Quotes about congress
congress failed late sequence
It's too late now, but Congress has consistently failed to sequence regulatory requirements in a responsible fashion.
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It's not enough to say that Congressman X got this contribution and then voted this way. You need to show a specific link or agreement.
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It's the job of Congress to do it and we need to be a partner in this operation, Dennis Hastert
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It's symbolic progress for Congress to learn that they can terminate programs without the sky falling. Maybe they can come back next year and start terminating programs whose costs make a difference.
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They didn't give it to me before. I want them to give me the resources to do the job, ... You can't have the Congress complaining and then not giving me the resources. Bill Richardson
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They faced the possibility that Congress would have told them in a matter of days not to do this. Dick Durbin
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You can't make a million people happy. There's going to be a lot of debates. I don't think you can minimize the role Congress is going to play in what kind of legislation they formulate to guide the reconstruction. There will be enormous pressure to do something quickly. It's all new virgin territory, and it'll be tough to craft an optional strategy. James Carafano
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This phenomena makes those of us in Washington really angry, because it has been so difficult to convince some members of Congress that we need new housing resources. The guidelines were put in place to protect the same families that these students have displaced.
congress consider political pressure
There will be enough political pressure to make Congress consider doing something.
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There really is no more important issue Congress should be working on this year, and in this time of unprecedented economic growth there is no reason why we shouldn't be, Tom Daschle
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There's a lot of fat to trim. ... I wonder if we've been serving in the same Congress. Jeff Flake
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There remains precious little reason to think that Congress really intended for the McCain-Feingold law to regulate the web. Brian Smith
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It is our sense that the American people want Congress to do something ... to pay for Katrina, and anything less than that will be a disappointment to millions of Americans. Mike Pence
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It's a good time for them to release those numbers because Congress just went out on a two-week break, and domestically the nation is transfixed with immigration reform.
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It's a fascinating social experiment in using private sector resources to deliver a social benefit. What Congress did was completely unprecedented they created new markets and new products.
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It's a program where the lobbyists paid and Republican members of Congress played. Harry Reid
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It's all designed to keep people very much intimidated and not challenging the power. And I found the same old tactics worked in Congress too. Maxine Waters
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It points out that this is an extremely important congressional race. Neither Congress nor the White House is taking it for granted.
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They're really trying to tell Congress that they're playing straight with them.
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They're not overly happy with the president, they're not overly happy with what the Congress is doing, however they love their congressman,
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There's been a difference in Congress. I expect to see a much more favorable Congress next year, no matter who wins. People are not going to forget Firestone/Explorer quickly.
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It was days ago Greenspan told Congress there was not a credit crunch in the economy.
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Women oftentimes are the ones making those economic decisions, sitting around the kitchen table and trying to figure out how to pay for rising gas prices or food prices or the health insurance costs. And I think that they see where they expect their leaders in Congress to also make those tough decisions. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
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The point is, am I going to let Mary Smith and these other nice, older women be sent out of here thinking they'll have a voucher for the rest of their lives, when Congress is looking to cut the program? They're going to be in Miami somewhere, and they'll be homeless. That's why the fight is going on.
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What the United States Congress does on this issue will have an enormous impact on the prospects of peace and prosperity in the far East, Al Gore
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What the public wants, and what Congress will focus on, is getting control of our border. Tamar Jacoby
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Whether it's the courts or regional offices of executive agencies, members of Congress want some control over how things are done in their states or districts. As long as they have some influence over the picks, they like the patronage system. David Lewis
congress count fact
We can count on the fact that this will be probed by the American public, particularly by the US Congress.
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What's really reprehensible is that friends of the oil industry in Congress are using ... a disaster, which essentially pointed up our shortcomings in protecting public health and safety, to repeal environmental rules that are designed to protect public health and safety.
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Any pro-environmental piece of legislation has a hard road to travel in this Congress. It's not going to be a walk in the park, not with current leadership in some of these committees.
congress happening
a sense of what's happening in Congress and what's not happening. John Breaux
congress nascar targeting waste
Back then, they (Congress) were targeting NASCAR as a waste of fuel,
congress elected members
As members of Congress, they were elected as representatives of their constituents.