“ As a Democrat in this Senate, I felt aggrieved by some things the other side has done. I have no doubt they feel aggrieved about some of the things we have done. ”
- Mark Pryor- Copy
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“ In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead. ”
- Richard Burr- Copy
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“ It's certainly alright to introduce what you think is appropriate, but it's not mutually exclusive,... What the House and Senate passes is ultimately what matters most. ”
- Richard Baker- Copy
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“ When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. ”
- Everett Dirksen- Copy
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“ Both the House and Senate agree that there are other issues to talk about and that there may be some common ground. ”
- John Reed- Copy
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“ Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what's going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House? ”
- Will Rogers- Copy
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“ The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate. ”
- Max Baucus- Copy
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“ There's a reason that they're saying Kerry is the No. 1 liberal in the Senate, it's because he is the No. 1 liberal in the Senate. ”
- Michael Moore- Copy
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“ This has not been a legislative process worthy of the Senate. Members of the Judiciary Committee, as I just said, were implored to save their amendments for the floor. Then, when we got here, we were told no amendments could be accepted. ”
- Russ Feingold- Copy
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“ I will fight in the United States Senate this year to fund a servicing mission to Hubble by 2008, a mission that would potentially increase Hubble's power and efficiency by a factor of 10 and allow us to look back almost to the beginning of the universe. ”
- Barbara Mikulski- Copy
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“ You know, I never have been a stagnant kind of individual. I've been in the Senate 22 years. I'm still stimulated by the challenges that it offers, but here's a whole new arena in which to deal, whole new set of challenges, whole new kind of authority, a chance for growth, and how could I say no? ”
- Edmund S. Muskie- Copy
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“ Today, our hearts and minds are naturally focused on yesterday's tragedy, but it is important that the Senate continue with America's business, particularly as it affects America's security,... Our enemies will increasingly strike this mighty nation at places where they believe we are not only dependent but unguarded… ”
- Joseph Lieberman- Copy
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“ Literally minutes before the Senate cast its vote, the administration sought to add the words 'in the United States and' after 'appropriate force' in the agreed-upon text. This last-minute change would have given the president broad authority to exercise expansive powers not just overseas — where we all understood he wanted authority to act — but right here in the United States , potentially against American citizens… ”
- Tom Daschle- Copy
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“ When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'. ”
- Theodore Roosevelt- Copy
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“ Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions. ”
- Marcus Tullius Cicero- Copy
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“ Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
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“ The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ I rise today to offer a formal and heartfelt apology to all the victims of lynching in our history, and for the failure of the United States Senate to take action when action was most needed. ”
- George Allen- Copy
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“ Congress shall also create a tax code weighing more than the combined poundage of the largest member of the House and the largest member of the Senate, plus a standard musk ox. ”
- Dave Barry- Copy
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“ I think I can speak for every Senator, saying that he or she ran for the Senate because we want to help make this a better place; that is, we want to help our States and help America. ”
- Max Baucus- Copy
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“ One of the dangers of being here a while is you may have been on record directly and diametrically opposed to what one is saying today. ”
- John Cornyn- Copy
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“ I'm really results-oriented. To get results in the Senate, the best way is to reach out to members, regardless if they're Democrat or Republican. I'm a pragmatic Ohioan. ”
- Mike DeWine- Copy
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“ I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours. ”
- Byron Dorgan- Copy
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“ What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when you're in charge. ”
- Lindsey Graham- Copy
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“ The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate. ”
- Charles Grassley- Copy
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“ The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour. ”
- Hubert H. Humphrey- Copy
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“ Too often in the past, members of Congress have won re-election with a two-part strategy: Talk like Scrooge on the campaign trail. Vote like Santa Claus on the Senate floor. ”
- Edmund S. Muskie- Copy
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“ One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, it being the greatest deliberative body in the world, is out of the discussions of ideas, hopefully truth can ultimately be achieved. ”
- Bill Nelson- Copy
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