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Forget the governors and senators. He sups at that front table where it's decided who the governors and senators will be.


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KELLY JONES New Yorkers have always shown that they really don't care about that kind of issue. In fact, they pr...
STEVE COHEN We as governors have very little control. We need to discover - the National Governors Association, ...
JOE MANCHIN The bill ended up stalling on the Senate desk after senators closed their session early last week.
RICHARD STAPLER I'm cautiously optimistic that the governors will get together and work to resolve this issue. Both ...
JEFF NASH 'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the coun...
EDWARD EVERETT HALE Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale? someone asked the chaplain. No, I look at the Senators and p...
EDWARD EVERETT HALE "Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale?" someone asked the chaplain. "No, I look at the Senators an...
EDWARD EVERETT HALE Find a way to make up with some of the senators who opposed him, because senators hold the purse str...
BILL RICHARDSON Both of these senators managed the expectations game brilliantly. They laid low, they learned the Se...
SCOTT REED We commend Senators [Michael] Enzi and [Edward] Kennedy and their colleagues for their leadership in...
NATHAN DIAMENT I'm going to be definitely talking to my senators and representatives at the federal level.
DENNIS WITTIG Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm th...
JAMES MADISON The thing about this is, it's dividing the nation. We should be communicating with each other over t...
REP. RAFAEL GALLEGOS we in the civil rights community need to hold the senators accountable, all the senators, for their ...
STEPHANIE JONES We had 16 teams that went up on Capitol Hill to visit senators. We also had senators that came and s...
ELIZABETH GALLAGHER He is refusing to give senators straight answers to legitimate questions. A woman's right to choose ...
RALPH NEAS Today, the Senate took an important step forward in cutting the deficit. I commend Senate leadership...
GEORGE W. BUSH I think that the staff are all very well versed in the process and in this particular nominee, but s...
DON STEWART If its lowered for for senators, why not for fallen soldiers?
DAWN BLACK There ought to be one day - just one - where there is open season on senators.
WILL ROGERS The governor does not stand to gain from this matter being delayed. I've met with governors who are ...
JESSE JACKSON The bill which I filed along with 10 other senators last month, will help cushion the impact of the ...
FRANKLIN DRILON The senators will want to ask about views on presidential powers, women's rights and minorities, bec...
JAMES MCCANN He sups ill, who eats up all at dinner
PROVERB The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history b...
SENATOR JOHN KERRY Let's cause some senators distress.
PEGGY NOONAN [After watching the fresh-faced and more sprightly Senators bounce his Flyers out of the playoffs in...
KEN HITCHCOCK The senators couldn't park for about a week.
ARNOLD FRIBERG [But her declarations weren't strong enough to convince some senators.] Gale Norton is no James Watt...
RON WYDEN We're putting that data together to go to the Hill to show congressmen and senators exactly what is ...
BOB DICKEY It is probably fair to assume that there are Senators who voted for last night's procedural vote who...
DARREN SHAW [The senators] are going to say a lot of things: 'We are going to take this away, that away'.
FRANK MAISANO We started off the second period and the Senators looked like they were really moving out. They came...
ERIC PELTZER There are only two ways that she loses. One is if some GOP Senators go see Karl Rove, and then Presi...
FRED BARNES We all talked about it this (yesterday) morning, ... A 4-2 lead for the Senators going into the thir...
ERIC DESJARDINS Senators have wanted to have it both ways.
JAMIE COURT We have all these senators and members of the House who say the president hasn't made his case yet.
JAMES INHOFE The senators who want to serve on (the Judiciary Committee) tend to be very ideologically driven and...
JAMIN RASKIN Call and write your senators. Tell them how you feel about this before it happens again, and hopeful...
JENNY SLIGHT So we just hope that all of these governors who are grappling will be able to provide the basic serv...
JENNIFER GRANHOLM The Department of Defense set this trip up for the purpose of making these governors aware of the gl...
ALICE STEWART The jurors are infinitely smarter and wiser than senators. They will have no problem understanding J...
DANIEL PETROCELLI Rome had Senators too, and that is why it declined.
FRANK DANE Mom always went to all the alumni meetings at Governors State to represent Robin.
JODY WALSH We still have the problem that governors like to do stuff.
FRED SILVA We'll be traveling on behalf of other Democratic governors as needed and as invited.
AMANDA COOPER He is saying as little as he needs to be confirmed and hasn't made many mistakes that trouble a majo...
CARL TOBIAS Well, I don't know too many governors who are flaming ideologues.
BIRCH BAYH There's no other governor who's done that. There's governors who came and left, but he came and stay...
DONALD BOYLEN Our Constitution protects aliens, drunks, and U.S. senators.
WILL ROGERS Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
WILL ROGERS Cannibals are devouring senators.
ARLEN SPECTER Bill Gates comes up to the Hill not just to testify, but to visit his senators, Slade Gorton [R-Wash...
MARC PEARL Governors being accustomed to hear of more crimes than they can punish, and more wrongs than they ca...
SAMUEL JOHNSON I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart....
P.C. CAST We worked with the governors office to coordinate the meeting,
MARK MORRISON I see lots of support for it in the states. I think smart governors know, all governors know, that i...
MARGARET SPELLINGS It's courtesy, it's the normal thing that the home state senators do. The senator will also speak on...
CHARLES WALSTON The nation is in a culture war, and there's no need to hide that fact. Some senators will oppose any...
FRANK PAVONE The House vote will strengthen the resolve of senators who oppose portfolio limits, and increase pre...
HOWARD GLASER At least five senators called in and several are very active in Christian organizations on campus.
ERIC NORRIS Once this resolution is passed, a tougher stage will begin and we will see what effect the board of ...
MELISSA FLEMING Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commo...
JOHN COTTON Senators Kennedy and McCain have said they're open to their fellow senators on comprehensive reform....
LAURA CAPPS On the basis of public statements and my consultations with my colleagues, I cannot see 18 senators ...
FRANKLIN DRILON We are launching a campaign to fully educate the senators about the decision that is before them.
ADAM SNYDER No, ma'am, I would not, ... is the best forum in the world. I think all the senators wish they had t...
OPRAH WINFREY We are part of the fabric of America, from U.S. senators to your schoolteacher to your local banker.
GEORGE TAKEI [The Senators edged the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 Wednesday after the first shootout in NHL history. T...
DOMINIK HASEK We have to do something to convince our senators that we need a good immigration reform.
CARLOS AVILA All the senators were very willing to make it happen so they were very positive and understood how m...
ELIZABETH GALLAGHER This vote should have been 100-0. But 78 senators applied the right standard in evaluating a judicia...
ORRIN HATCH You've got U.S. senators involved, you've got questions about how much the Australian government kne...
GREG CANAVAN I don't see where this is a story. Everything Dr. Weir told senators about embryonic stem cell resea...
FRANK MURPHY Call your senators and representatives and ask them if they're willing to support having that progra...
GLENN REYNOLDS They wanted to meet with the senators and they had all of their people together in one location and ...
JAMES PENDLETON I think Colorado is sort of a microcosm of the country because our senators and representatives are ...
JEFF JOSEPH The Senate is clearly dragging its feet on spending reform. Some senators have called for instead re...
BRIAN RIEDL Governors compete. States compete. People & businesses decide.
DOUG DUCEY I wish there were more Governors like yours.
DEIRDRE DELISI Governors were once minors. Presidents were once residents.
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON The purpose of our policy is to respect the senators and the confirmation process.
DANA PERINO The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.
JAY LENO Preserving and protecting the state tobacco settlement funds is the nation's Governors highest p...
MEL CARNAHAN Rome had Senators too, that's why it declined.
FRANK DANE It is my hope that as South Carolina senators, that we will stand up for what is best and good about...
CLEMENTA C. PINCKNEY Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT There should be one day when there is open season on senators.
WILL ROGERS The truth is these Medicaid reforms, which were endorsed by all 50 governors, including all 22 Democ...
BRIAN SCHUBERT Governors don't have to embrace social agendas the way federal candidates do.
LARRY HARRIS But he hasn't been doing county fairs or house parties like some of the other governors. And ... he'...
JULIE TEER Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, def...
DAVID WILKERSON Bernanke is probably the best qualified ... He is very well known for his inflation targeting and th...
DAVID KEEBLE It's basically the governors' way of encouraging progress and trying to maintain as much momentum as...
CAROLYN SIME There is some indication that the Mississippi senators are interested in doing what's right.
BILL CHANDLER A wonderful new legal foundation has been laid. Now specific programs need to be constructed by the ...
CAMERON TRUESDELL Bush the father did well in placing his sons as governors and did not forget to pass on the expertis...
OSAMA BIN LADEN I expect ministers and governors will discuss steps taken to address supply and efficiency issues, a...
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LARRY KIRSHBAUM I'm sure in a lot of publishing houses that there is a frustration that people feel, that they&#...
LARRY KIRSHBAUM Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it ...
LARRY KING My father died when I was nine and a half. We were on relief for two years. They call it welfare now...
LARRY KING