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.
CHARLES SCHUMERIn today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
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Certainly any president – Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative – should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.
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There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.
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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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The only way we’re gonna work with Donald Trump is if he moves completely in our direction and abandons his Republican colleagues.
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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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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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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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We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don’t starve. Those are values, too.
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But I don’t think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.
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In today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
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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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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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If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.
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Obviously, there are conservatives who are in the mainstream and conservatives who would take people’s rights away.
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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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I’m going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.
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Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments – the American people really don’t care.
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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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We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
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When the President starts talking about something, it makes a difference.
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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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When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
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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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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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The highest priority you can have is education.
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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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