“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
“It is hard for us to admit we have a sin nature because we live in this system of checks and balances. If we get caught, we will be punished. But that doesn't make us good people; it only makes us subdued. Just think about the Congress and Senate and even the president. The genius of the American system is not freedom; the genius of the American system is checks and balances. Nobody gets all the power. Everybody is watching everybody else. It is as if the founding fathers knew, intrinsically, that the soul of man, unwatched, is perverse.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenSoulHardFatherPresidentSinGeniusBalanceCongressCaughtChecksGood PeopleSenateFounding Book:Blue Like Jazz: Movie Edition: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality Source: Blue Like Jazz: Movie Edition: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
“As the House is designed to provide a reflection of the mood of the moment, the Senate is meant to reflect the continuity of the past--to preserve the delicate balance of justice between the majority's whims and the minority's rights.” MomentsGovernmentPastHousePoliticsJusticeRightsBalanceReflectionMajorityEqualityMoodPreservesMinoritiesSenateDelicateContinuityWhim Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I don't think that split government is a good idea. Conventional wisdom in Washington for years has been that divided government is good because of a check and a balance. What I believe happens all too often, regardless of which party is there's gridlock. And I think the better argument is give one party a chance, give them a chance with a House and a Senate and a president. Give them a few years to see what they can do. And if you don't like it, put another party in.” IfsThinkingGivingYearsBelieveHas BeensIdeasGovernmentHappensHouseI BelievePresidentCan DoChancePartyBalanceArgumentChecksDividedGood IdeasSenateSplitsConventionalConventional WisdomGridlockDivided Government Author:Scott Walker
“In recent years, even as the court has become an increasingly political body, the Senate is not focused on preserving any perceived ideological balance when Democrat presidents have appointed people to the court.” PeopleYearsBodyPoliticalPresidentBalanceCourtDemocratFocusedSenateIdeological Author:Sam Brownback
“When Ruth Bader Ginsburg came in front of the Senate and was approved 96-3 to be on the Supreme Court to replace conservative justice Byron White. This is in 1993.Now, Justice Ginsburg, it was noted earlier, was a general counsel for the ACLU, certainly a liberal group. It was abundantly clear during the confirmation hearing that Ginsburg would swing the balance of the court to the left.But because President [Bill] Clinton won the election and because Justice Ginsburg clearly had the intellectual ability and integrity to serve on the court, she was confirmed.” LeftPresidentJusticeAbilityWhiteClearGroupsFrontsBalanceIntegrityIntellectualElectionBillsCourtClintonConservativeHearingSupremeSenateSwingsSupreme CourtApprovedConfirmationRuthByronPresident Bill Clinton Author:Sam Brownback
“If you go back and look at the history of Supreme Court fights from the very beginning there is a corresponding interest, and and the intent of the interest of the Senate with, as it relates to the probability that the next appointee would alter the balance in the court.” IfsLooksFightingNextInterestBalanceCourtSupremeRelateSenateSupreme CourtProbabilityCorresponding Author:Joe Biden
“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
“The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.” EnoughBalanceSenateUnfortunateChamberConfirmation Author:Al Sharpton