Obama scores worst legislative record in history (Page 2): No! Obama Did Not Control Congress His First Two Years! 7 Comments 151 Share Can we, once and for all, put that lie to...

moldyoldy

reconreb wrote:

Whoa big boy ,, He had the house and senate for 2 yrs ,, what excuse ya got to enlighten us with now ,, he told the repubs to shut up elections have consequence's and to get in the backseat , made no attempt to work with repubs and now you whine that they did not play ball ,, give me a break old mold !!!!!!

No! Obama Did Not Control Congress His First Two Years!
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Can we, once and for all, put that lie to rest? People I actually like and respect heard this on Fox (to be precise, you probably heard it the last time on “Morning Joe” with Joe Scarborough in mid-April of this year) and keep repeating it. But I don’t care if you heard it in Sunday School (and in Kansas… you may have) – it’s a lie.
Before I accuse anybody of being unbelievably forgetful, I will admit that I can’t remember what I had for breakfast today. Being forgetful is not a crime. Lying is sometimes a crime, but when you lie on internet political blogs, that’s not a crime. However, it should tug at your conscience a bit.
Let’s take a trip back to 2008.
And let’s brush up on some basics. First, did you forget that the President needed 60 votes to pass legislation? The healthcare bill is a good example of that. There were NOT 60 Democrats in the Senate. Remember that? So there had to be reconciliation.
What about the Stimulus? Again, there was NOT 60 Democratic votes to pass it. Reconciliation did not work. It was blocked by the Republicans, and Obama traded job-creating for tax cuts. Remember those tax cuts he let go on? Yep, traded for job creation - which it did accomplish as much as the baby stimulus that he was able to get would allow.
Is it all coming back to you now? How about this: It was Obama’s inaugural dinner. Senator Kennedy suffered a seizure. It’s kind of hard to work when you’ve had a seizure. He went back to Massachusetts.
Old news is so much fun to go back and read about. Here’s one I had forgotten, too. Al Franken had not yet been seated because the previous senator had challenged the election. Mein Gott, that went on forever with no way for him to vote in the Senate.
With Kennedy in Massachusetts and Franken in purgatory, awaiting his chance in the hell that is Congress, that left just 58 votes in the Senate. Memory Refresher: It took 60 votes to pass a bill in the Senate. The Republicans were already playing dirty politics and would not work across the aisle with the Democrats.
By the way, that was 56 Democrats and 2 Democratically-minded Independents. Not 58 Democrats.
Then, in April 2009 – good news. Republican Arlen Spector switched to Democrat. That gave the Democrats 60 seats with which to discourage a Republican filibuster (their most prized procedure at the time). But… oh no… we forgot, Al Franken was still in Purgatory out there in election recount turmoil. So… back to 59 votes.
We can pause here to lovingly remember the filibuster I just mentioned. Republicans made history during that time by using it more than any time ever before. Reminder (because this can get confusing): It takes 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. The Democrats only had 59 at this point… technically. One of those votes was the very ill, Senator Kennedy. He did cast one vote during that time.
Then, Senator Byrd was admitted to the hospital.
Then Al Franken was sworn in but Byrd was still in the hospital and Kennedy was too sick to ever vote again.
Senator Byrd finally returned, but Kennedy did not.
It wasn’t until August- 2009 that Senator Kirk was appointed to Kennedy’s seat, and finally they had the 60 votes.
That filibuster-proof 60 votes lasted exactly 4 months – Not 2 years. Not 1 year. Not 6 months.
Just 4 months – from August 2009 to February 2010 - when Scott Brown was sworn in.
But here’s a fact that nobody can deny:
Republicans had the presidency, the House, and the Senate from 2001 – 2007.
For six years, Republicans had total and complete and undeniably absolute control over everything.
And how did that work out in the final analysis?
It doesn’t bear repeating. You know the answer to that as well as I do. Six years to screw up the whole country – nay, the entire damned world!
And you whine because Obama could not fix it all in four months?
Alright, I expect you to whine. But from this point on there is no excuse for lying. Not now that you know the truth.

http://cjonline.com/blog/lucinda/2012-06-01/no-obama-did-not-control-congress-his-first-two-years

Ricko Loc: Florida

lpnmajor wrote:

Since the Congress is the legislative branch of the Government - you know where THAT fault lies. You can try to blame Obama if you wish, but the rest of us know that's total bullshit. Had Obama called for the elimination of all welfare programs, the Congress would have doubled them - just to spite Obama. We hired a crew of 6 year olds to run the country, this past year we hired even more - and a toddler to lead them. Way to go America!

ipn-you are now on a par with Raylan, CoolBreeze, and Dr. Dross. lol Good Luck America !!!

Radiance3

Rivers wrote:

b Signed less bills into law than one-term Carter... (show quote)

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Those are some of the reasons why Mr. Obama has the poorest records of legislative history. Remember he has the pen and the phone? He by-passed Congress, the Constitution, and made about 75 executive edicts needing Congress approval. He violated the Constitution by doing this.

moldyoldy

Radiance3 wrote:

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Those are some of the reasons why Mr. Obama has the poorest records of legislative history. Remember he has the pen and the phone? He by-passed Congress, the Constitution, and made about 75 executive edicts needing Congress approval. He violated the Constitution by doing this.

What do you do when congress refuses to do anything at all?

Alicia Loc: NYC

moldyoldy wrote:

Since congress only wanted to vote on one thing,repeal ACA, they were the do nothing congress. Get it right.

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Right on!