“Business leaders, labor unions, governors, mayors, congressmen and presidents have all complained about a lack of funding for years, but aside from a one-time cash infusion from the stimulus program, nothing much has changed. There is still no consensus on how to solve the problem or where to get the massive amounts of money needed to fix it, just another example of political paralysis in Washington.” YearsStillsProblemPoliticalPresidentLeaderExampleChangedAmountNeededProgramLaborUnionsSolveMassiveOne TimeCashGovernorsConsensusFundingStimulusMayorsCongressmanBusiness LeadersParalysisLabor UnionInfusion Author:Steve Kroft
“Rail-splitting produced an immortal president in Lincoln, but golf hasn't produced even a good Congressman.” InspirationalSportsPresidentGolfTeenagerImmortalRailCongressmanSplitting Author:Will Rogers
“We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary. We don't feel that in 1964, living in a country that is supposedly based upon freedom, and supposedly the leader of the free world, we don't think that we should have to sit around and wait for some segregationist congressmen and senators and a President from Texas in Washington, D.C., to make up their minds that our people are due now some degree of civil rights. No, we want it now or we don't think anybody should have it.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantFeelsShouldMindMeanCountryWaitingPresidentJusticeLeaderRightsDegreesShould HaveDuesCivil RightsTexasSenatorsCongressmanFree World Book:By any means necessary Source: By any means necessary
“A congressman sent a tweet that compared president Obama to Adolf Hitler. He has now apologized. It's not helping that he apologized to Hitler.” HelpingPresidentPresident ObamaTweetCongressman Author:Conan O'Brien
“A congressman from Texas sent out a tweet comparing President Obama to Hitler. That is ridiculous because at this point in his career Hitler had a much higher approval rating.” PresidentCareersHigherRidiculousCompareTexasPresident ObamaApprovalTweetRatingCongressmanApproval Rating Author:Conan O'Brien
“There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.” PeopleNeedsPoliticalLiteraturePresidentPaidUpsetDoing NothingPresident BushCongressman Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you'd think that if you were the leader of the free world you'd be making major bank, and you don't.” IfsThinkingWorldPresidentLeaderMajorsAverageMore MoneySenatorsCongressmanFree World Author:Beau Willimon
“Would you exalt your profession, exalt those who labor with you...increase the salaries of the women engaged in the noble work of educating our future presidents, senators and congressmen.” PresidentLaborIncreaseNobleProfessionEngagedOur FutureDishesSenatorsSalaryCongressman Author:Susan B. Anthony
“Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter has filed papers to run for president. But in his official filing, he misspelled the word 'president.' Political experts say it's all part of Hunter's plan to attract Bush supporters.” RunningPoliticalPresidentPlansRepublicanPaperExpertsOfficialsSupporterHuntersPapersCongressmanFilingDuncan Author:Conan O'Brien
“President Obama became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison yesterday. Obama said it was a good chance to talk about prison reform, and to catch up with so many former congressmen.” FirstsSaidPresidentChanceSittingPrisonYesterdayFormerReformPresident ObamaCongressmanGood ChancePrison Reform Author:Jimmy Fallon