Gop Obstruction

Obama Nominees Still Hanging In The Balance

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 03.24.2012

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are returning to Washington in an angry mood over President Barack Obama's appointments to two key agencies duri...

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Legislative Pace In Senate About To Get More Glacial

Roll Call | Kathleen Hunter & Anna Palmer | Posted 06.05.2011

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The legislative pace in the Senate has slowed to a crawl, and it looks like it's about to get even slower....

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Quiet Deal On Obama Judicial Nominees Unfolds In Senate After Prolonged GOP Blockade

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — After a monthslong blockade, Senate Republicans have agreed to let at least 19 of President Barack Obama's non-controversial judici...

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Jason Linkins

GOP Senators Invoke Christmas In Order To Pointlessly Obstruct The START Treaty

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senators looking to pointlessly obstruct the re-ratification of the START treaty -- something that virtually everyone outside of Washington's radical-...

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David Brooks Reveals His Problem With Republicans

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York Times columnist David Brooks debated Republican Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) at an American Enterprise Institute forum Thursday and, amid a large ...

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Senate Republicans Plan To Block Virtually All Democratic-Backed Bills

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans intend to block action on virtually all Democratic-backed legislation unrelated to tax cuts and government spend...

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Republicans Now Blocking Obama's Picks For Lower Courts, Dems Threaten Retaliation

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats said Thursday that Republicans were preventing votes on some of President Barack Obama's U.S. district court nomin...

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Sam Stein

2010 Elections To Usher In Era Of Gridlock

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was a historic session -- one of the most productive since the New Deal -- but in the end, it was brief. Four years after taking over Congress with...

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The Big O's Mojo Has Been Here All Along

Cody Gault | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cody Gault

Somehow, it has become common wisdom that Obama was sent to the White House to change America, and that he failed to do it. That's nonsense.

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What If John Boehner Smoked Marijuana?

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robbie Gennet

Boehner's statements on cigarettes have a strong Libertarian slant. If that's true for lethal and addictive products like cigarettes and alcohol, why wouldn't it be true for recreational use of non-lethal, medicinal cannabis?

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Obama Judicial Appointees BLOCKED By GOP: President Getting Fewer Nominees Confirmed Than Nixon

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A determined Republican stall campaign in the Senate has sidetracked so many of the men and women nominated by President Barack Oba...

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Senate Dysfunction Could Be Tackled By Chamber's Newest Members

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Those who hold the Senate in low esteem can get a sympathetic ear from some of the chamber's newer members. These lawmakers also ar...

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Senate's Next Top Model: The Obstructionist GOP Edition (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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From health care reform to the confirmation of countless Obama administration appointees, Republican members of the United States Senate have been on ...

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GOP Willing To Rely On 'Party Of No' Reputation For Midterm Elections

The Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans say polls suggest that they can oppose all of these initiatives by casting them into a broader critique of Democrats increasing the size o...

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Senate's Summer Recess In Peril: Capitol Hill Gridlock May Require Curtailing August Break

Posted 05.25.2011

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Every August Senators take a break from their legislative duties for a month-long summer recess. But Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Thursday the lengt...

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Democrats Slam GOP's Secret Holds On Obama Nominees

Posted 05.25.2011

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The number of Obama nominees being blocked by Senate Republicans dropped under 100 this week, as Lael Brainard was confirmed as the Treasury Departmen...

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DNC Launches Ad Attacks Mitch McConnell As 'What's Wrong With Washington'

The Plumline | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now the Democratic National Committee, seeking to elevate McConnell's remarks, is going up with a new ad, sent over by a source, blasting McConnell as...

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Unprecedented and Inexcusable Obstructionism

Nan Aron | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nan Aron

How does a small group of Republican Senators manage to hold up the confirmation process? They continually refuse to vote on nominations, force cloture votes, and place anonymous holds on nominees.

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How Mitch McConnell Planned GOP's Blockade Of Democratic Agenda

The New York Times | CARL HULSE and ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Before the health care fight, before the economic stimulus package, before President Obama even took office, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican m...

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Obama Can't Fire Anyone: The Hidden Cost of Senate Gridlock

The Washington Post | Ezra Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Like virtually all of Washington, the Senate shut down last week in the face of heavy snow. But while a closed gas station is very different from an o...

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Obama's Health Care Summit -- Why the GOP Will Try to Bow Out

Ryan Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

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For health care reform to pass would mean that the administration actually got something done. So the GOP's plan is to think of reasons to back out of the proposed health care summit.

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Harry Reid: Republicans Are Endangering National Security

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 02.02.2010

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday accused Republicans of endangering national security, flipping a traditional GOP line of attack....

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Inhofe: 'We've Had All The Fun We're Going To Have'

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican senators have repeatedly denied that they are delaying health care reform for delay's sake, saying the American public wants more time to c...

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No Men: The Most Ornery, Obstructionist Senators

The Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Sen. Joe Lieberman issued fresh threats to filibuster any health-care reform proposal including a public option, he did more than just blunt the ...

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Obama Judicial Appointments Barely Moving Because Of GOP Blocks

Washington Post | Michael A. Fletcher | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama has not made significant progress in his plan to infuse federal courts with a new cadre of judges, and liberal activists are beginning...

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