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  1. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: U.S. Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) (C) speaks as (L-R) Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA), Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), and Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI) look on during a news conference to announce the formation of the 'Fix Congress Now...
  2. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA) (L) and Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) (R) listen during a news conference to announce the formation of the 'Fix Congress Now Caucus' May 16, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. A group of bi-partisan congressional members have form the...
  3. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: U.S. President Barack Obama gets assistance with putting on his suit jacket from Marvin Nicholson (L) while visiting Taylor Gourmet, a sandwich restaurant May 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama is urging Congress to act on his 'To Do List,' specifically...
  4. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: U.S. President Barack Obama signs his receipt for David Mazza and Casey Patten, Co-Owners of Taylor Gourmet, while visiting Taylor Gourmet, a sandwich restaurant May 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama is urging Congress to act on his 'To Do List,' specifically...
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  1. While we have seen Asian-American governors, mayors, Congress members, and senators in the past decade, Asian-Americans lag behind in terms of their political participation and visibility
    SOURCE: The Epoch Times 2 weeks ago
  2. Congressman Bucshon ranks 60th out of 435 members of Congress in spending our tax dollars on these campaign-style mailers. That's not right. Bucshon said he would change Washington, but he's just looking out for himself.
    SOURCE: Courier Press 2 weeks ago
  3. I'd love to have the chance to talk to him about expanding our majorities in Congress to include some Republican voices in the U.S. House of Representatives, which I believe we are positioned to deliver this November ... Connecticut is getting the short end of the stick in Washington without having a vo...
    SOURCE: Greenwich Time 2 weeks ago
  4. Is there anything Washington Republicans won't say in a desperate attempt to keep their majority and further their extreme agenda in Congress?
    SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2 weeks ago
  5. Obama wants to be the American who stayed. Who didn’t botch victory by heading for the hills. But will America follow his lead? Will Congress?
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 weeks ago
  6. It soon became clear that hearts needed to be changed, along with laws. Not just Congress, but the American people themselves needed to be got to
    – Bill Clinton SOURCE: The Politico 2 weeks ago
  7. If you think back, when gold hit its all-time high of $1,900 last August, we were in the midst of wild speculation that the U.S. government wouldn't resolve its debt-ceiling crisis ... A deal in Congress was reached in time, but Standard & Poor's went on to downgrade the nation's credit rating for the f...
    SOURCE: The Market Oracle 2 weeks ago
  8. I do agree the U.S. Congress should have the power to control our national currency, but blanket statements demanding the complete abolition of the Federal Reserve may not be productive.
    SOURCE: Eye on Boise 2 weeks ago
  9. There’s no way that he can escape the all-too-evident hypocrisy of placing his daughter under his own insurance, insurance that is provided to him as a member of Congress by the U.S. Government
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 weeks ago
  10. And I want major regulatory action to have to be confirmed by Congress, as opposed to just having some agency just put it on the American people.
    SOURCE: National Journal 2 weeks ago
  11. There are still key races: offices for Congress, U.S. Senate, State Senate and Assembly
    SOURCE: Santa Rosa Press Democrat 2 weeks ago
  12. Magdalah Racine-Silva brings to the Council both the insight of a business owner familiar with the challenges of growing her company from start-up to success. She also is knowledgeable about the economic issues and policies that affect women entrepreneurs daily ... She will be a valuable resource in our...
    SOURCE: iStockAnalyst 2 weeks ago
  13. AARP is taking the debate about the future of Medicare and Social Security out from behind closed doors in Washington so Iowans can have a voice ... Our members and older Iowans have worked too hard to let the next President and Congress decide the future of Medicare and Social Security without hearing ...
    SOURCE: The Gazette 2 weeks ago
  14. Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States
    SOURCE: Yahoo! Finance 2 weeks ago
  15. knew what the presidency was for: to get to people -- to members of Congress, often with tricks up his sleeve; to the American people, by wearing his heart on his sleeve.
    SOURCE: USA Today 2 weeks ago
  16. Those are decisions that must be made by the U.S. Congress
    SOURCE: PBS NewsHour 2 weeks ago
  17. The current phenomenon of GOP support for Israel got a major boost when Bibi became prime minister in 1996 ... He came to the U.S. and gave a speech before a joint session of Congress calling for Israel to get weaned off of U.S. economic aid, and Republicans swooned. Jesse Helms said something along the...
    – Douglas Feith SOURCE: Tablet Magazine 2 weeks ago
  18. News Corp. has a pattern of outrageous and illegal conduct, including bribery, wire fraud, computer, and phone hacking ... If the FCC won’t act to revoke Fox’s broadcast licenses, Congress should immediately hold hearings. Retaining U.S. broadcast licenses is a privilege, not a right.
    SOURCE: Newsvine 2 weeks ago
  19. I believe the FBI knows exactly who was behind these terrorist anthrax attacks upon the United States Congress in the Fall of 2001, and that the culprits were US government-related scientists involved in a criminal US government biowarfare program.
    SOURCE: Philly Independent Media Center 2 weeks ago
  20. It does, however, commit the United States to seek funding from Congress on an annual basis
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 2 weeks ago
  21. At the end of the day, the voters are electing someone to represent them in Congress on the issues. That’s what this comes down to. Jesse Kelly and Mr. Barber are quickly seeing a race that’s about issues and policies in Washington, which is what it should be about
    SOURCE: The Politico 2 weeks ago
  22. Those are the decisions that will be made in consultation with the U.S. Congress
    SOURCE: The Huffington Post 2 weeks ago
  23. If the American people only knew. Actually, if the Congress only knew.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 2 weeks ago
  24. It does, however, commit the United States to seek funding from Congress on an annual basis to support the training, equipping, advising and sustaining of Afghan National Security Forces, as well as for social and economic assistance
    SOURCE: Inquirer 2 weeks ago
  25. There is a simple way to pay for needed investments, which doesn't require taxing or borrowing. Congress has the power under Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution to originate money, and Congress can use this power to pay for upgrading our infrastructure. We can provide direct investme...
    SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2 weeks ago
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