let me start by saying that I do not enjoy nor relish the partisan role of attack dog. I never found any fun in that. I don't think it's constructive. I don't intend to become that here in the Senate.


Marco Rubio


#attack #become #constructive #dog #enjoy

I rise today to offer a formal and heartfelt apology to all the victims of lynching in our history, and for the failure of the United States Senate to take action when action was most needed.


George Allen


#apology #failure #formal #heartfelt #history

You now have six-year campaigns for the Senate - you never stop running. It's not uncommon for a member of the Senate to have a fundraising breakfast, a fundraising lunch and a fundraising dinner, and then when the Senate breaks for the week to go home, more fundraisers. And that's driven by the cost of campaigning.


Evan Bayh


#breaks #campaigning #campaigns #cost #dinner

The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected.


Carol Moseley Braun


#better #campaign #campaign finance #candidates #difficult

I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing.


Ed Case


#chance #country #good #good chance #hawaii

The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that is to bring consensus to big issues in this country so that we have a reasoned and thoughtful approach and that the American public buys into it.


Tom Coburn


#american public #approach #big #bring #buys

Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate.


John Dingell


#close #democrats #house #i #i think

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.


Jeff Flake


#bring #center #control #country #crisis

Mr. Gonzales' failure to respond to questions legitimately posed to him by the Senate raises grave doubts in my mind as to his fitness to serve the people of the United States as their Attorney General.


Daniel Inouye


#attorney general #doubts #failure #fitness #general