We’re going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We’re going to beat guns into submission!
CHARLES SCHUMERThe 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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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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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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A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.
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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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The only way we’re gonna work with Donald Trump is if he moves completely in our direction and abandons his Republican colleagues.
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As long as the Palestinians send terrorists onto school buses and to nightclubs to blow up people, Israel has no choice but to build the fence.
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Certainly any president – Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative – should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.
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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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I’m still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people’s lives better.
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Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can’t. After all, Mitt Romney’s idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.
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People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
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All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.
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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.
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This is government’s primary function – to keep us safe – and when large percentages in America don’t feel safe, they start asking: What am I paying my taxes for? What is government all about?
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So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it’s a better education overall.
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