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Barack Obama
In reply to the discussion: Let's give President Obama what he needs and deserves! [View all]sheshe2
(83,746 posts)29. You are posting to a thread in the Barack Obama Group.
This is a GROUP and not a FORUM!
Barack Obama
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I didn't make the rules at the BOG, the administrators at DU did. If you have a problem with that you may take it up with them.
We deal with facts in this group not fiction...your post was debunked a long time ago.
Debunking the Myth: Obama's Two-Year Supermajority
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A supermajority is a filibuster-proof 60 or more Senate seats, allowing one party to pass legislation without votes from the other,
Don't forget: the president needed a supermajority because of the Republicans' unprecedented use of the filibuster as an obstruction tactic -- they've used it more than 400 times.
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In August, Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts died and the number went back down to 59 again until Paul Kirk temporarily filled Kennedy's seat in September.
Any pretense of a supermajority ended on February 4, 2010 when Republican Scott Brown was sworn into the seat Senator Kennedy once held.Do you see a two-year supermajority?
I didn't think so.
Don't forget: the president needed a supermajority because of the Republicans' unprecedented use of the filibuster as an obstruction tactic -- they've used it more than 400 times.
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In August, Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts died and the number went back down to 59 again until Paul Kirk temporarily filled Kennedy's seat in September.
Any pretense of a supermajority ended on February 4, 2010 when Republican Scott Brown was sworn into the seat Senator Kennedy once held.Do you see a two-year supermajority?
I didn't think so.
The rest here~
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-m-granholm/debunking-the-myth-obamas_b_1929869.html
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This IS the proper path! Especially in Rethug redistricted districts that are consolidated...
cascadiance
Jul 2013
#9
Just because a district has been redistricted by Republicans doesn't mean it is "more conservative"
cascadiance
Jul 2013
#22
If you want the President to sign more legislation then the only answer is to elect a
grantcart
Jul 2013
#25