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" I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001. "
Mitch McConnell
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" The worst day of my political life was when President George W. Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law in the early part of his first administration. "
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" I don't think there is any equivalency between the way the Russians conduct themselves and the way the United States does. "
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" Only one thing can save this country, and that's to get a handle on this deficit and debt issue. "
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" I don't think it's all that unusual for a new president to want to get along with the Russians. I remember George W. Bush having the same hope. "
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" I'm not going to critique every utterance of the president. "
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" My first memory in life was my last visit to Warm Springs. "
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" In the last 100 years, three presidents suffered big defeats in Congress in their first term and then won reelection: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and the most recent example, Bill Clinton. "
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" No matter what a candidate for president may say during the campaign, once someone is sworn in, they are constrained by the Constitution - about what the Constitution allows and doesn't allow, what the law allows and doesn't allow. "
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" We did the two-year extension of Bush tax cuts in 2010. We negotiated the Budget Control Act in August of 2011 and the fiscal cliff deal at the end of 2012, which saved 99 percent of Americans from a tax increase. "
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" I'm against lifting any sanctions on the Russians. "
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" If there's any country in the world that doesn't deserve sanctions relief, it's Russia. "
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" The Senate is allowed to work the way it was designed to - meaning a place where nothing is decided without a good dose of deliberation and debate, as well as input from both the majority and minority parties - it arrives at a result that is acceptable to people all along the political spectrum. "
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Simple
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