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" I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span. "

Claire McCaskill

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" Only in Washington would the Republican operatives get the entire press corps ginned up over the notion that I'm going to be home campaigning instead of going to a bunch of worthless parties at a convention that's only being held to do something we all know is going to happen anyway. "

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" Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect Social Security? I absolutely will. "

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" What we have done with No Child Left Behind is squeeze the creativity out of the classroom because teachers have begun to just teaching to the test. "

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" Along with my colleagues Mark Warner and Sheldon Whitehouse, I have been working to end the process of secret holds, which is when senators anonymously block legislation or nominations without explanation. "

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" If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems. "

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" Frankly, earmarking is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem. "

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" It's very American, making a lot of money. "

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" My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work. "

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" You know, we've got to be responsible about our debt. We don't want the United States to ever be a dead beat, and not be able to pay its bills, either to our soldiers who are fighting or to Social Security recipients. "

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" I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington. "

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" I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more. "

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" The political system loves the extremes, it doesn't so much show a lot love for the moderates. "

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" I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then. "

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" Being a new mother was a joyful and sometimes overwhelming experience - and as the first Missouri female state legislator to have a baby while in office, having heath care for myself and my son gave me some needed peace of mind. "

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" We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities. "

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" I don't know how anyone can keep a straight face and say they are for deficit reduction while they insist on a permanent tax cut for the wealthiest Americans, completely unpaid for. "

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" I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I've just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things. "

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" I never need to go far if I need a reminder of how important Medicare and Social Security are to Missouri's seniors. My mom, Betty Anne, is one of millions for whom these services provide a reliable safety net. Across the country, these protections are an integral part of sustaining millions of seniors' health and dignity. "

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" The U.S. military is the best-trained, most effective fighting force the world has ever known. And the conduct of the vast majority of our service members makes Americans rightfully proud. "

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" Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen our laws to prevent mass shootings. "

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" As a member of the Aging Committee, I'm no stranger to fighting for America's seniors. "

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" We still have not been able to move into those positions in our country that are really directing traffic among that 1 percent, and that's where women have to break through. "

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" We shouldn't deny the right of the minority to filibuster, but we need to do a much better job of making them own it. That way, the American people could figure out who is being obstructionist and who is willing to compromise. "

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" Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue. "

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" I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first woman governor.' I kind of took that guy seriously - I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea. "

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" The NRA grades senators and representatives based on their votes on gun issues - and even on issues that have little-to-nothing to do with guns. "

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" When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate the place where compromises are supposed to happen because of the makeup of the Senate. "

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" Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and saw them enforced. "

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" I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks. "

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" You have to be willing to offend in order to make progress. "

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