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I take pride in the fact that our vigorous response to their underhanded tactics ended up making the The White House House Democrats position untenable, today, they were forced to change course. – Lindsey Graham	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Why doesnt the president just say, Release the whistleblower complaint. Clearly hes afraid for the public to see, this would be the most profound violation of the presidential oath of office, certainly during this presidency, which says a lot, but perhaps during any presidency. There is no privilege that covers corruption. There is no privilege to engage in underhanded discussions. – Adam Schiff	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Over the years, I’ve seen Republican leadership deploy every manner of undemocratic, underhanded tactics in Congress. But stripping my bipartisan amendment to repeal the 2001 AUMF -- in the dead of night, without a vote -- may be a new low from Speaker Paul Ryan. – Barbara Lee	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
To learn about what may have been an underhanded effort to use the military against 9/11 families, it shocks the conscience. – Kristen Breitweiser	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
These underhanded tactics to cut off women's access to safe, legal abortion simply cannot stand. – Nancy Northup	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I cannot stand by while these provisions are slipped into an otherwise excellent bill through underhanded maneuvers that run contrary to our democratic process. – Jackie Speier	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I think there has been this impression that we are ‘reality television’—the kind of exploitive and underhanded production that is looking to take advantage of people or laugh at people— and I don’t think that is what we are doing, we are making a compelling show about a compelling subject matter and I think we are treating it with respect. – Producer Yoshi Stone	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

I take pride in the fact that our vigorous response to their underhanded tactics ended up making the The White House House Democrats position untenable, today, they were forced to change course.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Why doesnt the president just say, Release the whistleblower complaint. Clearly hes afraid for the public to see, this would be the most profound violation of the presidential oath of office, certainly during this presidency, which says a lot, but perhaps during any presidency. There is no privilege that covers corruption. There is no privilege to engage in underhanded discussions.

– Adam Schiff

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Over the years, I’ve seen Republican leadership deploy every manner of undemocratic, underhanded tactics in Congress. But stripping my bipartisan amendment to repeal the 2001 AUMF -- in the dead of night, without a vote -- may be a new low from Speaker Paul Ryan.

– Barbara Lee

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

To learn about what may have been an underhanded effort to use the military against 9/11 families, it shocks the conscience.

– Kristen Breitweiser

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

These underhanded tactics to cut off women's access to safe, legal abortion simply cannot stand.

– Nancy Northup

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I cannot stand by while these provisions are slipped into an otherwise excellent bill through underhanded maneuvers that run contrary to our democratic process.

– Jackie Speier

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I think there has been this impression that we are ‘reality television’—the kind of exploitive and underhanded production that is looking to take advantage of people or laugh at people— and I don’t think that is what we are doing, we are making a compelling show about a compelling subject matter and I think we are treating it with respect.

– Producer Yoshi Stone

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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