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This is not a partisan issue, we all understand that, particularly for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, we have to have the ability for them to come forward and not fear that they are going to somehow suffer some kind of a consequences because of their immigration status. – Pramila Jayapal	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Neil Gorsuch will be confirmed this week, how that happens really depends on our Democratic friends. How many of them are willing to oppose cloture on a partisan basis to kill a Supreme Court nominee. – Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I'm very disappointed in Lindsey, i sometimes wonder what uniform he puts on each morning when goes out to the field to play, and I'm not just talking about the partisan uniform. – Mike Huckabee	Found on CNN 7 years ago
We still really want this investigation to be non-partisan, and what the chairman did this week makes that very hard. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Rather than pursuing this partisan path. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Rob Boatright added. One Senate Republican aide said Democrats should follow recent precedent, not the shrill calls of partisan opposition groups. When President Obama took office, The Senate confirmed seven of his nominees President Obama first day in office, and nearly all of them within two weeks. – One Senate Republican aide	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
With the challenges facing Indiana and our country, I can no longer sit on the sidelines and watch as partisan bickering grinds Washington to a halt. – Evan Bayh	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
This resolution fails by every measure. It arises from the worst partisan instincts. It is not based in the facts, when a vote for impeachment is divided on party lines ... we undermine our credibility. – Representative John Conyers	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I don't think anybody could or should view a McCormick Place renovation and a Lucas Museum as a partisan issue. It's an opportunity. – John Miller	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I was fired for going on military service and I was fired for trying to conduct an objective, non-partisan, thorough investigation, i knew that we needed to get to the truth to the victims' families. And the victims' families, they deserve the truth -- whether or not Hillary Clinton was involved, whether or not other individuals were involved. – Bradley Podliska	Found on CNN 8 years ago
In its current form, I will veto this budget, and I urge Republicans in the legislature to stop the partisan games and come back to the table to negotiate a final budget that funds our schools and eliminates the nearly $2 billion deficit. – Tom Wolf	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The primary elections are over and rather than issuing partisan press releases, the speaker needs to end his month-long vacation and begin working with the governor to enact a balanced budget alongside structural reforms that grow our economy. – Lance Trover	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Senate's constitutional duty transcends partisan bickering. The people of Iowa don't want a Senate that treats its constitutional duties differently based on who is in the White House. – Harry Reid	Found on CNN 8 years ago
He is allowing himself and his committee to be manipulated by the Republican leader for narrow, partisan warfare. He is taking his orders from the Republican leader and, sadly, Donald Trump, donald Trump on this issue, when asked about it, his words were three: 'Delay, delay, delay.' Grassley must have been listening. – Democratic Leader Harry Reid	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This should not be a partisan issue, the way the Democrats have tried to turn this into a partisan issue – that somehow Republicans woke up in the morning and decided oh, it’s a good time to poison some kids with lead. It’s absurd. It’s outrageous. – Florida Sen. Marco Rubio	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
In the same statement critics are pointing to today, I urged the Senate and White House to work together to overcome partisan differences to ensure the court functions as the Founding Fathers intended, that remains my position today. – Vice President Joe Biden	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There is a pronounced partisan agenda on energy, there’s no middle of the road anymore. – Robert McNally	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
A re-election for Museveni would signal the persistent advantages incumbents have in controlling the political process, making it very difficult for opposition parties or candidates to compete with national structures, finance and support from partisan government institutions. – Magnus Taylor	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I don't see this as a partisan issue, i do think there are people on both sides of the aisle who care about this issue and think we should take stronger action. – Neel Kashkari	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Senate needs to put politics aside and fulfill its constitutional duty by taking up a Supreme Court nomination in a timely fashion, it would be completely unacceptable, and a clear sign of Washington's dysfunction, for the Supreme Court to be without a justice for a full year because of partisan politics. – Maggie Hassan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
While we're a non-partisan organization, we are busy trying to stop the crisis of 22 veterans committing suicide every day and we are thrilled to take funds from Mr. Trump -- no problem. We are going to save lives with that money. – Executive Director Rory Diamond	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Democratic Socialist never believed in any kind of party identification, democratic Socialist never allowed Democratic Socialist to become closely aligned with partisan politics. Democratic Socialist occasionally said that that both the Democratic and Republican Party had betrayed Democratic Socialist people. – Lewis Baldwin	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It suffered delays as a result of partisan political differences in the last dispensation. After the first tranche was disbursed there was a freeze on the second tranche. – Babatunde Fashola	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As I travel the country, I consistently hear Americans say that they want Washington to build on the progress we have made to increase access to coverage, drive down the growth of health costs and improve the quality of care. Unfortunately, today's partisan effort in the House of Representatives to repeal key parts of the ACA, along with its effective defunding of Planned Parenthood, does the opposite. – Secretary Sylvia Burwell	Found on CNN 8 years ago

This is not a partisan issue, we all understand that, particularly for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, we have to have the ability for them to come forward and not fear that they are going to somehow suffer some kind of a consequences because of their immigration status.

– Pramila Jayapal

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Neil Gorsuch will be confirmed this week, how that happens really depends on our Democratic friends. How many of them are willing to oppose cloture on a partisan basis to kill a Supreme Court nominee.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I'm very disappointed in Lindsey, i sometimes wonder what uniform he puts on each morning when goes out to the field to play, and I'm not just talking about the partisan uniform.

– Mike Huckabee

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We still really want this investigation to be non-partisan, and what the chairman did this week makes that very hard.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Rather than pursuing this partisan path.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Rob Boatright added. One Senate Republican aide said Democrats should follow recent precedent, not the shrill calls of partisan opposition groups. When President Obama took office, The Senate confirmed seven of his nominees President Obama first day in office, and nearly all of them within two weeks.

– One Senate Republican aide

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

With the challenges facing Indiana and our country, I can no longer sit on the sidelines and watch as partisan bickering grinds Washington to a halt.

– Evan Bayh

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This resolution fails by every measure. It arises from the worst partisan instincts. It is not based in the facts, when a vote for impeachment is divided on party lines ... we undermine our credibility.

– Representative John Conyers

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I don't think anybody could or should view a McCormick Place renovation and a Lucas Museum as a partisan issue. It's an opportunity.

– John Miller

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I was fired for going on military service and I was fired for trying to conduct an objective, non-partisan, thorough investigation, i knew that we needed to get to the truth to the victims' families. And the victims' families, they deserve the truth -- whether or not Hillary Clinton was involved, whether or not other individuals were involved.

– Bradley Podliska

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In its current form, I will veto this budget, and I urge Republicans in the legislature to stop the partisan games and come back to the table to negotiate a final budget that funds our schools and eliminates the nearly $2 billion deficit.

– Tom Wolf

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The primary elections are over and rather than issuing partisan press releases, the speaker needs to end his month-long vacation and begin working with the governor to enact a balanced budget alongside structural reforms that grow our economy.

– Lance Trover

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Senate's constitutional duty transcends partisan bickering. The people of Iowa don't want a Senate that treats its constitutional duties differently based on who is in the White House.

– Harry Reid

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He is allowing himself and his committee to be manipulated by the Republican leader for narrow, partisan warfare. He is taking his orders from the Republican leader and, sadly, Donald Trump, donald Trump on this issue, when asked about it, his words were three: 'Delay, delay, delay.' Grassley must have been listening.

– Democratic Leader Harry Reid

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This should not be a partisan issue, the way the Democrats have tried to turn this into a partisan issue – that somehow Republicans woke up in the morning and decided oh, it’s a good time to poison some kids with lead. It’s absurd. It’s outrageous.

– Florida Sen. Marco Rubio

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

In the same statement critics are pointing to today, I urged the Senate and White House to work together to overcome partisan differences to ensure the court functions as the Founding Fathers intended, that remains my position today.

– Vice President Joe Biden

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There is a pronounced partisan agenda on energy, there’s no middle of the road anymore.

– Robert McNally

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A re-election for Museveni would signal the persistent advantages incumbents have in controlling the political process, making it very difficult for opposition parties or candidates to compete with national structures, finance and support from partisan government institutions.

– Magnus Taylor

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I don't see this as a partisan issue, i do think there are people on both sides of the aisle who care about this issue and think we should take stronger action.

– Neel Kashkari

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Senate needs to put politics aside and fulfill its constitutional duty by taking up a Supreme Court nomination in a timely fashion, it would be completely unacceptable, and a clear sign of Washington's dysfunction, for the Supreme Court to be without a justice for a full year because of partisan politics.

– Maggie Hassan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

While we're a non-partisan organization, we are busy trying to stop the crisis of 22 veterans committing suicide every day and we are thrilled to take funds from Mr. Trump -- no problem. We are going to save lives with that money.

– Executive Director Rory Diamond

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Democratic Socialist never believed in any kind of party identification, democratic Socialist never allowed Democratic Socialist to become closely aligned with partisan politics. Democratic Socialist occasionally said that that both the Democratic and Republican Party had betrayed Democratic Socialist people.

– Lewis Baldwin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It suffered delays as a result of partisan political differences in the last dispensation. After the first tranche was disbursed there was a freeze on the second tranche.

– Babatunde Fashola

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As I travel the country, I consistently hear Americans say that they want Washington to build on the progress we have made to increase access to coverage, drive down the growth of health costs and improve the quality of care. Unfortunately, today's partisan effort in the House of Representatives to repeal key parts of the ACA, along with its effective defunding of Planned Parenthood, does the opposite.

– Secretary Sylvia Burwell

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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