Evan Bayh
Evan Bayh
Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh IIIis an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the junior U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011. He earlier served as the 46th Governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 December 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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If he focuses only on low-income people, then there are a lot of middle class folks struggling to pay their prescription benefit.
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It's not right to force the men and women in the Guard and Reserves to choose between love of country and love for their family, ... When our troops are out defending our country, they shouldn't have to worry about who is protecting their homes. My legislation will eliminate the Patriot Penalty and protect our military families from eviction when a loved one is serving overseas. Our Guard and Reserve families make countless sacrifices when a loved one is deployed- financial hardship because of their service should not be one of them.
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Our interest in serving our community has to be more than episodic, sparked by disaster, natural or man-made, ... The essence of our proposal was to try to institutionalize service to make it part of (young people's) experience.
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If you want to be a majority party, you have to appeal to a coalition, and that means appealing to independents and moderates. That's why you'll hear Lieberman and Gore emphasizing issues that appeal to both the base and the center.
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All we can do is assume, because when presented with the opportunity to disavow the positions in his memos, Roberts refused,
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They'll ultimately have to get it from us, ... Following the election of a permanent government, perhaps the international community would be willing to take this on.
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No longer will we see an agenda tilted to the far right. It will require people to hammer out a true consensus and compromise, and I think that will be good for America.
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The nominee was not well-served by a process designed to maintain ambiguity rather than resolve it. Voting to confirm a nominee to the Supreme Court must be more than an act of faith.
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I think I should hear what the man has to say before making up my mind, ... Whoever is chosen for this spot could be on our nation's highest court for 30 years perhaps, and deal with some of the most fundamental liberties that we have in this country. So I think it's important we take our time, ask the right questions, listen carefully to the answers and then reach a considered judgment.
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Our objective is not to oppose the president; it's to do what's right for America.
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There seems to be a level of -- for lack of a better word -- denial about how permeated some aspects of the society are with sympathizers for radical causes,
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But Truman saved the day. He said, 'It's OK, son, so do I,' ... My claim to fame - I went to the bathroom with Harry Truman.
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Of course, it's a matter of courtesy. Like many of my colleagues, I'm interested in what he has to say, and we won't know that until he's asked and answers the questions.
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Regrettably, the readiness of the Iraqi army is wholly inadequate for the needs. Our own government has said so.