Jim Bunning
Jim Bunning
James Paul David "Jim" Bunningis an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and politician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 October 1931
CitySouthgate, KY
CountryUnited States of America
records wiped
I think their records should all be wiped out.
congress leave twenty
Basically, he says, 'In your face. Twenty games, take it or leave it.' That's completely unacceptable to the Congress,
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Baseball and the players only act when Congress threatens you, so why should we believe you are serious now?
nomination senate support
I will not be able to support his nomination on the Senate floor.
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I believe the majority of Americans don't want a chief executive who spends more time huddling with lawyers than he does performing his job. People don't want this travesty to drag on.
colleagues move tough watching
I and my colleagues will be watching very closely, and if things unravel, we still have tough legislation we can move through Congress.
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I and millions of fans think that's pathetic, ... It's obvious to everyone in this room that baseball and the players only act when Congress threatens you.
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But what matters now is whether the agreement is followed as it has been outlined to me, other members of Congress and the public,
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For whatever reason, you just can't get your act together and get the job done, ... I and millions of fans think that is pathetic.
act fans millions whatever
For whatever reason, you just can't get it done, and you can't get your act together, ... I and millions of fans think that's pathetic.
playing risk
It is going to be up to the players, ... And I don't think too many of them will risk playing with fire.
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Marriage matters to our society. Mothers and fathers both matter to children. Only a man and a woman have the ability to create children.
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I think, seriously, that they are under the opinion that we will not act, ... We tried to explain to them that we are going to act because of their failure to do so, and I don't think it's sunk in.
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Well, the World Series has come and gone, and they still have not come to an agreement, so we're going to move ahead in Congress, ... It's my opinion that Major League Baseball and the players union will not come to an agreement that's satisfactory.