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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Nov 17, 2005

I don't intend to stand for, nor should any of us in the United States Congress stand for another swift boat attack on the character of Jack Murtha. It, frankly, disgusts me that a bunch of guys who never chose to put on the uniform of…

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John Warner
@johnwarner· Nov 17, 2005

It's time to end the political posturing... this nasty debate that has been playing out on the House floor shows why there needs to be bipartisanship, now more than ever, over the war on Iraq.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Nov 16, 2005

Absolutely not. I don't think that you see -- I wouldn't call the vote of Bill Frist and the vote of -- of Republican conservative Chairman Warner as cut-and-run. We're saying, Mr. President, give us a plan, man.

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John Walsh
@johnwalsh· Democratic · MT· Nov 16, 2005

The American public should be mad and say why isn't this bill on the floor of the Senate and why hasn't it been passed?

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John Walsh
@johnwalsh· Democratic · MT· Nov 16, 2005

I'm working with the family on the Child Safety Act of 2005 which would make a national registry of all these convicted sex offenders like Joseph Smith.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Nov 16, 2005

I think anybody worth their salt ought to -- ought to see the mistakes and incompetence of this administration. And how could you possibly say you're going to vote to let this incompetent administration go out and be incompetent again? Of…

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Nov 15, 2005

It is hard to name a government official with less credibility on Iraq?

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Nov 15, 2005

It's hard to name a government official with less credibility on Iraq than Vice President Cheney.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Nov 15, 2005

We wanted to swear them in. It was Ted Stevens and Pete Domenici who were very verbal.

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Ted Stevens
@tedstevens· Nov 15, 2005

If the Senate decides to discriminate against our state and take money only from our state, I'll resign from this body.

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Ted Stevens
@tedstevens· Nov 15, 2005

To suggest that I didn't administer an oath to these witnesses to help them lie to members of Congress is false, inexcusable.

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Ted Stevens
@tedstevens· Nov 15, 2005

If one senator can decide he'll take all the money from one state to solve a problem of another, that is not a union.

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Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· Nov 15, 2005

I have significant concerns. He calls Alito one of the most conservative judges in the U.S.

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Chuck Hagel
@chuckhagel· Republican · NE· Nov 15, 2005

The Bush administration must understand that each American has a right to question our policies in Iraq and should not be demonized for disagreeing with them. Suggesting that to challenge or criticize policy is undermining and hurting our…

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Chuck Hagel
@chuckhagel· Republican · NE· Nov 15, 2005

it is not unpatriotic to question the president, that even saying it is the Bush administration dividing the country -- it is the president saying the Democrats are dividing the country, the Democrats who are undermining the mission.

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