We demand an up-or-down vote. We are determined to give our troops and the American people the debate they deserve.
Consultation, to me, means consultation. You sit down and talk with people you're trying to work something out with. Not after you've alread...
We want the American troops protected in Iraq. But for the president to escalate this conflict outside Iraq is something he has to come back...
The surge is a bad idea. The president said he was going to listen to his commanders. If he's listening to his commanders, he can't do this.
Completing the mission in Iraq is the president's job. And we will do everything to assist the commander in chief to ensure his responsibili...
Fifty-one to 49 -- some may look at this as a composition for gridlock, a recipe for gridlock. But I see this as a unique opportunity.
We know, from experience, that majorities come and they go. Majorities are very fragile. And majorities must work with minorities to make th...
Remove our troops from this civil war.
I am a pessimist about everything in life. That way I have fewer disappointments.
Even though I was raised here, my mother always was able to instill in me that I was as good as anybody else.