Quotes of: Capitol-hill Keyword

If Romney were a chair, he'd be a squishy, expensively upholstered easy chair that bore the imprint of whoever last sat on it.

Timothy Noah

There's no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing greenhouse gases.

Timothy Noah

Democrats view elections as a means to an end, while Republicans view an election as an end in itself.

Timothy Noah

If corporations are people, as the Supreme Court wishes us to believe, they are stunningly unpatriotic ones.

Timothy Noah

Just about everything I own was made in China. Just about everything you own was made in China, too.

Timothy Noah

Markets can do many wonderful things, which is why I'm glad to live in a capitalist country.

Timothy Noah

I'm all for lifting the payroll-tax cap, if only to make payroll taxes a little less regressive.

Timothy Noah

Moderates tend more than ideologues to be other-directed types who respond to external pressure.

Timothy Noah

The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it managed to survive.

Timothy Noah

Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word.

Timothy Noah

The United States is a country where practically everybody considers himself middle class.

Timothy Noah

With its Medicaid expansion, Obamacare may turn out to be the most equality-promoting policy enacted in a generation.

Timothy Noah

In the long run, outsourcing is another form of trade that benefits the U.S. economy by giving us cheaper ways to do things.

Janet Yellen

Productivity growth, however it occurs, has a disruptive side to it. In the short term, most things that contribute to productivity growth are very painful.

Janet Yellen

To me, a wise and humane policy is occasionally to let inflation rise even when inflation is running above target.

Janet Yellen

I've got a really sweet tooth and sometimes I just have to have some chocolate.

Kirsty Gallacher

Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains.

Karl Rove

I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.

Karl Rove

Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.

Karl Rove

Wherever you go at SXSW, there you are standing in line. Or watching other people stand in line.

Kara Swisher

Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly. It reminds us that we know we can do better.

Kathryn Schulz