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" The country doesn't need saving. "
Mitch McConnell
Saving
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" What will happen is the bills will start out the way we like them; in order to move them - we'll probably have to make compromises. That's the way the legislative process works when it's functioning. "
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" The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected. "
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" It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are. "
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" My first memory in life was my last visit to Warm Springs. "
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" Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him. "
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" Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish. "
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" Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation. "
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" America being a force is a lot more than building up the Defense Department. "
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" Do we need to tighten restrictions on people coming into the country? I think there's a good argument for that, but a kind of broad ban is a bad idea, and, of course, many American Muslims are great sources of information as we seek to look for domestic folks who might be engaged in trying to promote terrorist activities. "
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" I don't think there should be a litmus test on judges, no matter who the president is. "
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" President Obama had two Supreme Court nominees in his first term. There was no filibuster against them. "
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" I think it's a time to be sad about what's been done to the United States Senate, the greatest deliberative body in the world. "
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" The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year. "
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" I think I'd like to be an owner of a Major League Baseball team. "
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" I think we know enough now to know that Donald Trump is doing the same kinds of things that Jeb Bush would have done or Marco Rubio would have done or Mitt Romney would have done. "
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