[Most Democrats avoided direct criticism of Feingold.] I think he voted his conscience, ... It's an indication we didn't try to break arms and insist on a caucus vote. |
[Others who went out of their way to offer help were turned down, such as Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, who told reporters his city had offered emergency, medical and technical help as early as last Sunday to FEMA but was turned down. Only a single tank truck was requested, Daley said. Red tape kept the American Ambulance Association from sending 300 emergency vehicles from Florida to the flood zone, according to former senator John Breaux (D-La.) They were told to get permission from the General Services Administration.] GSA said they had to have FEMA ask for it, ... As a result they weren't sent. |
[Saddam is] saying, 'Look, you can come inspect, but I will tell you where you can go, when you can go and under what conditions you can inspect our country.' And that's not acceptable, ... Fox News Sunday. |
[That's why a tax-reform commission appointed by President Bush is looking for a way to repeal the dreaded tax. Yet the panel, which is due to complete its work Nov. 1, is coming to grips with a much tougher question: In an era of already-big federal budget deficits, how will it make up the money the Treasury will lose if the AMT is repealed.] We have a concept of where we want to go, ... We just don't have the details. |
a balanced piece of legislation that is truly reform. |
a great American tradition of burying the hatchet after an election -- and not burying it in each other, but rather burying it for the sake of the future of this country. |
a sense of what's happening in Congress and what's not happening. |
advance the cause of government in a democracy that is almost evenly divided between the two parties. |
Airlines were interested in the bottom line. They want to hire the people to do the security who could do it as cheap as possible. And that's why they gave it to the low bidder, ... It was acceptable because we never had problems with that arrangement. After September 11th everything has dramatically changed. |
Amazing, ... It means we've got a long way to go before we can even talk about changing the system. |
As I have said all along, we must rely on Florida's highest court to interpret Florida state laws governing its elections, ... With the Florida Supreme Court justices' decision now in hand, I hope a recount will be concluded in time to meet the federal deadline to select electors. |
Believe me, I have. |
Blaming each other does not save a life, does not feed a single family or compensate them in their loss. |
Both parties have taken a position of 'do it my way or don't do it at all.' Some people think that's a great political issue. I think we're arguing about failure, |
By putting them under the jurisdiction of Homeland Security where the focus has been, rightfully so, on terrorist attacks from a foreign entity, we diluted their mission, |