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There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

All presidents get frustrated with Congress.

— Marco Rubio

It's the job of the president to negotiate, but it's the job of Congress to approve.

— Tom Cotton

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

— Milton Berle

Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when the whole thing freezes up?

— Jonathan Haidt

A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real challenges in getting along with the Congress.

— Richard V. Allen

We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!

— Dan Burton

Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.

— Mark McKinnon

Congress is the appropriate place to make laws about our country's immigration policy; it is not something that the president gets to decide on his own.

— John Barrasso

The president can't succeed without Congress, and Congress can't succeed without the president. The image of one depends on the image of another. It is not a zero-sum game.

— John Quelch

I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.

— Barber Conable

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