#senate

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #senate




We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the end of the day I'm optimistic that if given a fair hearing and a fair opportunity, that he will be confirmed.


Alberto Gonzales


#confirmed #day #end #end of the day #fair

All of us who serve in the House of Representatives and the Senate pay into Social Security.


Virgil Goode


#into #pay #representatives #security #senate

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

President Obama's decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident.


Chuck Grassley


#bypass #consent #constitutional #decision #incident

It's like going into the Senate. You know, the first time you get there, you're all excited, "My God, how did I ever get here?" Then, about six months later, you say, "How the hell did the rest of them get here?"


Mike Gravel


#did #ever #excited #first #first time

I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.


Anita Hill


#am #becoming #came #first #first time

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

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson is assistant leader of his party. In four years he is the leader of his party.


Robert Caro


#believed #could #everyone #four #his

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

If you're hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You'll get the same kind of feeling and you won't have to pay.


Robert J. Dole


#closed #come #feeling #get #hanging