“The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and on the value of the dollar in exchange markets. The Nation can ill afford to allow such a result. The risks, the cost, the disruptions, and the incalculable damage lead me to but one conclusion: the Senate must pass this legislation before the Congress adjourns.” StatesValuesNationsUnitedResultsUnited StatesImpossibleRiskEffectsSeriousCostConsequenceDollarsFinancialCongressIllCreditConclusionDamageSenateContemplatingLegislationDefaultDisruptionLeading MeFinancial Markets Author:Ronald Reagan
“We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president's acts declared unconstitutional.” StatesPresidentUnitedViewsUnited StatesCongressStatementsReviewsSenateSubmitLegislationJudicialSigningUnconstitutionalJudicial Review Author:Arlen Specter
“The constitutionality and propriety of the Federal Government assuming to enter into a novel and vast field of legislation, namely, that of providing for the care and support of all those ... who by any form of calamity become fit objects of public philanthropy. ... I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for making the Federal Government the great almoner of public charity throughout the United States. To do so would, in my judgment, be contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution and subversive of the whole theory upon which the Union of these States is founded.” StatesWholeGovernmentCareFormSpiritUnitedPowerUnited StatesSupportNovelFieldsObjectsTheoryFitAuthorityJudgmentLettersConstitutionAssumingUnionsCharityContraryWelfareProvidingPhilanthropyLegislationFederal GovernmentCalamitySubversivePropriety Author:Franklin Pierce
“Nobody is going to give away the farm in Kyoto. It is not anybody's to give away. And even if the United States Senate would actually ratify a bad treaty, anything called for under the treaty would require legislation passed through both houses.” IfsGivingStatesHouseUnitedUnited StatesFarmsSenateLegislationTreatiesKyotoKyoto Protocol Author:Thomas Schelling
“I mean, there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see.” WorldWayMeanHardStatesUnitedUnited StatesSpeechPressureChinaEnormousAround The WorldFreedom Of SpeechLegislationTransparency Author:Julian Assange
“Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.” SelfNationsUnitedPracticeConceptsLegislationUnited NationsFlawedFunding Author:Susan Rice
“The veto is a President's Constitutional right, given to him by the drafters of the Constitution because they wanted it as a checkagainst irresponsible Congressional action. The veto forces Congress to take another look at legislation that has been passed. I think this is a responsible tool for a president of the United States, and I have sought to use it responsibly.” ThinkingLooksHas BeensStatesUseActionWantedGivenForcePresidentUnitedUnited StatesToolsConstitutionResponsibleCongressLegislationIrresponsibleVeto Book:The Presidential campaign, 1976 Source: The Presidential campaign, 1976
“My legislation would cut off all funding for trials of anyone from Guantanamo in any court in the United States of America. This bill would help stop the misguided plan to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 terrorists on trial in Downtown Manhattan.” StatesHelpingAmericaUnitedUnited StatesCuttingPlansBillsCourtTerroristTrialsUnited States Of AmericaLegislationFundingManhattanMisguidedDowntownGuantanamo Author:Peter King
“I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and I'm concerned that voting for this [anti-terrorism] legislation fundamentally violates that oath.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesSupportConcernedConstitutionTerrorismVotingLegislationOathConstitution Of The United StatesAnti Terrorism Author:Bernie Sanders