America Has Lost An Icon. Ronald Reagan's

When You're In The Minority, It Doesn't Matter What You're Agenda Is, You're Not Going To Have The Degree Of Freedom That You Have As A Member Of The Majority.

Make No Mistake, Tax Cheaters Cheat Us All, And The Irs Should Enforce Our Laws To The Letter.

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.

On Issues Relating To Taxes, You Don't Always Speak With One Voice.