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For decades, Congress abused the trust and faith of the American people by handing out earmarks to well-connected businesses, campaign donors, and others who could afford a high-priced lobbyist, those backroom deals led to corruption and waste, and bought votes in Congress for unpopular legislation. – Marco Rubio	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I believe that some point people will want to change the flag, but it should be done by a vote of the people, not by a vote of politicians doing a backroom deal in Jackson. – Tate Reeves	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The only solution is to take the final Brexit decision out of the hands of deadlocked politicians, away from the backroom deals, and give it back to the people. – Justine Greening	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
In that political structure - all the non-truths, the bullshit, the crap, the nastiness, the backhanded backroom stuff that goes on - I feel like I could not exist, i would not be able to do it. It's not a clean business. It would kill me. – Oprah Winfrey	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
In that political structure -- all the non-truths, the bullsh * t, the crap, the nastiness, the backhanded backroom stuff that goes on -- I feel like I could not exist, i would not be able to do it. It's not a clean business. It would kill me. – Oprah Winfrey	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Earmarks are going back to business as usual, you wind up having backroom deals. – Jenny Beth Martin	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I am pleased the Presidential Council agrees that we cannot reward individuals who hold Libya's oil hostage, there can be no backroom deals if we are to build trust. Any past salary payments to the Petroleum Facilities Guards need to be transparent, properly authorised and documented. – Chairman Mustafa Sanalla	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I'm anticipating we'll be doing a victory dance, but if the Republican Party tries to pull off any backroom deals and ignores the will of the people, our role will change. – Chris Cox	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
By circumventing the long established procedure for picking the city's top cop, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has loaded Chief Johnson down with baggage that reeks of backroom deals. – Jesse Jackson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We want to peacefully resolve our overlapping exclusive economic zone claims to avoid further friction which may result in an accident, there are ongoing backroom talks to come to an agreement but I am not privy to these talks. – Armand Balilo	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's been very well played by Ms. Fiorina, it's not just a whisper campaign, nor a backroom suggestion that we need to have someone who would be par-to-par with Hillary Clinton. When Carly says I can throw the jabs without the backlash, I believe she's right. – Rick Perry Ann Trimble-Ray	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If the elites in Washington who make backroom deals decide who the president's going to be, then he's definitely the frontrunner. – Chris Christie	Found on CNN 9 years ago
If the elites in Washington who make backroom deals decide who the president's going to be, then he's definitely the frontrunner, if the people of the United States decide to pick the next president of the United States, and they want someone who looks them in the eye and connects with them and is one of them, I'll do OK. – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie	Found on CNN 9 years ago
If people think there's some sort of backroom deal, we will delay this measure until ... Berlusconi has finished his community service. – Matteo Renzi	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room, from which we go forth to more careful and guarded intercourse, leaving behind us much debris of cast-off and everyday clothing. – Harriet Beecher Stowe	added by anonymous 9 years ago

For decades, Congress abused the trust and faith of the American people by handing out earmarks to well-connected businesses, campaign donors, and others who could afford a high-priced lobbyist, those backroom deals led to corruption and waste, and bought votes in Congress for unpopular legislation.

– Marco Rubio

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I believe that some point people will want to change the flag, but it should be done by a vote of the people, not by a vote of politicians doing a backroom deal in Jackson.

– Tate Reeves

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The only solution is to take the final Brexit decision out of the hands of deadlocked politicians, away from the backroom deals, and give it back to the people.

– Justine Greening

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In that political structure - all the non-truths, the bullshit, the crap, the nastiness, the backhanded backroom stuff that goes on - I feel like I could not exist, i would not be able to do it. It's not a clean business. It would kill me.

– Oprah Winfrey

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In that political structure -- all the non-truths, the bullsh * t, the crap, the nastiness, the backhanded backroom stuff that goes on -- I feel like I could not exist, i would not be able to do it. It's not a clean business. It would kill me.

– Oprah Winfrey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Earmarks are going back to business as usual, you wind up having backroom deals.

– Jenny Beth Martin

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I am pleased the Presidential Council agrees that we cannot reward individuals who hold Libya's oil hostage, there can be no backroom deals if we are to build trust. Any past salary payments to the Petroleum Facilities Guards need to be transparent, properly authorised and documented.

– Chairman Mustafa Sanalla

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I'm anticipating we'll be doing a victory dance, but if the Republican Party tries to pull off any backroom deals and ignores the will of the people, our role will change.

– Chris Cox

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

By circumventing the long established procedure for picking the city's top cop, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has loaded Chief Johnson down with baggage that reeks of backroom deals.

– Jesse Jackson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We want to peacefully resolve our overlapping exclusive economic zone claims to avoid further friction which may result in an accident, there are ongoing backroom talks to come to an agreement but I am not privy to these talks.

– Armand Balilo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's been very well played by Ms. Fiorina, it's not just a whisper campaign, nor a backroom suggestion that we need to have someone who would be par-to-par with Hillary Clinton. When Carly says I can throw the jabs without the backlash, I believe she's right.

– Rick Perry Ann Trimble-Ray

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If the elites in Washington who make backroom deals decide who the president's going to be, then he's definitely the frontrunner.

– Chris Christie

Found on CNN
9 years ago

If the elites in Washington who make backroom deals decide who the president's going to be, then he's definitely the frontrunner, if the people of the United States decide to pick the next president of the United States, and they want someone who looks them in the eye and connects with them and is one of them, I'll do OK.

– New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Found on CNN
9 years ago

If people think there's some sort of backroom deal, we will delay this measure until ... Berlusconi has finished his community service.

– Matteo Renzi

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room, from which we go forth to more careful and guarded intercourse, leaving behind us much debris of cast-off and everyday clothing.

– Harriet Beecher Stowe

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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