I can tell you about health care and also about the financial reform bill. The Barack Obama, the President personally and his administration officials at his direction were very much involved.
BARNEY FRANKNothing in the world is as mobile as capital. It can move anywhere in the world instantaneously.
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I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people’s rights to get married, join the Army, and earn a living as a terribly inspiring revolutionary platform.
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I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed.
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I do not believe that the federal government should treat adults who choose to smoke marijuana as criminals.
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Bush senior used to say that we have more will than wallet. So he urged the country to attack poverty with a thousand points of light, none of which could be eaten.
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They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more outraged that they won’t be able to be outraged anymore.
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Disruption never helps your cause. … It just looks like you’re afraid to have rational discussion.
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There is a correlation between people who attack same-sex marriage and have difficulty maintaining their own.
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Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can’t do anything because they’re tied up in knots.
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For the trustees to turn away from the entirely reasonable request of the students that a hearing-impaired individual be made president of the college is a very unfortunate expression of insensitivity.
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Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
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Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.
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For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.
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The Moral Majority supports legislators who oppose abortions but also oppose child nutrition and day care. From their perspective, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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There were a lot of Romneys. There’s the Romney who was going to be better on gay rights than Ted Kennedy; now there’s a Romney who checks with Rick Santorum on that issue.
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