Jim Jeffords
Jim Jeffords
James Merrill "Jim" Jeffordswas a U.S. Senator from Vermont. Sworn in to the Senate in 1989, he served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become an Independent and began caucusing with the Democrats. Jeffords retired from the Senate in 2007. Prior to the Senate, he served as the U.S. Representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 1975 to 1989...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 May 1934
CountryUnited States of America
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I hope it will assist the Senate if the recess is available to the leaders to discuss and decide the numerous transition issues the Senate will face.
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If there is another solution, I'm willing (to consider it). I just want to get rid of the damn stuff.
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I am not precluding the hope and belief that when the president fully understands what this means and what my amendment would mean, that we will hopefully have a change in attitude and that my goal is the same as John Breaux's. I would like to see us vote out a budget by 90 votes ... not just hanging on by a vote or two.
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I fear that this bill, without the sufficient resources, will merely highlight our shortcomings. I fear it will not provide the assistance, both financial and technical, that schools will need to meet the goals of having every student meet their full academic potential.
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I don't know anyone in the public eye who has not made a mistake and said something in a manner that does not truly reflect their intentions.
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A fuel prices remain unstable and our nation's highways and airports suffer ever-increasing congestion and delays, Amtrak offers an invaluable alternative upon which Americans have come to rely
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Today's new climate policy is like delivering the final divorce papers to the public and the world, ... And it is divorced from the reality of global warming.
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Saddam Hussein is not the only deranged dictator who is willing to deprive his people in order to acquire weapons of mass destruction.
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Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president on very fundamental issues. The largest, for me, is education.
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There is nothing more important to our Nation's future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system that is the envy of the world.
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It is clear Judge Roberts has the necessary legal experience and character to be the chief justice.
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It is long past time for this industry to make a transition to clean, safe energy sources, ... The public can no longer tolerate the health and environmental threats caused by continued reliance on old, dirty coal plants.
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It is important each side has the opportunity to express itself, ... But we need to exit one way or the other.