“The Republican Party just isn't held in high repute in the black community. Under Bill Brock we were reaching out to broaden the base of the party. We have to go back to that.” BlackCommunityPartyRepublicanBillsReachingReach OutRepublican PartyBlack Community Author:Charles H. Percy
“Ten of those Republican incumbents, all of whom voted for the impeachment of President Clinton, are from states that Bill Clinton carried.” StatesPresidentRepublicanTenBillsClintonIncumbentsPresident ClintonImpeachment Author:Robert Torricelli
“Scaling back the campaign finance reform bill may get more Republicans aboard, but it leaves many of us who have been involved in the reform movement for years in believing that we are doing something and accomplishing nothing.” YearsBelieveMayHas BeensMovementInvolvedRepublicanBillsCampaignsFinanceReformCampaign FinanceCampaign Finance ReformReform Movements Author:Robert Torricelli
“On Bill Clinton: "If left to my own devices, I'd spend all my time pointing out that he's weaker than bus-station chili. But the man is so constantly subjected to such hideous and unfair abuse that I wind up standing up for him on the general principle that some fairness should be applied. Besides, no one but a fool or a Republican ever took him for a liberal.” IfsMenShouldLeftMy OwnPrinciplesHe ManWindFoolRepublicanStandingAbuseBillsClintonMy TimeDevicesStationsBusFairnessUnfairPointingHideousChili Author:Molly Ivins
“What the American people hope - what they deserve - is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our differences; to overcome the numbing weight of our politics. For while the people who sent us here have different backgrounds, different stories, different beliefs, the anxieties they face are the same. The aspirations they hold are shared: a job that pays the bills; a chance to get ahead; most of all, the ability to give their children a better life.” PeopleGivingChildrenDifferentStoriesJobsFacesBeliefDifferencesChanceAbilityPayRepublicanAnxietyDeserveOvercomingWeightBillsDemocratBackgroundsAspirationBetter LifeGet AheadNumbingDifferent BackgroundsDifferent Beliefs Author:Barack Obama
“There is a limitation on debate, which is unlike other bills, for 20 hours, but there is no limitation on amendments. In other words, Republicans if they wanted to, and I suspect they do, could offer literally thousands of amendments and keep Senate in session for weeks and months.” IfsWantedHoursWeekMonthsRepublicanOffersBillsDebateLimitationSuspectsSenateAmendmentsSession Author:Rick Santorum
“It took the national debt two hundred years to reach $1 trillion. Supply Side Economics quadrupled the national debt to over $4 trillion in twelve years (1980-1992) under the Republicans. Bill Clinton actually paid down the national debt. How did he do it? He raised taxes. It produced the longest sustained economic expansion in U.S. History.” YearsTwoSidesEconomicRepublicanTaxesHundredEconomicsPaidBillsClintonRaisedDebtTwelveExpansionNational DebtSupply Side Economics Book:Straight Talk from the Heartland: Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative Source: Straight Talk from the Heartland: Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative
“Senate Democrats blocked President Obama's trade bill yesterday because they're worried it could hurt jobs. It's not an issue for Republicans, since they've all found work as presidential candidates.” JobsFoundPresidentHurtIssuesRepublicanTradeBillsDemocratYesterdayWorriedPresidentialCandidatesPresident ObamaSenateBlockedPresidential Candidate Author:Jimmy Fallon
“You can make an argument that Bill O'Reilly is a conservative or a Republican. Bill's kind of unpredictable. Somebody might say that he would have been comfortable in the Democratic Party of Scoop Jackson.” KindHas BeensMightLiteraturePartyRepublicanComfortableArgumentBillsDemocraticConservativeUnpredictableDemocratic PartyBill O Reilly Author:Brit Hume
“But I think there was a sense amongst the House Republicans especially that we didnt just want to be opposed to Bill Clinton; that we wanted to tell the country what we were for and to brand ourselves in a more positive manner.” ThinkingWantCountryWantedHouseRepublicanBillsClintonBrands Author:Ed Gillespie
“All children should be welcomed into the world and protected by the law. As President, I would immediately repeal President Clinton's five executive orders that promote abortion. I support a human life bill that defines unborn children as persons under the 14th Amendment. I will vigorously defend the pro-life plank in the Republican platform.” WorldShouldHumansChildrenPersonsLawOrderPresidentSupportFiveRepublicanBillsClintonHuman LifeAbortionExecutivesAmendmentsProtectedPlatformsUnbornPro LifePresident ClintonUnborn ChildExecutive Orders14th Amendment Author:Gary Bauer
“Republicans in Congress are getting concerned that President Obama will try to use the final year of his term to push through too many controversial laws. Obama would've responded but he was busy drafting his new 'mandatory Mexican gay weed' bill.” TryingYearsUseLawPresidentTermRepublicanGayConcernedBillsFinalsBusyCongressWeedPresident ObamaMexicanControversialDrafting Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring to Bill Clinton)” BelievePartyMinesRepublicanBillsClintonConventionsBelieve In MeRepublican PartyReferring Author:Ronald Reagan
“After the November elections gave Republicans control of the Senate, voters made clear they wanted change. We were hopeful our leaders got the voters' message. However, after our speaker forced through the (spending bill) by passing it with Democratic votes and without time to read it, it seemed clear that we needed new leadership.” MadeWantedChangeLeadershipLeaderClearNeededRepublicanMessagesVoteElectionBillsDemocraticSpendingPassingPassingsHopefulVotersSenateSpeakersNovemberEver AfterPassing It Author:Louie Gohmert
“I always enjoy watching Republicans compliment Bill Clinton now, because at the time, I'm sure he didn't feel a lot of the love.” FeelsEnjoyRepublicanBillsClintonCompliment Author:Barack Obama
“Between trying to impeach Bill Clinton, Florida 2000, and the recall in California, I'm beginning to think that Republicans will do anything to win an election-except get the most votes.” ThinkingTryingWinningRepublicanVoteElectionBillsClintonCaliforniaRecallsFlorida Author:Bill Maher
“Republican voters already hated Democrats so much that [Bill] Clinton and [Barack] Obama didn't really have much impact.” RepublicanImpactBillsClintonDemocratBarackHatedVoters Author:Kevin Drum
“The Republican program is the profit-protection program for the insurance industry It's a bill of goods, it's a bill of wrongs. Ours is a patients' bill of rights.” RightsIndustryRepublicanProgramBillsPatientProfitProtectionGoodsBill Of Rights Author:Edward Kennedy
“Republicans would have preferred the court overturn the health care bill, an act that would have underscored Obama's biggest liability - the perception among voters, including those who like and trust him, that he has been ineffective.” Has BeensCareRepublicanPerceptionBillsCourtIncludingHealth CareVotersLiability Author:Ron Fournier
“The death of American liberalism as a significant moral force can be traced to the point in when President Bill Clinton signed legislation that effectively ended the main federal anti-poverty program and turned the fate of welfare recipients, 70 percent of whom were children, over to the tender mercies of the states. With a stroke of the pen, Clinton eliminated what remained of New Deal-era compassion for the poor and codified into law the "tough love" callousness that his Republican allies in the Congress, led by Newt Gingrich, had long embraced.” ChildrenLongStatesLawForcePresidentPoorDealsCompassionMoralPovertyFateRepublicanPercentToughProgramMercyBillsClintonCongressSignificantErasWelfareLiberalismPensAlliesLegislationStrokesNewtsNew DealTough LoveCallousnessPresident Bill ClintonTender MerciesWelfare Recipients Author:Robert Scheer
“Bill Clinton gives the appearance of taking stands-for some sort of tax cut, some sort of welfare reform, some sort of balanced budget-but these are ploys, mirages: they exist only to undermine positions taken by the Republicans. He doesn't fight for anything substantive-except of course, re-election. ...He has fallen into the dangerous habit of lip synching the presidency: he gives the appearance of leadership, but not the substance.” GivingFightingCoursesTakenCuttingDangerousPositionHabitRepublicanTaxesElectionBillsClintonLipsAppearanceReformSubstanceBudgetsWelfareFallenBalancedPresidencyTax CutsMiragesBalanced BudgetPloyWelfare Reform Author:Joe Klein
“Marco Rubio said he was personally open over a long period of time to offering a path to citizenship for immigrants here illegally. Rubio's work on a comprehensive immigration bill is one of his biggest vulnerabilities with Republican primary voters.” LongSaidPathPeriodsRepublicanBillsImmigrationPrimariesVulnerabilityImmigrantsVotersOfferingCitizenshipComprehensiveLong Periods Of TimeMarcos Author:Ted Cruz
“[Bill] Clinton was able to defeat conservatives, Republicans, at every turn. And so he was given wide latitude, leeway. He could do whatever he wanted and not be condemned for it. But young people today are not prone to rewarding that kind of behavior.” PeopleKindTodayAbleWantedYoungTurnsGivenRepublicanBehaviorBillsClintonDefeatWideLatitude Author:Rush Limbaugh
“They [the Democrat Party] owed her everything. Hillary Clinton preserved the Democrat Party. She preserved the Bill Clinton career, meaning she preserved the Bill Clinton presidency, which meant that she preserved eight to ten years of constant victory over the Republicans and over conservatives. They betrayed her on a moment's notice.” YearsMomentsPartyCareersVictoryRepublicanTenBillsConstantClintonDemocratEightPresidencyBetrayed Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I am a Catholic. I can't say that without pointing out that I oppose abortion with all my heart and soul. Bill Clinton wanted them safe and rare. Barack Obama is heartsick that so many people he knows have had abortions. But we're all pro-choice and believe in reproductive freedom and oppose the Republicans' War on Women.” PeopleKnowsBelieveHeartI CanWarSoulWantedChoicesMy HeartRepublicanSafeCatholicBillsClintonBarackAbortionPointingHeart And Soul Author:Joe Biden
“If the Republican Party stands for individual liberty, if we defend the Bill of Rights, if we stand for keeping this country safe, then we deserve to win, and if we don't, we deserve to lose. It shouldn't be - it's not just a game of blue team/red team. It is actually about making a difference in people's lives.” PeopleIfsCountryGamesWinningIndividualLosesDifferencesPartyLibertyRightsTeamRepublicanSafeDeserveRedBlueBillsMaking A DifferenceRepublican PartyBill Of RightsIndividual Liberty Author:Ted Cruz
“Bill Kristol, is the focus going to be now on Washington and a real consolidation in Washington now. Republicans in control of everything.” RealFocusRepublicanBillsConsolidation Author:George Stephanopoulos
“The president [Barack Obama] did introduce a jobs bill that could not clear Congress. The Republicans simply would not work with him.” JobsPresidentClearRepublicanBillsCongressBarackIntroducingPresident Barack Obama Author:Julianne Malveaux
“I was really shocked after all of this talk about coal miners and all of this talk about Buy America, the Republicans and the House of Representatives gutted health care and pension protections for coal miners and removed the Buy America provision that had been put in the bill in a bipartisan basis.” CareAmericaHouseRepublicanBasesBillsProtectionHealth CareRepresentativesShockedCoalProvisionPensionBipartisanMinersHouse Of RepresentativesCoal Miners Author:Claire McCaskill
“That's an important Obama accomplishment: he raised taxes back to Bill Clinton levels, and made a major dent in inequality doing so. That's certain to be reversed, that's going to disappear. The Republicans are going to slash the rich's taxes.” MadeImportantCertainLevelsRichRepublicanTaxesMajorsBillsClintonRaisedDisappearInequalityAccomplishment Author:Jonathan Chait
“Comparing what the Democrats offer to what the Republicans offer is like comparing the money I have in my pocket to what Bill Gates has in his.” RepublicanOffersBillsDemocratComparePocketsGates Author:Jackie Mason
“If [lawmakers] lose elections in part because of their votes on the background-check bill or their position on the terror gap bill, then there will be a rethinking of this issue within the Republican conference.” IfsLosesIssuesPositionRepublicanVoteElectionBillsTerrorBackgroundsChecksGapsConferencesLawmakersBackground ChecksRethinking Author:Chris Murphy
“Trump can, like every government, trigger a short boom with borrowed money, just like he has announced. He appears to want to adopt the economic policy approach favored by Republicans of putting lots of money into building roads and cutting taxes. Markets like that. But, at the end of the day, someone always has to foot the bill.” WantEndsGovernmentCuttingFeetEconomicPolicyBuildingTrumpRepublicanTaxesApproachBillsThe End Of The DayLots Of MoneyTriggersBorrowedEconomic PolicyBorrowed MoneyBuilding Roads Author:Nicholas Bloom
“Remember the vast majority of the Democrats as well as all the Republicans in the House of Representatives in Louisiana voted for my signature-piece of legislation in the house which was a bill, actually a bill for true civil rights. That there must be no discrimination against anyone on the basis of race in affirmative-action.” WellsActionRememberHouseRacePiecesRightsRepublicanBasesBillsMajorityDemocratDiscriminationCivil RightsRepresentativesLegislationSignaturesLouisianaAffirmative ActionAffirmativeHouse Of Representatives Author:David Duke
“When I lived in California, 1984 to '87, it was a Republican state. Sacramento where I lived was 73% Democrat voter registration, when I got there. It was in the sixties when I left. We had amazing success in converting Democrats in Sacramento. But Pete Wilson, Ronald Reagan, all people elected governors and so forth, it's only been with the advent of the 1986 immigration bill that we lost California, if I might say, and now it's just gone so far left they're seriously talking about seceding.” PeopleIfsStatesMightLostLeftTalkingGoneRepublicanBillsDemocratImmigrationCaliforniaVotersGovernorsSixtyWilsonAdventConvertingRegistrationSacramentoVoter Registration Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Republicans have been baying at the moon for seven years, in March it was seven years since the president signed the bill. They've been baying at the moon that they had a better idea.” YearsHas BeensIdeasPresidentRepublicanMoonBillsSevenMarchSeven Years Author:Nancy Pelosi