“The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone - in which we start to balance the budget on the backs of, literally, our most vulnerable citizens.” VisionBalanceCitizensRepublicanBonesVulnerableRadicalBudgetsAgendasMedicaid Author:Al Franken
“If the Republicans get control back of the United States Senate, we will no longer have a check and balance on the White House, on the Republican Congress.” IfsStatesHouseWhiteUnitedUnited StatesBalanceRepublicanCongressChecksWhite HouseSenate Author:Patty Murray
“Democrats have a problem if they go one way and don't emphasize the rule of law and only have compassion. The Republicans have a problem if they only go with the rule of law. There has to be a balance.” IfsWayProblemLawCompassionBalanceRepublicanDemocratOne WayRule Of Law Author:Matthew Dowd
“Military metaphors are rarely exact, but sending Republicans against Democrats when the issue hangs in the balance is nearly always as futile as sending George B. McClellan against Robert E. Lee, the Italians against Marshal Montgomery's desert rats or an Arab armored division against an Israeli rifle company. The copy desk can write the headline before the battle begins and take the rest of the night off.” WritingNightCompanyIssuesMilitaryBalanceRepublicanBattleDemocratMetaphorDesertCopiesDivisionDesksRatsIsraeliHeadlinesRiflesMontgomeryMcclellan Author:Wesley Pruden
“I won't support any budget, whether it's a Republican or a Democrat budget, that doesn't lead to balance.” SupportBalanceRepublicanDemocratBudgets Author:Rand Paul
“The current budget that the Republicans are looking at never balances. How can that be fiscally responsible? And how can we look at the public with a straight face and say yes we ran on balanced budgets.” LooksFacesBalanceRepublicanResponsibleCurrentsBudgetsRanBalancedBalanced BudgetStraight Face Author:Rand Paul
“If there are few conservatives in the senate wing of the Republican Party that will say no to a budget that never balances, we could have the power to say to the leadership, you know what, need a better budget.” IfsKnowsNeedsPartyBalanceRepublicanWingsBudgetsSenateRepublican Party Author:Rand Paul
“I'm pleased that I've balanced budgets. I was on the world of business for 25 years. If you didn't balance your budget, you went out of business. I went into the Olympics that was out of balance, and we got it on balance, and made a success there. I had the chance to be governor of a state. Four years in a row, Democrats and Republicans came together to balance the budget. We cut taxes 19 times and balanced our budget.” IfsWorldYearsMadeStatesTogetherChanceFourCuttingBalanceRepublicanTaxesDemocratBudgetsFour YearsBalancedGovernorsOlympicsBalanced Budget Author:Mitt Romney
“I think this is an exciting time where we can actually get a compromise between Democrats and Republicans, and we have to for this country. Now, I think we need not only to balance the budget in the future but we also need balance in the budget.” ThinkingCountryBalanceRepublicanExcitingDemocratCompromise Author:Amy Klobuchar