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 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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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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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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We’re here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true.
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The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
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The highest priority you can have is education.
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Crime can be a unifying argument – not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.
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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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I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major factors that lead to decline of middle class incomes.
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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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I think there’s going to be a lot of Americans who are really willing to be much more active than they were before, because they’re worried about where Trump is headed.
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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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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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Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, we know that neither this President nor prior Presidents of both parties did everything right or we would not have had a 9/11.
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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’m going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.
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