I’m not sure we will have every single Democrat, but we want a large number of Republicans to be able to vote for this bill because we think that will encourage the House not only to move forward but to pass a bill.
CHARLES SCHUMERI support the death penalty for the kingpin, the guy at the top, but I don’t think you should throw a drug offender in jail for five years, and let a mugger out after a year.
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I support the death penalty for the kingpin, the guy at the top, but I don’t think you should throw a drug offender in jail for five years, and let a mugger out after a year.
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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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No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn’t give enough flexibility on future legal immigration.
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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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I don’t think we should be putting first-time drug offenders in jail for five years. It’s a waste of resources.
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In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.
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The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
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We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
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I am deeply skeptical of trade deals in general.But the only way they can get a number of Democrats is by doing a strong real currency bill that goes after the worst of the trading partners, the one that`s stealing our high-end jobs.
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Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.
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All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.
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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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I’m still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people’s lives better.
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But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don’t because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.
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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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