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It wasn't the left wing of the Democratic party that prevented implementation of the full Obama agenda - it was the right wing - the "Blue Dogs." That prevented there being enough votes to overcome the mountain of filibusters. And the death of Ted Kennedy and his subsequent replacement by a Republican further hampered the ability to overcome a filibuster. It is rewriting history to suggest that a majority in the Senate was sufficient to move forward with Obama's legislative agenda. Minority leader Mitch McConnell, in his quest to make Obama a one term president, undertook an unprecedented number of filibusters. One can only hope that he is returned to minority leader again.
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Second, Id didn't say the Dems has a super-majority for the first two years. However, I did say the Repubs didn't have the votes to stop legislation. They did have the filibuster, but in spite of that, Obama in his first term and the Dems still got (and this is not a complete list): American Recovery and Investment Act Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Children’s Health Insurance Re-authorization Act Omnibus Public Lands Management Act Serve America Act Protecting Incentives for the Adoption of Children with Special Needs Act of 2009 Helping Families Save Their Homes Act Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 Credit CARD Technical Corrections Act of 2009 Human Rights Enforcement Act of 2009 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 PATRIOT Act Extension Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 Prevent all Cigarette Trafficking Act Haiti Debt Relief and Earthquake Recovery Act of 2010 Cost of Living Adjustment for Members of Congress Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010 Omnibus Trade Act of 2010 Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act FDA Food Safety Modernization Act So, sorry that those pesky Repubs made the job of running up the deficit a bit harder, but I think there was still an abundance of legislation signed in the first two years - and beyond. To say that the Prez has not been able to enact a significant portion of his agenda is absurd. |
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Have you purchased a subscription to the Wapo? If so, you might have a scintilla of a point. Otherwise, you can take your sanctimonious BS and fertilize your garden with it. |
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