Senators Quotes - Page 8

• Mientras veíamos al juez Clarence
  Thomas en la Corte Suprema
  del Tribunal Supremo, todos los comentaristas
  decían lo mismo: "Una de estas
  personas en la sala está mintiendo". ¿Usted
  creer eso? Tienes dos abogados
  y 14 senadores en la sala, y sólo
  uno de ellos está mintiendo?

  Jay Leno

  Lying, Believe, Two

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• Un grupo de expertos examinará los fallos de los servicios de inteligencia en Irak. Es un panel de siete personas e incluirá al senador John McCain, pero las conclusiones de este panel no se publicarán hasta después de las elecciones. El Presidente Bush dice que la comisión puede irse y presentar un informe dentro de un año, ya sabes, de la misma manera que funciona en la Guardia Nacional de Texas.

  Bill Maher

  Texas, Years, Iraq

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• Often President Obama's worst critics are Senator Obama and candidate Obama.

  Peter Schiff

  President, Worst, Critics

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• El senador Joseph McCarthy fue uno de los más grandes estadounidenses que han existido.

  John Wayne

  Government, Joseph Mccarthy

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• While Roberts wanted to give the impression he respected the right to privacy and the precedent of Roe vs. Wade, his answers look dangerously similar to the responses (Associate Justice) Clarence Thomas gave senators during his confirmation hearings 14 years ago.

  Nancy Keenan

  Years, Giving, Justice

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• Senator John Kerry is in trouble for making a joke about soldiers being uneducated. As a result, Kerry promised to stop making jokes and stick to boring people.

  Conan O'Brien

  People, Soldier, Sticks

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• I have a 'glamour job' on the Hill. That is, I could not care less about gov or politics, but working for a Senator looks good on my resume. And these marble hallways are such great places for meeting boys and showing off my outfits.

  Jessica Cutler

  Jobs, Boys, Care

  "The Adolescent Mind of Washingtonienne" by Juliet Eastland, www.alternet.org. October 20, 2004.

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• I remember George Mitchell - I was doing the Clarence Thomas hearing, and there were 48 senators declared they were not prepared to vote for him at the front end. We could have filibustered that and stopped it. George and I - George was the leader at the time - took the heat from every liberal group saying, "No, no, that's not the way the system is supposed to work, since the Constitution - the president shall propose and the Constitution shall dispose, we're going to let them hear this."

  Joe Biden

  Leader, President, Way

  Entrevista con Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. 18 de febrero de 2016.

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• There is a difference between Senator Obama and Senator McCain. Senator Obama believes that the government ought to be able to take as much as it thinks it needs from anybody.

  Karl Rove

  Believe, Thinking, Government

  Fuente: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Senator McCain believes there ought to be a limit to how much the government can take from anybody, and he believes that today with the federal tax rate at 35 percent that that's more than the government ought to be taking from any individual regardless of how much they make.

  Karl Rove

  Believe, Government, Today

  Fuente: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• That's why I call the Senate the graveyard of democracy, because even when you have 58 senators, they can block it and block it and block it.

  Ralph Nader

  Block, Democracy, Graveyard

  Fuente: www.democracynow.org

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• Indeed, as soon as he took office, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that his top priority was to deny President [Barack] Obama a second term.

  Julianne Malveaux

  Office, Priorities, President

  Fuente: www.theskanner.com

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• Senator Jeff Sessions is reportedly on the [Donald] Trump shortlist to be either the next Secretary of Defense or the next Attorney General of the United States.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  United States, Defense, Next

  Fuente: www.msnbc.com

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• According to the old rules, Senator Jeff Sessions could not be confirmed by the United States Senate because in fact he wasn`t.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  United States, Facts, Senate

  Fuente: www.msnbc.com

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• Senator Bernie Sanders saying in effect that he wants Washington to operate under the old rules, where someone like Steve Bannon would never be allowed to visit the White house, never mind work there.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  White, House, Mind

  Fuente: www.msnbc.com

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• You don't say that for a senator to be a great senator he has to vote against his constituency.

  Michael Beschloss

  Vote

  Fuente: www.politico.com

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• The president who did the most for black Americans in 20th century history was Lyndon Johnson, and he got his hands dirty by dealing with Southern senators, Southern congressmen, horse trading with them, cajoling them, learning what not to talk about. And he got civil rights passed and Great Society programs. That should be the model. Get over yourself.

  Steve Inskeep

  Horse, Dirty, Rights

  Fuente: www.npr.org

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• I've argued with the senators and congressmen I've talked to. You don't want to be too little too late. If you buy them at the right price, you may be buying two trillion of face value.

  Warren Buffett

  Two, Too Late, May

  "Warren Buffett: No he visto tanto miedo económico en mi vida adulta". "Charlie Rose", www.cnbc.com. 1 de octubre de 2008.

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• I've done everything I can as a United States Senator to educate myself on the carbon issue and the climate change issue.

  Johnny Isakson

  Issues, Climate, United States

  Fuente: www.motherjones.com

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• People in Congress are willing to shut down the entire government or to make it impossible for a Supreme Court nominee to get a hearing or for routine appointments in the executive branch to go unfilled for years because of a hold placed by a senator.

  George Packer

  Government, Years, People

  Fuente: www.npr.org

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• Well it's unusual for us to do an endorsement, you know, and the special occasions where you need appointments, but we thought that Senator [Hillary] Clinton had occupied such a neat and unique role, certainly a worldwide advocate for women, and also there's also only 16 women without her in Congress.

  Eleanor Smeal

  Unique, Special, Needs

  Entrevista con Joanne Bamberger, www.blogher.com. 22 de diciembre de 2008.

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• Carolyn Maloney identifies with the possibility of being raped, that's why she hung in there for the Debbie Smith Bill. So it - it's essential that in New York, if we can't get a prominent woman in New York, where can we? I mean there's so many states that have never even had a woman senator. We're still on our first this and our first that.

  Eleanor Smeal

  New York, Mean, Essentials

  Source: www.blogher.com

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• Como senador, di la voz de alarma sobre las hipotecas de alto riesgo. Luché para responsabilizar a los fabricantes imprudentes de juguetes tóxicos y productos domésticos que amenazan a nuestros hijos. Introduje leyes para proteger los datos personales de los estadounidenses y combatir el robo de identidad. Por eso, como Presidente, haré de la protección del consumidor una prioridad absoluta en todo el Gobierno.

  Hillary Clinton

  Niños, Gobierno, Datos

  Fuente: time.com

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• Hillary Clinton complains that Donald Trump took advantage of the tax code. Well, why didn't she change it? Why didn't you change it when you were a senator? The reason you didn't is that all your friends take the same advantage that I do.

  Donald Trump

  Complaining, Reason, Clinton

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I've been in favor of getting rid of carried interest for years, starting when I was a senator from New York.

  Hillary Clinton

  New York, Years, Favors

  "Transcript of the Second Debate". www.nytimes.com. October 10, 2016.

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