The budget is a mythical bean bag. Congress votes mythical beans into it, and then tries to reach in and pull real beans out.
Congress Quotes
Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens – and then everybody disagrees.
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.
In your country club, your church and business, about 15 percent of the people are screwballs, lightweights and boobs and you would not want those people unrepresented in Congress.
The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.
There is good news from Washington today. Congress is deadlocked and can’t act.
Congress: Bingo with billions.
Many an American Congressman comes to Washington from a district attorney’s office: you may be sure that he is seldom promoted because he has been jealous of the liberties of the citizen.
There ought to be one day – just one – when there is open season on senators.
