#senate

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

#chamber #compromise #fall #here #i

I think if progressives stay at this, continue at the grassroots level to make the case that all Americans should have choice, all Americans ought to be able to hold insurance companies accountable, I think we will have 60 votes in the United States Senate for a strong bill. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#accountable #all americans #bill #case #choice

It was an idea we had when Al was in the Senate - to organize and moderate an annual conference that would look at government policy through the lens of the family to help identify ways that the family can be supported and strengthened. ↗

— Tipper Gore

#annual #conference #family #government #had

Right now, there are nearly 30 jobs bills passed by the House with support from both Republicans and Democrats that are awaiting action in the Democratic-run Senate. ↗

— Nan Hayworth

#awaiting #bills #both #democrats #house

My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#label #party #really #regardless #senate

Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the Democratic Party on foreign policy. And I've been relatively - presumptuous to say - relatively successful legislatively in the Senate, being able to win a lot of Republican friends, and being able to cross the aisle. ↗

— Joe Biden

#aisle #been #being #cross #democratic

But if I had committed a breach of privilege, it was the privilege of the Senate, and not of this House, which was violated. I was answerable there and not here. ↗

— Preston Brooks

#breach #committed #had #here #house

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead. ↗

— Richard Burr

#ahead #aisle #cannot #challenges #forward

What this bill says is it reiterates again the deadline, and that the Senate should act before the deadline, and that's what the American people are expecting. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#again #american #american people #before #bill

In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate. ↗

— Lincoln Chafee

#executive #executive branch #good #landslide #senate