On Issues Relating To Taxes,

If I Could Leave This Body With One Wish, It Would Be That We Never Give Up That Search For Common Ground, .. The Politics Of Common Ground Will Not Be Found On The Far Right, Or On The Far Left. That Is Not Where Most Americans Live. We Will Only Find It On The Firm Middle Ground, Based On Common Sense And Shared Values.

If Journalism Is The First Draft Of History, Then The Internet Simply Has Provided A New Means For Delivering That Draft Far And Wide Very Quickly.

Literally Minutes Before The Senate Cast Its Vote, The Administration Sought To Add The Words 'in The United States And' After 'appropriate Force' In The Agreed-upon Text. This Last-minute Change Would Have Given The President Broad Authority To Exercise Expansive Powers Not Just Overseas-where We All Understood He Wanted Authority To Act-but Right Here In The United States, Potentially Against American Citizens. I Could See No Justification For Congress To Accede To This Extraordinary Request For Additional Authority. I Refused.

[i Am] Saddened, Saddened, That This President [bush] Failed So Miserably At Diplomacy That We're Now Forced To Go To War. Saddened That We Have To Give Up One Life Because This President Couldn't Create The Kind Of Diplomatic Effort That Was So Critical For Our Country.

America Has Lost An Icon. Ronald Reagan's Leadership Will Inspire Americans For Generations To Come. His Patriotism And Devotion To Our Country Will Never Be Forgotten.