I'm a proponent of single-payer health-care, public education, protecting the environment - all the things Democrats rally around.
During consideration in the Education and the Workforce Committee this year, Democrats and Republicans worked constructively together to improve the delivery of Head Start services to the target populations.
Sweden is an open, liberal, secular and democratic country. We strive towards achieving equality; we are forward-looking and refuse to be pulled back by social constructs such as religion.
The return to the Organization of the United States of America, the bearers of a great and diversified democratic culture that has inspired many other peoples.
Obama's policies have been approximately the same as Bush's, though there have been some slight differences, but that's not a great surprise. The Democrats supported Bush's policies.
I'm willing to meet with anyone, Democrat or Republican, who has a good idea, an open mind and a willingness to come together to tackle the challenges we face.
My vision is to have an independent Kosovo, democratic, with a politically tolerant society and with a solid economy, integrated into the EU, the NATO and to continue with our good relations with the USA.
But for us Democrats, Obamacare is a badge of honor. Because no matter who you are, what stage of life you're in, this law is a good thing.
Market forces and capitalism by themselves aren't sufficient to ensure the common good and to limit the concentration of wealth at levels that are compatible with democratic ideals.
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
Democrats who see virtue in the estate tax are doing the equivalent of aborting future enterprises. They deprive businesses of oxygen with their support for capital gains taxes and disregard for contracts.
For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better in the future. This double standard must end.
What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are committed to a future which is exclusively peaceful and democratic.
We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.
I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I start to nod off.
I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.
A free and democratic Arab world aligns with America's security interests.
Am I a Republican? Yes. Am I a Democrat? Yes. Am I a conservative? Yes. Am I a liberal? Yes.
Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world.
For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.
Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers.
