“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.” WayHardBlameFaultsCongressVotersPentagonScapegoat Author:Juan Carlos I of Spain
“Some members of Congress now are complaining they are underpaid. They want to propose a pay raise. You can't blame them. A lot of them took a big income hit when Enron folded.” WantBigsPayMembersRaisesBlameCongressComplainingIncomeProposeEnronUnderpaid Author:Jay Leno
“I have never yet had anyone who could, through the use of logic and reason, justify the Federal Government borrowing the use of its own money. I believe the time will come when people will demand that this be changed. I believe the time will come in this country when they will actually blame you and me and everyone else connected with the Congress for sitting idly by and permitting such an idiotic system to continue.” PeopleBelieveCountryReasonUseGovernmentI BelieveChangedDemandSittingLogicBlameCongressConnectedJustifyFederal GovernmentBorrowingIdiotic Author:Wright Patman
“The White House has something in common with the rest of America, and that is disdain for Congress. It is hard to blame them.” HardRealityAmericaHousePoliticsCommunityWhiteCommonPolicyBlameUnityCongressIdeologyWhite HouseFree SpeechDisdainPartisanship Author:Claire McCaskill
“I think the Congress will do the right thing. I think that they've - you know, they got into certain arguments and they start worrying about assessing blame, and there is a little demagoguery, but in the end, something this important, they'll do the right thing. So this really is an economic Pearl Harbor. That sounds melodramatic, but I've never used that phrase before. And this really is one.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesImportantEndsUsedCertainSoundWorryEconomicArgumentBlameCongressPhrasesRight ThingPearlsHarborsDemagogueryAssessing Author:Warren Buffett
“I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on American political life.” MadeI CanPoliticalAnswersToo MuchImpossibleInfluenceBlameCourtCongressSupremeMade ItSupreme CourtAmerican PoliticsPolitical Life Author:Peter Singer
“If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act.” IfsEndsStatesGovernmentPresidentCitiesBlamePreparedCongressStrikesLocalsBe PreparedEmergenciesHurricanesBeing ThereMayorsState GovernmentCity Government Author:Michael Bloomberg
“The problem we have had on the budget all along is a lack of adult supervision on the part of the White House. You can't blame members of Congress for looking out for their parochial interests. It is the president's responsibility to look out for the national interest.” LooksProblemHousePresidentInterestWhiteResponsibilityMembersAdultsBlameCongressBudgetsWhite HouseSupervisionNational InterestsBlame Me Author:Bruce Bartlett
“The blame for [the national debt] lies with the Congress and the President, with Democrats and Republicans alike, most all of whom have been unwilling to make the hard choices or to explain to the American people that there is no such thing as a free lunch.” PeopleHas BeensHardGovernmentLyingChoicesPresidentRepublicanBlameDemocratCongressDebtLunchUnwillingNational DebtFree LunchCongress And The President Author:Warren Rudman