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If you want to know about the character of somebody in public life, look to see if they have a passion that has animated them throughout their life, whether they were in office or out, whether they were winning elections or losing them.
Tim Kaine
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Tim Kaine
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 26
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We should let women make their own decisions.
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It is so painful to suggest that we go back to think about these days where an African-American could not be a citizen of the United States.
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In terms of what Hillary Clinton, who's running for president, thinks about Catholics and the value more broadly of having a faith background, I can tell you she views at it as a plus, just as she views her own Methodism as a plus.
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Almost always, executive orders are within an authority and always within the purview of Congress to change if they want to legislatively change it.
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You [Republicans] are not going to cut taxes. You're going to raise taxes on the middle class.
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I am proud of Hillary Clinton because she has been and is a great history maker - in everything she has done.
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I reported everything I was given, even if I didn't keep - I did not keep the vast majority of it.
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