#senate

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#control #establishes #gavel #important #instrument

We can move America forward with a strong middle class. We can move America forward with a strong Democratic majority in the Senate. And together we can move America forward with Barack Obama in the White House. ↗

— Harry Reid

#barack #barack obama #class #democratic #forward

I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate. ↗

— David Remnick

#different #electorate #i #i think #senate

As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned. ↗

— Robert J. Dole

#country #floor #good #hands #long

Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#arena #california #economy #federal #get

My husband is the first man to consistently be involved in the Senate Spouses group. ↗

— Amy Klobuchar

#first #group #husband #involved #man

Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#achieve #cannot #capitulation #confused #democrats

The stronger Hillary is, the weaker she is. The more she seems like a likely presidential winner, the more difficult the senate race becomes in New York. It's perfect. ↗

— Dick Morris

#difficult #hillary #like #likely #more

Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#consent #does #mean #rubber #rubber stamp

The Democrats in the Senate adopted a resolution, an amendment, saying that there should be no Guantanamo detainees brought into this country. So, more and more, we're finding the American people on one side, the ACLU and the troglodytes from the New York Times on the other, where they belong. ↗

— Peter King

#adopted #amendment #american #american people #belong