All of us want to see the details of any legislative plan if there's going to be a legislative response, but Congress, I believe, is in the mood to do whatever it takes to win this war against terrorism.
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As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president.
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Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vote for whatever reason may yield to the better angels of their nature.
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Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.
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Detected
In Congress once great Mowther shone,
Debating weighty matters;
Now into an asylum thrown,
He vacuously chatters.
If in that legislative hall
His wisdom still he 'd vented,
It never had been known at all
That Mowther was demented.
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Border security is a complex issue and will remain a top priority during the 2007 legislative year. As Congress works to fix this problem, I will continue to push for strong measures that beef up security at our borders.
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Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.
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Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.
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We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
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First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures.
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When we visited with legislative counsel, they told us that the only way to effectively accomplish what we were trying to do was to put the words in the legislation.
There is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.
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Financial regulatory reform is one of the top legislative priorities of the Obama Administration.
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It may be said, let him take Money at Interest, and not buy at Time. But then Men must be found, that will lend; the Legislative must provide a Fund to borrow upon.
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We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.
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There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.
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The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.
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The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.
All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed.
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First, it is not unimportant that the legislative texts of the Old Testament are placed in the mouth of Moses and within the narrative framework of the sojourn at Sinai.
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
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