“We've got this proposal which has been languishing in the legislature, the Water Legacy Act, which is derived from a Republican task force on protecting the Great Lakes. Yet nothing has been done on it.” Has BeensDoneForceWaterRepublicanTasksLegacyLakesProposalLegislatureGreat LakesTask Forces Author:Jennifer Granholm
“Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi.” RepublicanBlockCaliforniaLegislatureHanoi Book:Writings For A Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader Source: Writings For A Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader
“One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up of the South, for a soundcurrency, etc., etc., but I never forgot my party.... I knew that all good measures would suffer if my Administration was followed by the defeat of my party. Result, a great victory in 1880. Executive and legislature both completely Republican.” IfsPoliticalSufferingResultsPartyBuildingVictoryRepublicanSouthDefeatAdministrationReformEtcExecutivesPolitical PartiesPublic LifeLegislatureBuilding UpGreat VictoryCivil Service Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“Maybe this Democratic president[Barack Obama] did and can get comprehensive health care reform passed, but notice, Medicaid is not expanded in any of these dark red states. The Republican Party may not be able to repeal Obamacare, but it certainly, through its state legislatures and governorships, has managed to halt Obamacare`s full impact.” MayStatesCareAblePresidentDarkPartyRepublicanRedImpactDemocraticReformBarackHealth CareRepublican PartyComprehensiveObamacareLegislatureHaltPresident Barack ObamaHealth Care ReformMedicaidState LegislaturesNotice Me Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“It was interesting, when the Affordable Care Act passed, Arizona did it immediately, even though they had two Republican senators, a Republican governor, Republican legislature.” TwoCareInterestingRepublicanGovernorsSenatorsLegislatureAffordableArizonaAffordable Care Act Author:Tim Kaine
“We have 31 Republican governors in this country. We have roughly the same number of Republican legislatures.” CountryNumbersRepublicanGovernorsLegislature Author:Steve Inskeep
“The only thing I can think to do is if the Democratic Party can do what the Republicans have done, which is go in there and take control of these legislatures and governors' areas.” IfsThinkingI CanDoneCan DoPartyRepublicanAreasDemocraticGovernorsDemocratic PartyLegislatureTake Control Author:Collin Peterson
“Four states where [Democrats] have the governorship and both houses of the legislature. That's it. They have lost seats. They are not gonna win the House and Senate back any time soon. They don't have a prayer. Even if the Republicans implode, the numbers just work against them. They got too many seats that they have to defend.” IfsStatesHouseWinningLostPrayerNumbersFourRepublicanDemocratSeatsSenateLegislature Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We were just at the beginnings of a recovery [in 2010]. And the, you know, whoever is president at that point is gonna get hit and his party's gonna get hit. That then means that suddenly you've got a redistricting in which a lot of state legislatures are now Republican. They draw lines that give a huge structural advantage in subsequent elections.” KnowsGivingMeanStatesPresidentLinesPartyHugeRepublicanDrawsAdvantageElectionRecoveryLegislatureState LegislaturesRedistricting Author:Barack Obama