Washington Quotes
What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.
Bill Delahunt
cleanup drive in Washington, to break the grip of the permanent corporate government that makes good people in the Congress not fulfill their own potential.
Ralph Nader
One congressman is not going to go to Washington and change the economic history of a district. What a congressman does is change the economic circumstances.
Al Weed
We can be energy independent, have affordable health care and a strong economy. All it takes is a commitment in Washington to put progress, not politics, first.
Harry Reid
At election time, we see politicians posturing as if they were in the center, because the center really determines the outcome of American elections, ... Washington Unwrapped.
Richard Darman
This is a step in the right direction because a number of us have been urging Washington for years to distribute funds on a risk and threat basis, and not on a pork barrel basis. At the same time, I'm always concerned when Washington wants us to create new bureaucracies to cope with the paperwork.
Jack Weiss
He's not oblivious to the fact that people in Washington will take note when he says something, especially something outlandish, but his primary audience is his listeners.
Richard Cizik
Unanimously, the budget groups in Washington have been calling for offsets, ... But only a few members of Congress seem willing to do it.
Robert Bixby
We want to have our time at bat, and we don't want to be blindsided by something that happens in Washington.
Robert McDonald
It's business as usual in Washington. The feeding frenzy for reform right now is mostly a war of words.
Roberta Baskin
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
Mark Twain
Illegal immigration has become a dominant issue in this race. It's another example of where people see a lack of leadership in Washington.
Brian Kennedy
