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Obama's legislative record is the worst in US history
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:20 am
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:20 am
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Of course I'm sure this is all Bush's fault, or the Tea Party, or anyone other than the Amatuer in Chief.
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President Obama oversaw the deepest legislative malaise in modern political history, according to the Washington Times Legislative Index, which captures his struggles to find ways to work with a Congressthat ranged from lukewarm to openly hostile toward him.
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Over the course of his eight years, he has signed just 1,227 bills into law — less, even, than one-term Presidents Carter and George H.W. Bush. Digging deeper into the numbers, Congress spent less time in session, handled less business on the chamber floors and generally sputtered for much of Mr. Obama’s tenure, according to The Times’ index.
quote:So when the composition of Congress changed relative to what it was in his first two years, he wasn’t able to accommodate that very well,” said Andrew Busch, a presidential scholar at Claremont McKenna College in California. “He never accustomed himself to operating in a system where he was not the sole player.”
The president was never good at reaching across the aisle.
Of course I'm sure this is all Bush's fault, or the Tea Party, or anyone other than the Amatuer in Chief.
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:22 am to bamarep
Clearly it was the white racist Amerika that did him in.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:23 am to bamarep
For years obama and harry reid conspired to prevent any legislation, not wholly in line with obama's wants and desires, from coming to the floor of the senate.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:25 am to bamarep
I don't think passing fewer bills is necessarily a bad thing. Wrong measure of legislative success.
That said, I'm glad they didn't pass the bills he would have approved of.
That said, I'm glad they didn't pass the bills he would have approved of.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:26 am to bamarep
I'm no fan of Obama. Glad to see him go. IMO, he sowed the seeds for the deepest racial divide since the 60's.
That being said, if you can't place a chunk of the responsibility here on the GOP congress, you are being disingenuous.
That being said, if you can't place a chunk of the responsibility here on the GOP congress, you are being disingenuous.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:26 am to bamarep
quote:I think I see the problem with D.C. in general.
1,227 bills into law — less, even, than one-term Presidents Carter and George H.W. Bush
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:27 am to bamarep
quote:what. a. politician. and they act like new blood into the political system is a bad thing. the truth is the government leaches in Washington are terrified the gravy train is overrrr....
The president was never good at reaching across the aisle. So when the composition of Congress changed relative to what it was in his first two years, he wasn’t able to accommodate that very well,” said Andrew Busch, a presidential scholar at Claremont McKenna College in California. “He never accustomed himself to operating in a system where he was not the sole player.”
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:28 am to bamarep
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Democrats say that’s evidence that the problem lay with a Republican Party determined to deny Mr. Obama any major accomplishments.
By comparison, they pointed to the final two years under President George W. Bush, when Democrats controlled Congress and found ways to work on a number of big issues. Indeed, the 110th Congress placed in the top third in The Times index, passing a major energy bill, a first stab at an economic stimulus, a minimum wage increase and a new GI bill to send veterans from the war on terrorism back to school.
So under President Bush, Congress was able to work together despite being a Democrat controlled House and Senate. But under President Obama, Congress was unable to work together. Sounds to me like Bush was actually willing to work with the opposing side while Obama was not. After all, he is the leader of the country so shouldn't it fall on him?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:29 am to bamarep
Did congress even pass one official budget the entire time he was office?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:32 am to ChEgrad
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Wrong measure of legislative success
Ok, what about the Gallup poll just released where he got a failing grade in 14 of the 19 categories they were asked to grade him on?
How's that measure?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:33 am to bamarep
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said Andrew Busch, a presidential scholar at Claremont McKenna College in California.
This is an ultra-liberal SJW school as well. Means a lot coming from this institution.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:40 am to bamarep
Trump isn't even officially in office yet and he has set more wheels in motion than Obama did in eight years.
Pretty damn amazing for someone who apparently has no political experience and is universally hated by everyone on the left.
Pretty damn amazing for someone who apparently has no political experience and is universally hated by everyone on the left.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:41 am to Ag Zwin
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That being said, if you can't place a chunk of the responsibility here on the GOP congress, you are being disingenuous.
This.
It queers the running of the country when one party just refuses to participate in running it. That is really scary.
We crossed a line at some point where one party won't honor the will of the people and and agree to run the country if they like the president or not.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:43 am to WhiskeyPapa
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It queers the running of the country when one party just refuses to participate in running it. That is really scary
This guy
at your fear
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:44 am to bamarep
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bamarep
Getting in those last jabs while you can huh
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:45 am to bamarep
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Of course I'm sure this is all Bush's fault, or the Tea Party, or anyone other
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Congress spent less time in session, handled less business on the chamber floors and generally sputtered for much of Mr. Obama’s tenure
Good place to start.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:47 am to Jay Quest
No.
McConnell and Ryan are the guilty parties.
I predict right now that they won't do what Trump wants either.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:50 am to WhiskeyPapa
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No.
So it's your opinion harry went out of his way to allow open debate in the senate? Mary Landrieu lost her job, in part, because harry refused to allow an up/down vote on Keystone.
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McConnell and Ryan are the guilty parties. I predict right now that they won't do what Trump wants either.
The problem wasn't with harry not going along with the WH. It was that he took his direction from them.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:56 am to WhiskeyPapa
quote:It's smart politics. The sect of the GOP that Boehner and Ryan couldn't control hold as their central tenet that the federal government doesn't work; and then they head to Washington and ensure it. And then they point out that they were right about it not working.
It queers the running of the country when one party just refuses to participate in running it. That is really scary.
And then they win.
Not a bad strategy if you can swing it and your constituents are gullible.
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 8:57 am
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:56 am to Navytiger74
Why couldn't your boy teach across the aisle?
Republicans never told him they flat out refused to work with him like some Dems are telling Trump.
Republicans never told him they flat out refused to work with him like some Dems are telling Trump.
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