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I don't know how anyone can keep a straight face and say they are for deficit reduction while they insist on a permanent tax cut for the wealthiest Americans, completely unpaid for.

~Claire Mccaskill

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Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect Social Security? I absolutely will.

~Claire Mccaskill

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I am a small-town girl.

~Claire Mccaskill

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You never know what'll happen in politics.

~Claire Mccaskill

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Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.

~Claire Mccaskill

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I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first woman governor.' I kind of took that guy seriously - I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea.

~Claire Mccaskill

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I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.

~Claire Mccaskill

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There's nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true - too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality.

~Claire Mccaskill

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No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.'

~Claire Mccaskill

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What we have done with No Child Left Behind is squeeze the creativity out of the classroom because teachers have begun to just teaching to the test.

~Claire Mccaskill

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: July 24th, 1953

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