Quotes about congress
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I think we're probably looking at the week of June 5th, ... He'll probably want to sign it when Congress is back in Washington.
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I think what Sen. Specter has introduced is a very good step in the right direction and we're looking forward to Congress passing legislation to improve the safety of miners.
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I think that gave pause to the moderates in the Congress of the United States, who have shown time after time their opposition to the policies that were being proposed by their leadership. Steny Hoyer
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I think it's very timely that Indiana sets up and provides more dollars for student loans at a time when the U.S. Congress is just about going in the opposite direction. O. J. Simpson
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I think this Congress has to stand up for the interest of the American consumer, ... This is about as far from a free market as anything I know. Byron Dorgan
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I think sometimes after we have this type of party, there is a hangover -- and this comes in '05, ... The new Congress in '05 will make efforts to restrain growth. They may not rescind the tax cuts, but there will be spending restraint. But between now and then, it's just a party.
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It is important to do no harm. The worst thing Congress could do now would be to repeat the mistakes of the past by overriding the structures of the free marketplace (by) imposing new controls, allocation schemes, new taxes on industry or other obstacles.
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I went to libraries. I went to the Library of Congress. I went to obscure video shops. Some of the most obscure films I found were in the dark, hidden, X-rated corners of the store. Dave Douglas
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Pigs are going to start flying. The voice of the taxpayers is finally being heard in Congress.
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President Arroyo is not the State by itself. This could only be exercised pursuant to a law enacted by Congress.
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Our push for more federal funds is not predicated on one meeting. It's a sustained effort that includes outreach to Congress as well as the administration. E. P. Thompson
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Part of the problem is that when Congress considers legislation, and the administration proposes it, they only consider a one-year, five-year, or maybe 10-year time horizon. David Walker
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Part of what the K Street Project was about was making lobbyists indispensable to Congress because of the money they were raising.
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Our nation's needy families would be better served if Mr. Cuomo spent less time holding press conferences and more time working with Congress to ensure his programs have the maximum impact for those who depend on them,
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Our mission as set forth by the Congress is a critical one. Ben Bernanke
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Our message to the president and Congress is simple--let's work together to get a program done this year.
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orchestrate a conspiracy to intimidate members of Congress by using their past lives. Tom DeLay
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People have been moving together, talking, discussing things, ... You can always find someone who's going to try to be a dead-ender and say, 'If you don't do this, I won't do that.' But that's part of negotiation. We see that in the Congress and we see it in democratic systems all over the world. Donald Rumsfeld
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I am informed that every member of Congress who is in town has voted.
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I and others have been looking desperately for silver linings in this tragedy and if Katrina were to motivate Congress to look at this issue seriously, that would be great. Jared Bernstein
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Certainly, it would be helpful to have someone else like him -- outside of Congress -- working on the issue,
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But we need to see movement, ... Let's make no mistake about it. Congress will demand to see movement.
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But it's going to be a quiet week. A lot of people are on vacation, there's little in corporate reporting or econ data, Congress is still in recess. We lack drama right now, which means we're going to be left to our own devices, which could be good or bad.
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But the court allows the states to use the estimated numbers ...for drawing the lines within each state to the determine what district every member of Congress and each state legislator represents. Bill Schneider
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He's going to work hard with the Congress to make sure that we get that important law renewed.
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I think the president's going to reflect on this, and find that the Congress is going to have something to say about whether or not we want to give these sorts of assurances to Taiwan,
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I think the overwhelming likelihood is that in the next Congress, you'll see even smaller majorities than we have now. And we weren't really able to get anything done in the last few years,
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The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.
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What I think we've come up with has been deliberately mischaracterized in the media, and I think the program we have is something that this Congress should be proud of,
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A lot about Congress is about forming good working relationships with people, and humor can really help you do that.
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What we see is a Congress who tends to think that the job of public health and environmental protection is not particularly important, that the job in some ways is done and that we don't have to worry about further reducing pollution. Carol Browner
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I was on his staff in the early '80s when he was a congressman and he worked even then with members of the opposing party.
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If the Congress decides that the priority for this engine is higher than the DoD has proposed, then I'm sure the Congress will be able to soundly and thoughtfully restore the program in a way that will be the least damaging to everything else.