#votes

I think that, on the reconciliation issue, if they had the votes, we wouldn't have had the summit. And if they try to go through reconciliation, it will be a change in semantics. Instead of the American people saying 'stop the bill' or 'kill the bill,' it's all going to be about repealing the bill. That's not the kind of discussion that they want. ↗

— Marsha Blackburn

#american #american people #bill #change #discussion

I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner. ↗

— Kenneth Blackwell

#certified #college #december #electoral #electoral college

You're not going to have a 1.000 batting average, but the way you get votes is, you just push and you push. I'm not afraid to do that. ↗

— Tim Kaine

#average #batting #get #going #i

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#also #book #books #clumsy #creature

The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale of votes in exchange for campaign contributions. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#campaign #campaign contributions #concerned #contributions #corruption

We had prepared, my staff had prepared for me a whole dossier on virtually - on George Bush on his votes on his records, what he had done over the past number of years in public service. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#done #george #george bush #had #his

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#ancestors #around #arrogant #classes #dead

The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#big secret #elections #example #friend #get

The American future is here, and there's great news: the future votes. ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#future #great #here #news #votes

Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes. ↗

— Robert A. Dahl