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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. "

Claire McCaskill

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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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" 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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" Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly. "

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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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" The Missourians I hear from just don't buy the idea that the only way to tackle the national debt is to drastically alter Medicare and Social Security. "

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" I am a small-town girl. "

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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. "

Claire McCaskill

" 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. "

Claire McCaskill

" 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. "

Claire McCaskill

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

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

Claire McCaskill

" 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. "

Claire McCaskill

" 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. "

Claire McCaskill

" Many countries struggle and never get to the point where people have faith that laws are executed fairly. "

Claire McCaskill

" 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. "

Claire McCaskill

" 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 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. "

Claire McCaskill

" 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. "

Claire McCaskill

" 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. "

Claire McCaskill

" 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. "

Claire McCaskill

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

Claire McCaskill

" It seems to me that before we give federal funds to police departments, we ought to mandate that they have body cams. "

Claire McCaskill

" When I was a single, working mom with a newborn, I learned just how vital it is to have comprehensive, affordable health care. "

Claire McCaskill

" When I was a prosecutor in Kansas City, my job was to fight for justice and safety for all citizens in my community. Equal access to justice under the law is an American value embedded in the fabric of our legal and political system - the idea that anybody, powerful or not, can have their day in court. "

Claire McCaskill

" I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC. "

Claire McCaskill

" Well, I'm wrestling alligators. "

Claire McCaskill

" I'm going to work with Republicans when they do things I agree with and I'm going to fight Republicans when they're doing things that I think are damaging. "

Claire McCaskill

" We have a lot of things we give away to people who are very, very wealthy in this country. And I'm not sure that our federal government can afford that. "

Claire McCaskill

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

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