Don't let them fool you that we have a deal. We don't. We're not going to have a rush job here and vote for that much of a bill that we haven't read, |
"If you want to live like a Republican, you have to vote for Democrats" |
[One senior Democratic aide said Gephardt's office was] bewildered ... neither is Lott. And neither is Daschle for that matter. It's kind of hard to make that argument when it doesn't apply to two of the three people in the room. |
[Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, has said she doesn't understand how] electric generator executives can sleep at night. ... less than optimal solutions that don't really solve the problem. |
[The report] says that the president's tax cut fails to give a single dime in tax relief to 12 million families with 24 million children, |
[The story comes from The Onion, the joke news Web site. Or at least a joke to most people outside of Beijing. Three years ago, you may recall, an Onion spoof had Congress threatening to move out of Washington. If a new building with more bathrooms and better parking wasn't erected, the article said, U.S. lawmakers were prepared to pack up and move to Memphis or Charlotte.] If we want to stay competitive, we need to upgrade, ... Look at the British Parliament. Look at the Vatican. ... Without modern facilities, they've been having big problems attracting top talent. |
A lot of employees have lost their jobs and, as I understand it, their pensions are probably in question now. This needs to be looked at. |
a reality as quickly as possible. |
A short-term solution would be to have the federal government respond to charges of price-gouging, |
a strong voice and an accomplished leader. |
a talking down of the economy. |
Al Gore is for the McCain-Feingold bill. In fact, he said it will be the first bill that he sends to the new Congress if he's president. George Bush is really not very enthusiastic about it at all. I'm not sure it would be his tenth bill sent to Congress. |
Al has defined himself as someone who identifies problems before anyone else and offers solutions while others are still mulling the question, ... The hallmark of his career has been his talent to navigate great public policy challenges guided by a sharp intellect and a big heart. |
America needs a serious economic discussion that brings in the best minds and a wide variety of opinions focused on the best way to create long-term economic growth and opportunity for all Americans. |
And politically he has to stand the consequences with his constituents in California, who he is going to talk to in the next few days. But to rush to judgment now and say we know this or that or the other, we don't know a lot of these facts. A lot of it has been rumor and innuendo. |