- Pockets
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress Quotes
On Congress as an institution, not a party.
These congress quotes look at Congress as an institution — its investigative reach during wartime, and how public and press attention can outweigh what actually gets debated inside its halls. One line calls Congress the only body with the authority to fix a broken immigration system, treating it as institutional responsibility rather than partisan debate.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historically, there is a presumption that the legitimate police powers of the states are not to be pre-empted by federal law unless Congress has made that purpose clear.
- Four-Year
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network.
- Momentum
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- Nov 07, 2020
Republicans believe an obstructionist, do-nothing Congress will deny Obama momentum and keep their base energized.
- Diplomats
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially.
- Mine
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gabby Giffords was a mentor of mine in the state Legislature and also in Congress.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2010, we have to focus on electing a new Congress and in 2012 we have to focus on electing a new president.
- Approval
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress passed the deeply flawed Patriot Act and authorized the invasion of Iraq. It even gave its retroactive approval to warrantless wiretapping.
- Immigration
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comprehensive immigration reform should be debated and passed by Congress.
- Prime Minister
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- Nov 07, 2020
Can a Congress worker ever think of becoming a Prime Minister? No. Because that seat is reserved by birth in that party.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress is too old. They don't have a stake in the game.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
The goal isn't, and shouldn't be, to block Hillary Clinton. The goal is to make sure a potential President Clinton is beholden to a better Congress and a better Democratic Party.
- Nov 07, 2020