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 SCHUMERUnfortunately, the administration’s plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.
More Charles Schumer Quotes
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The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
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What I want to do first with education is my student loan idea. Basically, if you go into teaching and teach for five years, your student loans should be forgiven. It doesn’t cost that much.
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When you run for president you have certain obligations. One of them would be to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.
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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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You do have to change things as warfare changes.
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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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The currency bill we have would finally do something for China`s rapacious policies.
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We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
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The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
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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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When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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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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Substantively Democrats are much closer to where the American people are than Republicans are.
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What we are going to do as Democrats is put together a really strong platform that focuses on jobs and economic issues.
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