Congress has changed the Social Security system over time, and over 20 times in the past Congress has raised taxes on Social Security in payroll taxes into the system.
Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in the house of Congress.
When it comes to being a responsible steward of the economy, Congress needs to either lead by promoting a pro-growth economic agenda - or, better yet, get the heck out of the way.
The process for producing public policy in Congress is flawed. The process itself kills policy ideas through the bypassing of the rules and procedural decisions that limit discussion.
In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands.
As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.
Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress.
In theory, it is illegal to make the basement into a bureaucratic purgatory. In 1994, for instance, Congress prohibited agencies from making significant changes in a whistleblower's 'working conditions' as punishment for speaking out.
The Rafale deal narrative that the Congress is setting is a propaganda that has international ramifications.
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.
Until we make campaigns affordable, then we're going to have too many members of Congress out rattling the cup with special interest groups.
Joe Scarborough was one of 74 Republicans elected to the Congress in 1994 in response to the missteps of the early Clinton era. He was the first Republican elected to Congress from his northern Florida district since the 1870s and handily won re-election three times.
Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA.
Redistricting and a broken, polarized Congress have made it tough to be a moderate in Congress.
I ran for Congress in 1996 to help Ted Kennedy pass a comprehensive health insurance reform bill.
The United States Constitution does not one time even mention marriage. It neither requires Congress or the states to adopt same-sex marriage laws nor does it forbid them from maintaining traditional marriage laws.
Negotiating deals among members of Congress is an exercise in wearing masks, scaring up votes, and, oftentimes, bluffing.
The final line in the Second Amendment says, 'The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' That means not by the president, not by Congress.
In Barack Obama's second term, with his legislative agenda dead in a Republican-controlled Congress, the president turned to executive unilateralism on an innovative scale.
In the Congress, for every small thing, you have to consult the general secretaries.
