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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

Topics: Alternate American Congress Entitled Fact Irritates Live Many Members More Nothing Own People Reality Rules Set Some Than Think Too Too Many People True Washington

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If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems.

~Claire Mccaskill

Topics: Around Been Compromise Congress Difficult Done Great Great Work History Look Most Problems Table Through Work You

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What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must not be to issue detailed practical suggestions, but to draw up general directions for the proletarian women's movement.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Among Conclusions Congress Detailed Directions Draw General Issue May Movement Must Now Our Party Practical Proletarian Propaganda Suggestions Task Up Women Work

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They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

~Clare Boothe Luce

Topics: Congress Filibuster Invented Know Men Much Say Talk They Say Too Too Much Women Worked You

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They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

~Clare Boothe Luce

Topics: Congress Filibuster Invented Know Men Much Say Talk They Say Too Too Much Women Worked You

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Certain characteristics about 'Marbury v. Madison' are, I think, indisputable. Marbury was the first Supreme Court decision ever to strike down an act of Congress as unconstitutional. Marbury stands for the authority of the Supreme Court to have and to exercise that power.

~Cliff Sloan

Topics: About Act Authority Certain Characteristics Congress Court Decision Down Ever Exercise First Madison Power Stands Strike Supreme Supreme Court Think Unconstitutional I Think

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In early January I introduced my legislation, which, besides prohibiting Federal funding of human cloning, also expresses the sense of Congress that foreign nations should establish total prohibition on human cloning as well.

~Cliff Stearns

Topics: Also Besides Cloning Congress Early Establish Expresses Federal Foreign Funding Human Human Cloning Introduced January Legislation Nations Prohibition Sense Should Total Well Which

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Until lawmakers can disentangle property taxes from public education, inequalities - perpetuated by the Supreme Court and Congress - will persist.

~Clint Smith

Topics: Congress Court Education Lawmakers Persist Property Public Public Education Supreme Supreme Court Taxes Until Will

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You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Able About Argued Congress Court Deal Each Early Fathers Founding Founding Fathers Four Had House Months Nation Other Our Part Philadelphia Power President Say See Senate Should Slavery Supreme Supreme Court Used Were You

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It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Ask Certainly Congress Could Even Even Worse Get Imposed Occurred Out Outcome Position Recommendation Tell Us Worse

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