Quotes About Senate

Now, President Obama has to make a decision. He can either propose a nominee who can win over the majority in the Senate or defer his choice to the voters, who in November will elect a new President and a new Senate, which will be responsible for confirming a nominee who will provide balance to the Supreme Court.

In the Senate, I will put people before politics.

If I wanted to be president of the United States, I'd run for the Senate in 1986. And I'm just not going to do it.

I'm a results-oriented person and my Senate record shows that.

I didn't get to the Senate by accident.

The Senate is an unknowing world.

The U.S. Senate already has one Arlen Specter too many.

Now, for this book I had to learn the world of the Senate, which is really for all that's written about the Senate, an unknowing world and its mores, and the way things work with subcommittees and all. I loved learning about that.

I'm interested in being part of a majority in the Senate.

I'm president of the Senate. I'm not a neophyte when it comes to understanding political alignments and misalignments.

To my knowledge, there's never been a scientist in the U.S. Senate.

There are times where the dysfunction in the Senate just goes too far.

Our responsibility is to focus on the House. The Senate's the Senate.

While romanticizing the Senate of yore would be a mistake, it was certainly better in my father's time.

When I first got asked to run for the state Senate, I was asked by a number of legislators I had worked with, and I thanked them and declined.

Running for Senate is a very involved process.

I am proud to be a woman in the Senate.

When I'm elected to the Senate, I will continue to meet with all Marylanders, whether we agree on every issue or not.

I was appointed to the Senate, and it has been my job to serve in the Senate and then to earn the vote of Minnesotans.

I will fight hard for my constituents in Congress as I have done in the state Senate.

I'm running for Senate to create real change in Washington, which starts with getting big money out of politics and overturning Citizens United.

I don't have any interest in running for the Senate.

Seniority actually means something in the Senate.

I'm very proud and happy to be serving the people of Arkansas and the Senate, and I look forward to continue to serve them.