Neera Tanden

Public Servant

1970-09-10

Quotes by Neera Tanden

• Republicans fear Nancy Pelosi because she has Teflon skin and a spine of steel - and because she is a progressive woman who wields power with supreme potency and without a moment of apology or uncertainty.

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• Our society strangely tolerates mocking Indians.

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• When we created the Center for American Progress in 2002, the left really only had single-issue groups, like labor unions, and think tanks, like the Economic Policy Institute, that did particular issues. There weren't ideologically based organizations.

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• One of my bosses, as it happens, was Elena Kagan. And I had pretty good vantage for watching her as she crafted policy that could survive those political times.

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• After every election, the victors try to define and act on their mandate.

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• We used lunch vouchers at school and food stamps at the supermarket. And after we moved out of our house, a federal subsidy allowed us to get an apartment and stay in a town with good public schools. It wasn't easy. But we eventually got back on our feet because of the investments Democrats had made to support struggling families.

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