Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that’s not what any of us should want from our judges.
CHARLES SCHUMERWe tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
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It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.
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When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private.
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People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
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Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.
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When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
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Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments – the American people really don’t care.
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The public knows how many good things there are as part of the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans say they’re going to repeal. They don’t know what to replace it with.
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I’d like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.
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You do have to change things as warfare changes.
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The Democratic Party was always there on crime, but in the past we let the ideologues on the left dominate. The Republicans may still let the ideologues on the right dominate.
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The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.
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The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
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If the Saudis were culpable, they should be held accountable. If they had nothing to do with 9/11, they have nothing to fear.
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Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.
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We’re going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We’re going to beat guns into submission!
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