#united states senate

When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate the place where compromises are supposed to happen because of the makeup of the Senate. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#because #beliefs #compromises #did #different

I will fight in the United States Senate this year to fund a servicing mission to Hubble by 2008, a mission that would potentially increase Hubble's power and efficiency by a factor of 10 and allow us to look back almost to the beginning of the universe. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#almost #back #beginning #efficiency #factor

Guess what - I am one of the ONLY senators in the whole United States Senate that is computer literate! ↗

— Patty Murray

#computer #guess #i #i am #literate

If the Republicans get control back of the United States Senate, we will no longer have a check and balance on the White House, on the Republican Congress. ↗

— Patty Murray

#balance #check #congress #control #get

Violence is a problem we all want to solve. I want to make sure that kids learn to deal with anger by learning how to talk with people to solve problems. Here in the United States Senate I want to make sure we have safe schools, safe neighborhoods and good things for kids to do after school! ↗

— Patty Murray

#anger #deal #good #good things #here

1992 became known as the 'Year of the Woman' because so many of us were elected to public office that November, including a record six to the United States Senate. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#because #elected #including #known #many

The reason why I'm here today is to explain why I am running and what I will do if you give me the honor and the privilege of representing you in the United States Senate. Now I'm running for the United State Senate for a simple reason, and that is...I want to win a Nobel Peace prize. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#explain #give #give me #here #honor

We must stop the Tea Party before the United States Senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no room for reason or compromise, who don't recognize common ground even when they're standing on it. ↗

— Harry Reid

#common #common ground #compromise #even #extremists

To put that into some perspective, when Bill Clinton and Al Gore had first taken the idea of the Kyoto Protocol up to the Congress, the United States Senate voted it down 95 to nothing. ↗

— Christine Todd Whitman

#al gore #bill #bill clinton #clinton #congress

He took pride in belonging to the world's most exclusive club: the United States Senate. ↗

— Margaret Truman

#club #exclusive #most #pride #senate