This drug coverage program was clearly designed by Republicans in Congress to serve the interests of the drug and insurance industries. America’s seniors were an afterthought. – Sherrod Brown
The framers never intended an infinitely broad Commerce Clause that would let Congress dictate individuals’ purchases. – Tim Griffin
Congress, it turns out, is filled with Republicans and Democrats eager to act as enablers for the most repressive forces in Iran. – Stephen Kinzer
Any deal that’s not approved by Congress won’t be accepted by Congress. Not now and certainly not in the future. – Tom Cotton
I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also. – Theodore Roosevelt
I and many other senators, Republican and Democrat, have expressed our sincere and long-held intent that Congress must approve any nuclear deal with Iran for months. – Tom Cotton
Jimmy Carter proposed withdrawing the troops from South Korea. He was stopped by the United States Congress. – Tom Cotton
While Congress can’t overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners. – Stephanie Herseth
Obamacare is the wildly complex Rube Goldberg contraption it is because getting the legislation through Congress required so many political tradeoffs and so many unavoidable deals with so many vested interests. But that’s no excuse. – Tina Brown