Bush is a big government president,

Among advocates of limited government there is despair. This is the biggest-spending president since Lyndon Johnson. And if he spends the kind of money that's being talked about here, I don't know if there will ever have been a president who increased spending as fast as this one did.

Half the stories in every newspaper should be headlined 'Stop me before I legislate again

Social conservatives have discovered this is an issue you can win on.

Why is that [museum], No. 1, part of a highway bill and, No. 2, why is it part of a federal highway bill?

There's a real question whether we want to get all those people back into New Orleans. It's more logical that the money should follow the people.