“Self-deport? What the heck does that mean? I have no doubt Hispanics have been alienated during this campaign. But now there's an opportunity for Gov. Romney to have a sincere conversation about what we can do and why. I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. Republicans want to be tough and say, 'Illegals, you're gone.' But the answer is a lot more complex than that.” WantMeanDoeHas BeensSelfOpportunityCan DoAnswersGoneDoubtRepublicanConversationToughComplexesCampaignsImmigrationReformNo DoubtSincereRomneyComprehensiveImmigration Reform Author:Susana Martinez
“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
“If there were two candidates, a Democrat and a Republican, who each committed to the same kind of fundamental reform, then the election would be an election between the vice presidential candidates. It'd be just like the regular election, except it would be one step down.” IfsKindTwoWould BeStepsRepublicanElectionFundamentalsDemocratCommittedVicesReformPresidentialCandidatesVice PresidentPresidential Candidate Author:Lawrence Lessig
“The future of the Republican Party, all the different folks looking to lead the Republican Party at the national level in the future, recognize we should do immigration reform.” ShouldDifferentLevelsPartyRepublicanFolksImmigrationReformRepublican PartyImmigration Reform Author:Grover Norquist
“The national debate on health-care reform wildly misses the mark, with Democrats and Republicans alike arguing about who's going to pay rather than about what would actually make people healthy.” PeopleCarePayMissingHealthyRepublicanMarkDemocratArguingDebateReformHealth CareHealth Care Reform Author:T. Colin Campbell
“On Immigration policy and reform [Republicans] are on the wrong side of the track. ... They would have you believe that if they get into office, they are going to make sure that they are going to get rid of everyone in our society who was not born in America.” IfsBelieveAmericaSidesBornPolicyRepublicanOfficeTrackImmigrationReformOur SocietyImmigration Policy Author:Maxine Waters
“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
“... We have seen dog-tired Members of Congress marching lockstep ahead with their eyes fixed only on the end of the 100 Days of the 1995 Republican 'Contract with America' reform efforts. Many of the changes wrought by the House were passed without the benefit of a single hearing, or at best with a minimal legislative record. Is this what Jefferson and Madison had in mind?” MindEndsEyeAmericaHouseEffortRecordsDogInternetRepublicanMembersBenefitsTiredCongressHearingReformFixedContractsFree SpeechMadison Author:John Gibbons
“House GOP Leader John Boehner on Monday rightly sounded the alarm over billions in stimulus tax dollars that could potentially go to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). But the Republican leadership has only scratched the surface over what amounts to a bottomless slush fund for a bigger coalition of housing entitlement thugs.” HouseCommunityLeaderAmountRepublicanTaxesOrganizationBiggerDollarsSurfaceBillionsReformFundAssociationMondayHousingStimulusAlarmsEntitlementCoalitionsThugGopAcornsTax DollarsSlush Author:Michelle Malkin
“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
“President Obama hosted lawmakers Thursday saying he wanted bipartisan input on health care reform. Nobody's mind was changed. At the summit's end he threatened to go with the nuclear option, showing he's tougher on Republicans than he is on Iran.” MindEndsCareWantedPresidentChangedRepublicanNuclearReformHealth CareIranPresident ObamaThreatenedSummitInputThursdayBipartisanLawmakersHealth Care Reform Author:Argus Hamilton
“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
“If you want to really sort of quantify the dereliction of the Republican establishment, those two facts are the most important two facts. One, that they didn`t even understand the base of their own party, white working class voters who you know what, don`t care about tax cuts for the rich, really aren`t interested in the things that the elite part of their party want, including immigration reform. And number two, they spent eight months avoiding finding opposition research to use against the guy who was becoming the front-runner in their party that they don`t want.” IfsKnowsWantTwoImportantFactsUseCareGuyWhitePartyNumbersClassRichCuttingFrontsMonthsBecomingRepublicanTaxesFindingsResearchIncludingDon't CareEightImmigrationReformOppositionVotersEstablishmentElitesWorking ClassRunnersAvoidingTax CutsImmigration ReformWho You Know Author:Chris Hayes
“Land Grant College Act is the jewel of Republican reform. It had not occurred to any other country to educate their farmers and workers. When the British studied the reasons for American success in 1851, the consensus was that Americans workers were well educated. So they didn't oppose progress the way British workers did.” WayWellsCountryReasonProgressLandCollegeRepublicanWorkersBritishEducatedReformGrantsFarmersEducateOther CountriesJewelsConsensusWell EducatedAmerican Success Author:Charles R. Morris
“I actually think there are more Republicans than people realize who would be sympathetic to immigration reform in the rank and file. I think the lesson for Jeb Bush is politicians shouldn't write books with long lead times.” PeopleThinkingWritingLongBookWould BeRealizingPoliticianRepublicanLessonsImmigrationReformFilesSympatheticImmigration Reform Author:E. J. Dionne
“Most Republicans are not prepared to stand up to the fossil fuel industry because they get a lot of their campaign funds from the Koch brothers and other people in the fossil fuel industry. That tells me why we have to reform our campaign finance system.” PeopleBrotherIndustryRepublicanPreparedCampaignsFinanceReformFuelFundFossilsFossil FuelCampaign Finance Author:Bernie Sanders
“When we didn't succeed at healthcare reform back in 1993, 1994, I went to work with Democrats and Republicans and we created the Children's Health Insurance Program.” ChildrenRepublicanSucceedProgramDemocratReformHealthcareHealthcare Reform Author:Hillary Clinton
“There are three major political organizations in this country: the Republican Party, the Democratic Party and the Koch Brothers Party. With billions to spend on campaigns. think tanks and 'educational' organizations, the Koch brothers are the most powerful. We must overturn Citizens United, move to public funding of elections and pass real tax reform.” ThinkingRealCountryMovingPoliticalThreeUnitedPowerfulPartyBrotherCitizensRepublicanTaxesMajorsOrganizationElectionDemocraticEducationalBillionsCampaignsReformMost PowerfulRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyFundingTanksTax ReformCitizens United Author:Bernie Sanders
“I think [Donald Trump] s got the votes for [tax reform]. I think he's definitely has the Republican votes for it, in House and Senate, and I think he probably has maybe 20 percent of the Democratic vote for it. So he could get it done with a bipartisan majority.” ThinkingDoneHouseTrumpRepublicanTaxesPercentVoteMajorityDemocraticReformSenateGet It DoneBipartisanTax Reform Author:Rudy Giuliani
“You have a sense that [Donald] Trump will probably reimagine where the Republican Party is on that issue and some others. But then I think conservatives may win in some areas, too - tax reform. So it's just - it's an enormously exciting time in terms of the possibilities.” ThinkingMayWinningTermPartyIssuesPossibilityTrumpRepublicanTaxesAreasExcitingReformRepublican PartyTax Reform Author:Margaret Hoover
“The states is where resistance is opposition to Obamacare is taking place. The states is where tax reform is taking place, starting. The states is where whatever opposition to the latest crisis of the day is, be it health care, immigration, or guns. The states - the majority of which have Republican governors - are where this is all being dealt with, and you're not hearing about it. They don't get a lot of press coverage, but that's where this is happening.” StatesCareRepublicanTaxesHappeningsGunCrisisMajorityPressesStartingHearingImmigrationResistanceReformHealth CareOppositionGovernorsObamacareCoverageTax Reform Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If we have a Democratic Senate I think the Republican Party will wake up to the reality that their opposition to comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship is a losing proposition. That Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric and derogatory comments do not really work in a national election. And I think we'll have a better chance to actually get something done.” IfsThinkingDoneRealityChancePartyPathTrumpRepublicanLosingWake UpElectionDemocraticImmigrationReformOppositionCommentSenateRhetoricCitizenshipRepublican PartyPropositionsComprehensiveImmigration ReformDerogatory Author:Hillary Clinton