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It's time for all of us to unite across the state of Washington to build a working Washington. Let's get to work.
The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
In their political careers, Obama and Biden faced down lobbyists, Tea Party carpetbaggers, and Washington gridlock.
Only in Washington can the pursuit of a conservative agenda, with centrist policies, be depicted as liberal reform.
Public displays of puritanical religiosity mask the private perversions of the real Washington behind closed doors.
There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.
I don't think it's rational for a country to try to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador in a restaurant in Washington.
I coached in Washington - and in Washington, you lose the ballgame, it's a bad Monday, I just want to tell you that.
Washington, D.C., is the new Wall Street. No significant financial transaction of any consequence occurs without it.
I'm running because Hoosiers deserve a senator who makes promises here in Indiana and then keeps them in Washington.
Trump assumed office promising to 'drain the swamp' in Washington, D.C. Instead, the swamp has grown wider and deeper.
Washington's a mess, but that's not stopping me from getting bills to help Montana signed into law by President Trump.
Unfortunately, even during a pandemic we've seen a process in Washington that makes no sense for the needs of Mainers.
Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is.
In Washington, task forces work like Tylenol: they reduce the symptoms of scandal while leaving the substance untouched.
What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.
Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues.
From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.
I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.
In his time both on the field and on the sideline, Jack Pardee will forever be a part of the Washington Redskins' legacy.
Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable.
Sometimes in Washington you get a little disconnected. I want to make sure I know what people are actually doing each day.
I had very few friends. There was nobody I could trust. I left home when I was fifteen. I lived in Washington Square Park.
I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.
Covering Capitol Hill was my first assignment in political journalism, and I still think it is the best beat in Washington.
There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.
Enough is enough. Enough of the waste. Enough of the spending. Enough of the debt. Enough of the arrogance in Washington, D.C.
People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
I didn't grow up in public life. I lived with my mother in Boston, not in Washington, DC, so I was somewhat sheltered from that.
There's nothing greener than Washington state. They have the most beautiful vegetation on the planet. And the water is so clean.
I did 'Fences' off-broadway at the Beacon Theater, so it's amazing that Denzel Washington and Viola Davis brought it to Broadway.
In Washington, I will never vote to raise taxes, I will fight to repeal healthcare reform, and I will work to balance the budget.
You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have to earn your way.
Between the fundraising, being away from family, the environment of hyperpartisanship, Washington is really stressing people out.
Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other.
Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.
For far too long, Washington has denied the American citizens of Puerto Rico vital human services and adequate health care funding.
We are in a movement that must not fade away. The bosses are you. The people in Washington are public servants, and they serve you.
We should show Washington how we do it in North Dakota. I'm running to stop the over-regulating of our economy and start growing it.
I don't think for one second anyone believes the 'Washington Post' and 'New York Times' are anything but aggressively against Trump.
You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's just a person.
'Ghost Canoe' takes place on the storm-tossed tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, where I spent a lot of time hiking and exploring.
Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system. I'll shut it down.
In its early days, Trump's presidency ought to be viewed as the arduous start to the complicated task of draining the Washington swamp.
Washington, D.C., could learn a few budget lessons from Florida. The contrast between our state and the nation's capital is remarkable.
I spent many, many hours in the stack at the University of Washington library just wandering around, when my dad was working, as a kid.
If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move.
Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
Both parties in Washington waste too much of your money. When I worked there, I helped expose waste and abuse by government contractors.