What specific Obama policies did Republicans filibuster in the 111th Congress?
Because I will be attending a conference all day today entirely unrelated to politics, I won’t have much (if any) time to blog. In order to get something up that might stimulate some discussion, in lieu of a traditional post (is there such a thing as a “traditional” blog post?), I’ll share part of an exchange from the thread following a left-of-center Facebook friend’s post..
Answering one of his friend’s contention that there were many reasons to vote against Mitt Romney, “most of which would seriously damage the country and the world”, I replied that the incumbent’s policies have already done enough damage:
It’s time for a change and some real reform. And given today’s [this exchange was on Friday] anemic employment numbers, we know the current policies aren’t working. Romney is far from perfect, but at least his policies will start to repair the damage of the last 3 1/2 years.
An Obama supporter retorted, “The reason why the recovery has been anemic is that every single attempt the democrats have attempted to try to fix the economy have been filibustered by the republicans. ”
Reminding him how much of his agenda the president pushed through from 2009-2010, I asked this interlocutor to specify which particular bills Republicans had successfully filibustered in the 111th Congress. (And what attempts Obama had made to lobby moderate Senate Republicans to switch their votes on cloture.) Not just that, I asked Obmaa’s defenders to specify further which particular Bush policies helped drive us into the ditch.
None did. Maybe some of our critics can.
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Meanwhile, almost 30 jobs bills passed by the House languish in the Senate because Harry Reid — the 1-man filibuster — refuses to allow them to be voted on. Ponder that the next time an Obamacrat whines about “obstruction.”
Comment by V the K — July 8, 2012 @ 11:07 am - July 8, 2012
Oh, this is easy.
The Republican House has blocked:
1. The Stimulus…no, he got that.
2. Healthcare Reform…uh, he got that too.
3. Dodd/Frank…crickey, he signed that one too.
4. The Obama 2012 Budget…ok, they will block it just as soon as Harry Reid wraps up the 2011 budget, I’m sure.
5. The Keystone Pipeline…Hillary must be a Republican then.
6. Gulf of Mexico exploration…Ken Salazar too, sneaky lot.
7. Ohio Shale…red state Buckeye kooks.
8. The 16,000 IRS Agents required to enforce Obamacare. Wither Liberty.
Comment by boatseller — July 8, 2012 @ 4:53 pm - July 8, 2012
Why on Earth would the Republicans pass any Democratic bill that they don’t believe would help anything? The Republicans have real solutions that the Democrats won’t pass, and anything the Republicans won’t pass would probably hurt the economy if it does anything.
The Obama sycophants are saying that the Republicans not passing legislation that they don’t believe will help is “obstructionism” or something, even though the Democrats are also not passing legislation and are therefore also practicing “obstructionism” if we’re being consistent. It is really quite simple, but the Obama sycophants refuse to understand things as they are.
Comment by Rattlesnake — July 9, 2012 @ 7:47 pm - July 9, 2012
Someone squealed that Rubio should be arrested and tried for treason for obstructing the Bamster. Still waiting for an explanation of what he obstructed.
Comment by TGC — July 10, 2012 @ 2:41 am - July 10, 2012
The silence of Levi, Insipidity, George, rusty, and Cinesnatch is quite telling.
Comment by V the K — July 10, 2012 @ 2:38 pm - July 10, 2012