#special interest

So when you go up against the Far Right you go up against the big financial special interests like the Halliburtons of the world, the big oil companies, the big energy companies who work so hard to rip us off. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#big #big oil #companies #energy #energy companies

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#behind #common #common good #concentration #decisions

I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me. ↗

— Vincent Gallo

#group #i #interest #jewish #journalists

I'm not going to take any special interest money or any PAC money... when I get to Washington I want to be the voice for the people of Connecticut and not owe special favors. ↗

— Linda McMahon

#connecticut #favors #for the people #get #going

Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#just #money #opening #plain #republicans

Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger government and less trade with other nations. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#begging #bigger #democrats #excuse #government

I desire an special interest in your prayers that my faith fail not in the day of adversity. ↗

— John Hawley

#day #desire #fail #faith #i

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon. ↗

— Ron Paul

#anything #anytime #away #benefit #cliches

The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans. ↗

— John F. Kerry

#america #artificial #begin #best #best way

Too often in Washington special interests urge us to fight one another just because we belong to different parties. It is time for this to stop and for Washington to focus on what needs to be done. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#because #belong #different #done #fight