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" No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.' "
Claire McCaskill
Commander
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" After holding hearings to get input from Missourians, I led the fight to pass legislation that protects seniors from predatory lending in the mortgage industry. I stood up against efforts that would make it harder for seniors to vote, and battled telemarketers bent on defrauding seniors. "
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" You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need to focus on making sure I'm accountable to the people of Missouri. "
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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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" 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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" 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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Face
" Clearly, a large number of African-Americans don't have faith that the laws are being executed fairly in Ferguson, and that's a problem... We need to ensure Africans-Americans feel confident in the rule of law. "
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Confident
Problem
" The political system loves the extremes, it doesn't so much show a lot love for the moderates. "
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Lot
Love
" Many countries struggle and never get to the point where people have faith that laws are executed fairly. "
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People
" I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you? "
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Election
You
" We work for the public, and I believe that if a senator wants to block a piece of legislation or a nominee, they owe the public an explanation. "
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Legislation
" I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington. "
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Washington
" I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span. "
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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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" There are three legs of the stool; spending, entitlements and making the tax code fair and equitable. That's the three legs of the stool. If we do all of those in a responsible, bipartisan way, I think the American people would all be very, very happy. "
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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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" 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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" 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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Force
Service
" 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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" 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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