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 SCHUMERBigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.
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The export market is based, on high-paying jobs. I`ve seen statistics that show that people make over 88 a year generally benefit from this because these are export jobs.
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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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I’m still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people’s lives better.
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But I don’t think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.
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Unfortunately, the administration’s plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.
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When the President starts talking about something, it makes a difference.
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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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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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Crime can be a unifying argument – not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.
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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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When a nominee doesn’t get 60 votes, you shouldn’t change the rules, you should change the nominee.
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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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In today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
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Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.
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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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