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With only four legislative days left until the Republican Homeland Security Shutdown, Speaker Boehner made it clear that Speaker Boehner has no plan to avoid a government shutdown, the speaker's reliance on talking points and finger-pointing was a sad reflection of the fact that the Tea Party continues to hold the gavel as Senate Democrats insist on Senate Democrats futile anti-immigrant grandstanding. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
So what I said, while I would not prefer executive action, I always prefer legislative action, that responsibility lies directly in the chair of Speaker Boehner who has refused to defy the tea party and do what's right for this country. – Senate Democrats	Found on CNN 9 years ago
They were seizing for salaries and policing for profit, police departments saw (asset forfeiture) as a new stream of revenue and my predecessors have abdicated their responsibility because the executive branch raised and spent money without legislative oversight. – Laura Woods	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It might be that I end up voting for some things that are not clear victories but they are somewhat victories. But that's what the legislative process is about. – John Fleming	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There is a lot of breadth to authorize things more broadly than they’ve been authorized, provided that the broad (legislative) contours are adhered to. – Peter Kucik	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Members of the GNC will attend the talks as representatives of the legislative body. – Omar Hmeidan	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There will be a lot of intimidation from work places onwards, spreading out to schools, to academia, to the legislative council, government offices and so on, i don't think it's possible to have a political purge in Hong Kong but it might become something that we haven’t experienced before in Hong Kong. They may try to blackmail people, to weaken our determination. – Kenneth Chan Ka-lok	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political -- legislative and administrative -- decisions and hence incapable of being an end in itself. – Joseph Schumpeter	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church and State. – Thomas Jefferson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision. – Barber B. Conable, Jr	added by anonymous 14 years ago

With only four legislative days left until the Republican Homeland Security Shutdown, Speaker Boehner made it clear that Speaker Boehner has no plan to avoid a government shutdown, the speaker's reliance on talking points and finger-pointing was a sad reflection of the fact that the Tea Party continues to hold the gavel as Senate Democrats insist on Senate Democrats futile anti-immigrant grandstanding.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

So what I said, while I would not prefer executive action, I always prefer legislative action, that responsibility lies directly in the chair of Speaker Boehner who has refused to defy the tea party and do what's right for this country.

– Senate Democrats

Found on CNN
9 years ago

They were seizing for salaries and policing for profit, police departments saw (asset forfeiture) as a new stream of revenue and my predecessors have abdicated their responsibility because the executive branch raised and spent money without legislative oversight.

– Laura Woods

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It might be that I end up voting for some things that are not clear victories but they are somewhat victories. But that's what the legislative process is about.

– John Fleming

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There is a lot of breadth to authorize things more broadly than they’ve been authorized, provided that the broad (legislative) contours are adhered to.

– Peter Kucik

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Members of the GNC will attend the talks as representatives of the legislative body.

– Omar Hmeidan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There will be a lot of intimidation from work places onwards, spreading out to schools, to academia, to the legislative council, government offices and so on, i don't think it's possible to have a political purge in Hong Kong but it might become something that we haven’t experienced before in Hong Kong. They may try to blackmail people, to weaken our determination.

– Kenneth Chan Ka-lok

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political -- legislative and administrative -- decisions and hence incapable of being an end in itself.

– Joseph Schumpeter

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church and State.

– Thomas Jefferson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.

– Barber B. Conable, Jr

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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