The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts. That's your money.

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Congress is not an ATM.

Congress is not an ATM.

Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time...

Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time...

It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the...

It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the...

Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President...

Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President...

One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way:...

One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way:...

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the...

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the...

We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws,...

We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws,...

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a...

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a...

The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking...

The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking...

It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is...

It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is...

This war is not necessary. We are truly sleepwalking through history.

This war is not necessary. We are truly sleepwalking through history.

I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through...

I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through...

To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences.

To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences.

Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having...

Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having...

And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an...

And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an...

Our ideals of freedom, set forth and realized in our Constitution, are our greatest export...

Our ideals of freedom, set forth and realized in our Constitution, are our greatest export...

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty...

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty...