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“Congress actually authorized the printing and payment for a Bible. That illustrates the high regard that the Bible was held in early American society. We see biblical ideas woven into the founding documents of our country like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The Declaration of Independence explicity states "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..." This is a biblical idea stemming from the dignity of all people - Psalm 139:14 - we are fearfully and wonderfully made.”

People Men Country Equal Dignity Constitution Independence Biblical Declaration Printing Declaration Of Independence Psalms

Author:Steve Green

“Congress allows lemonade to the members and has it charged under the head of stationery-I move also that whiskey be allowed under the item of fuel.”

Moving Members Congress Fuel Items Whiskey Lemonade Stationery

Author:Davy Crockett

“Congress also did something new, which is, they delayed for two years two new taxes - one on medical devices and one on high-end health insurance plans. Those taxes are supposed to help pay for President Obama's health care law, but they're really unpopular.”

Years Two Ends Helping Care Law President Pay Plans Taxes Congress Medical Health Care Two Years Something New Devices President Obama Delayed

Author:Susan Davis

“Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations.”

Should States Teach Teacher Congress Operations Surgeons Legislature State Legislatures

Author:Diane Ravitch

Source: The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

“Congress and the American people have good reason to fear that we are heading toward another permanent garrison of Americans in a Balkan country where our mission is confused, and our exit strategy a complete mystery.”

People Country Reason Mystery Strategy Congress Missions Permanent Confused Exit Headings Balkans

Author:John McCain

“Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than the U.S. Constitution has words. I guarantee you that not a single member of the House or Senate has a complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001.”

“Congress can grant a waiver [for General James Mattis ] and has done that once in history.”

Done Congress Grants Waiver General James Mattis

Author:Steve Inskeep

“Congress can raise taxes because it can persuade a sizable fraction of the populace that somebody else will pay”

Pay Taxes Raises Congress Taxation Fractions Tax Day Taxes Funny

Author:Milton Friedman

“Congress can't take the year off, election or no election.”

Years Election Congress

Author:Kay Bailey Hutchison

“Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons.”

Two Three Thirds Congress Idiot Scoundrels

Author:H. L. Mencken

Source: Mencken Chrestomathy

“Congress constitutionally lacks general police powers.”

Police Congress Police Power

Author:Mike Lee

“Congress could always stop the President if Congress thinks that what the President has done exceeds the President's authority or is just wrong for the United States.”

Ifs Thinking States Done President United United States Authority Congress Exceed

Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Congress decides who becomes a citizen and how. To automatically say the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship, no, we can't change that. Amending the Constitution, not possible, takes too long. We gotta find another way of dealing with this. No, we don't, because it's not there. You don't have to amend the Constitution.”

Way Long Citizens Constitution Congress Grants Amendments Citizenship Another Way Can't Change Birthright Amending The Constitution 14th Amendment

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“Congress did not pass last year's 2006 budget proposals. The 2007 budget proposals are very similar, and once again unfairly target agriculture. I expect Congress to reject them again.”

Years Lasts Congress Budgets Rejects Target Last Year Agriculture Proposal

Author:Saxby Chambliss

“Congress didn't vote on the bills, they just wave at them as they go by.”

Congress Political Satire

Author:Will Rogers

“Congress does two things well: nothing and overreacting.”

Wells Doe Two Political Congress Two Things

Author:Michael Oxley

“Congress doesn't hate Congress.”

Hate Congress

Author:Jack Abramoff

“Congress doesn't regulate Wall Street. Wall Street regulates Congress.”

Streets Wall Congress

Author:Bernie Sanders

“Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise, in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?”

Funny Hours Trade Lawyer Yield Law Students Funny Lawyer

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“Congress first took action against steroids by passing The Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990.”

Firsts Action Congress Passing Passings Steroid

Author:Jim Sensenbrenner

“Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy and eliminates deductions that benefit the middle class.”

Opportunity Class Middle Taxes Benefits Bills Congress Favors Relief Middle Class Wealthy Deficit Deductions

Author:Rick Larsen

“Congress has a limited role in regards to the nuclear agreement with Iran. We do have a review statute that was enacted into law where we review Iran's compliance with the agreement, and we have certain requirements on the President to keep us informed. What we have seen so far is that Iran is in compliance with the nuclear part of the agreement, but certainly has violated non-nuclear issues.”

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Author:Ben Cardin

“Congress has a responsibility to make sure our taxpayer dollars are being spent responsibly and effectively, and at the same time, that our men and women in uniform have everything they need to carry out the War on Terror.”

Men Needs War Responsibility Men And Women Dollars Congress Terror Uniforms Taxpayers War On Terror

Author:Larry Craig

“Congress has all sorts of rules, hedge fund managers, private equity managers, executives, movie stars, fall into that allow them to escape or defer into the future not paying their taxes. And if you can defer your tax into the future, it's the best deal in the world, because you don't just get to eat your cake and have it too. You get to eat your cake and have a bigger cake.”

World Fall Taxes Fund Equity Movie Star

Author:Hillary Clinton

“Congress has always had a soft spot for "experts" who tell members what they want to hear, whether it's supply-side economists declaring that tax cuts increase revenue or climate-change skeptics insisting that global warming is a myth.”

Want Sides Cutting Taxes Members Increase Climate Climate Change Congress Myth Spots Experts Global Warming Economist Revenue Skeptic Tax Cuts Declaring Insisting

Author:Paul Krugman

“Congress has an obligation to protect our country's natural beauty, embodied in our nation's parks, rivers, and breathtaking landscapes.”

Country Nations Natural Beauty Protect Rivers Congress Obligation Our Country Landscape Parks Breathtaking

Author:Dave Reichert

“Congress has become so dysfunctional that more and more of a burden is placed on the agencies to fill in the gaps. And the gaps get bigger and bigger because they're not constantly refreshed and tweaked.”

Bigger Congress Burden Agency Gaps

Author:Barack Obama

“Congress has changed the Social Security system over time, and over 20 times in the past Congress has raised taxes on Social Security in payroll taxes into the system.”

Past Social Security Changed Taxes Raised Congress Social Security Payroll Security Systems Payroll Tax

Author:Chris Chocola

“Congress has created and funded a huge peacetime military that has substantial abilities to wage offensive operations, and it has not placed restrictions on the use of that military or the funds to support it, because it would rather let the president take the political risks in deciding on war. If Congress wanted to play a role in restricting war, it could - it simply does not want to. But we should not mistake a failure of political will for a violation of the Constitution.”

War Political President Ability Mistake Support Risk Military Constitution Fund Offensive

Author:John Yoo

“Congress has funded numerous programs to provide care and compensation to 9/11 victims, spending several billion dollars on extraordinary and unprecedented efforts.”

Care Effort Program Victim Dollars Extraordinary Congress Spending Billions Having Fun Compensation Unprecedented

Author:Michael Enzi

“Congress has greatly tightened the loopholes terrorists can use to harm Americans. We need to do more. We need controls immediately on what forms of ID are adequate to board planes and enter secure sites.”

Needs Use Form Congress Harm Terrorist Secure Planes Boards Site Adequate Loopholes

Author:Elton Gallegly

“Congress has lost its way if we don't hold this President accountable for his actions.”

Ifs Way Action Lost President Congress

Author:Russ Feingold

“Congress has mandated an annual report on street gang, outlaw biker, and domestic extremist activity in the military since 2008.”

Military Military History Terrorists Gangs Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

Author:Carter F. Smith

Source: Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training

“Congress has no power to make any religious establishments.”

Father Religious Congress Establishment Our Founding Fathers Founding Fathers Christian Us Founding Fathers Founding Fathers Religious Christian Father

Author:Roger Sherman

“Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation.”

Years Levels Raised Congress Minimum Lowest Inflation Minimum Wage

Author:Russ Carnahan

“Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.”

Liberty Congress Libertarian Socialism Presidential Welfare Unlimited Freedom And Liberty Freedom Liberty Property Rights Limited Government Us Constitution Unlimited Power General Welfare Limiting Freedom

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“Congress has really set this thing up in a way that they absolve themselves of blame, They have their scapegoats. They can blame the Pentagon. They can blame BRAC. It's hard for voters to say this is Ortiz's fault.”

Way Hard Blame Faults Congress Voters Pentagon Scapegoat

Author:Juan Carlos I of Spain

“Congress has scarcely any thing to employ them, and complain that the place [Washington, D.C.] is remarkably dull.”

Congress Complaining Dull

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“Congress has turned its back on America's working families. There are Teamster families in every congressional district in America, and those families vote. Those who would oppose these families have done so at their own political peril.”

Done America Political Vote Congress Peril

Author:James P. Hoffa

“Congress hasn't declared war on the countries - the majority of them are our allies - but without asking for public permission, NSA is running network operations against them that affect millions of innocent people. And for what? So we can have secret access to a computer in a country we're not even fighting?”

People War Country Running Fighting Secret Millions Computer Asking Majority Congress Access Innocent Operations Allies Permission Nsa

Author:Edward Snowden

“Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work.”

Rooms Congress Committees Session Exhibitions Congressional Committees

Author:Woodrow Wilson

Source: Woodrow Wilson: the essential political writings

“Congress in the immigration law gives the president the power to restrict or suspend the entry of people he may deem appropriate.”

People Giving President Immigration

Author:John Yang

“Congress is a federation of fiefdoms, subject to the vicissitudes of constant fundraising and the lobbying of those who have donated the funds.”

National Security Infosec Cyber Crime

Author:Richard A. Clarke , Robert K. Knake

“Congress is a Mafia running a protection racket.. .”

Running Political Congress Protection Mafia Racket

Author:John P. Wheeler III

“Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure ... no wonder it's been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country.”

Needs Country White Wonder Class Middle Structure Males Congress Middle Class Middle Aged Unresponsive

Author:Bella Abzug

“Congress is always willing to appropriate money for more and bigger paved roads, anywhere -- particularly if they form loops.”

Ifs Form Nature Willing Bigger Congress Appropriate Conservation Loops Smart Growth Paved Roads

Author:Edward Abbey

Source: Desert Solitaire

“Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.”

Care America Congress Health Care Attempting Outraged Women's Health

Author:Felicity Huffman

“Congress is back in season.”

Seasons Congress

Author:Jane Ace

“Congress is best viewed from a distance - the farther the better - because up close, it is truly ugly.”

Distance Congress Ugly

Author:Robert M. Gates

“Congress is best viewed from a distance—the farther the better—because up close, it is truly ugly. I saw most of Congress as uncivil, incompetent at fulfilling their basic constitutional responsibilities (such as timely appropriations), micromanagerial, parochial, hypocritical, egotistical, thin-skinned and prone to put self (and re-election) before country.”

Self Country Responsibility Saws Election Distance Congress Ugly Fulfilling Incompetent Egotistical Hypocritical Timely Appropriation

Author:Robert M. Gates

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