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.
CHARLES SCHUMERIdeological 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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When a nominee doesn’t get 60 votes, you shouldn’t change the rules, you should change the nominee.
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Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way to see the world, always gets us into trouble.
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The currency bill we have would finally do something for China`s rapacious policies.
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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 greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
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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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Crime can be a unifying argument – not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.
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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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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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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
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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.
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When the President starts talking about something, it makes a difference.
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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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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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