As they see it.

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"Having a productive time sharing ideas on good gov't w/ legislators around the nation at the @NCSL org's annual summit."

--Tweet by Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey (R) of Tennessee from the Legislative Summit in Chicago in August.

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"Someone who owes $200,000, and you're not going after these people? Those people are taking advantage of the state."

--Maryland Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty (D) in The Washington Post, expressing his frustration that the transportation authority is not doing enough to collect millions of dollars in unpaid tolls from rental car companies and drivers using the state's E-ZPass lanes.

"I have always believed the idea of part-time legislators receiving pensions is just not right. That just is beyond the pale. Even if the budget was great and we had a huge surplus of funds, it's still not right."

--Kentucky Representative David Floyd (R), sponsor of a bill that would allow lawmakers to opt-out of the state's pension system.

"It's nuts that we've got this many prostitutes in prison, people that we're not afraid of, but we're just mad at."

--Texas Senator John Whitmire (D) in the Austin-American...