Subject: Government » Congress

Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language’s most offensive C-word.

(1977 – ) British political comedian & television host

Congress

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

Congress: A strange forum where people get up and speak, nobody listens, and then everyone disagrees at the top of their lungs.

With Congress, every time they make a joke it’s a law, and every time they make a law it’s a joke.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Rear: In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

Statistics have proven that the surest way to get anything out of the public mind and never hear of it again is to have a Senate Committee appointed to look into it.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

(1858 – 1919) 26th U.S. president

Talk is cheap – except when Congress does it.

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer

If “con” is the opposite of "pro," then isn’t Congress the opposite of progress?

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

The difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

In Washington, a man gets up to speak and doesn't say a thing, and the other men disagree with him for three hours.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex, but Congress can.

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer

The more zeros found in the price tag for a government program, the less Congressional scrutiny it will receive.

The legislature's job is to write law; it's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Congress: A body of men brought together to slow down the government.

Space expands to house the people to perform the work that Congress creates.

Senate: A body of elderly gentlemen charged with high duties and misdemeanors.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Confucius perspired out more knowledge than the U.S. Senate has vocalized out in the last 50 years.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

I don't know what was wrong with my television last night, but I was getting C-Span and the Home Shopping Network on the same station, and I actually bought a congressman.

(1951 – ) American comedian & writer