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And for the record .... I rarely ever read politically biased news sources.
I am not into extremist Left Wing websites or blogs.
I get my news primarily from major newspaper websites, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, etc, and whatever links are provided in Google News.
And I mostly watch CNN for news.
In contrast, some here go straight to the Extreme Right-Wing websites, and then post whatever they find as a new thread here in the Politics forum.
If you had read the comment I was responding to, you would have realized I was responding to someone who claimed President Obama hada filibuster proof senate.
I guess reading comprehension isnt popular on this site.
Pot, meet Kettle.
You are the one who interjected filibuster proof into the thread!
My comment was that the Republicans could not have stopped anything that the Dimmies wanted to pass and then I included some examples to back up that claim!
This was not just challenging the other party, as the link also says. They planned to make sure no meaning full legislation got through. You can pretend all you want, but your party was never willing to negotiate.
its one of the reasons Olympia Snowe left the senate.
Are you writing this cr@p with a straight face?
Some 'snippets: ..
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It took a while, but the media seem to have finally noticed Senate majority leader Harry Reid’s unprecedented obstructionism.
The New York Times reported last week on Reid’s “brutish style” and “uncompromising control” over the amendments process in the Senate. Why are more people finally catching on to Reid’s flagrant disregard for Senate customs? In part because conservatives aren’t the only ones complaining.
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Moderate Republicans who occasionally vote with Democrats and help broker bipartisan compromise are annoyed as well. Senator Lisa Murkowki of Alaska told the New York Times she was “kind of fed up” with Reid’s obstructionism. “He’s a leader. Why is he not leading this Senate? Why is he choosing to ignore the fact that he has a minority party that he needs to work with, that actually has some decent ideas? Why is he bringing down the institution of the Senate?”
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They note that House Republicans passed more than 200 bills in 2013, many of which Reid has refused to hold votes on in the Senate.
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Reid has refused to bring up measures that would almost certainly pass with bipartisan support, such as legislation approving construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, or the aforementioned medical-device-tax repeal. He has also refused to consider legislation to impose new sanctions on Iran: A majority of Senate Democrats support the idea, but it’s strongly opposed by the White House.
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In reality, of the 72 bills President Obama signed into law last year, only 16 originated in the Senate.
You get the idea why I said cr@p?
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Read the Huffington Post article I linked.
