Thursday, October 25, 2012

Truer than true can be


Notwithstanding the fact that the Republicans have the GALL to blame sequestration on the President because he signed the bill on the deal (!!!) that they forced on him, they also are hitting him on not being able to work with Congress.  That would be an intransigent, uncompromising House of Representatives led by the loathsome Eric Cantor and the spineless John Boehner, and a Senate behind Mitch "One Term President Obama" McConnell.

That's why this Huffington Post article is devastatingly true:

Republicans Filibuster Everything, Romney Blames Obama for Not Working With Congress

Here's the partial list that came with the article:


"What bills have the Republicans filibustered? To name a few:
H.R. 12 - Paycheck Fairness Act
H.R. 448 -- Elder Abuse Victims Act
H.R. 466 - Wounded Veteran Job Security Act
H.R. 515 - Radioactive Import Deterrence Act
H.R. 549 -- National Bombing Prevention Act
H.R. 577 - Vision Care for Kids Act
H.R. 626 - Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act
H.R. 1029 - Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act
H.R. 1168 -- Veterans Retraining Act
H.R. 1171 - Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization
H.R. 1293 -- Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act
H.R. 1429 -- Stop AIDS in Prison Act
H.R.5281 -- DREAM Act
S.3985 -- Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act
S.3816 -- Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act
S.3369 -- A bill to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities
S.2237 -- Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act
S.2343 -- Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act
S.1660 -- American Jobs Act of 2011
S.3457 -- Veterans Jobs Corps Act"

 "During the president's first two years in office, the 111th Congress, there were 137 cloture motions filed to end Republican filibusters. During the president's second two years, the 112th Congress, there were 109 motions filed to end Republican filibusters and we still have a few more months to go. 246 total cloture motions. Compare this to George W. Bush's first term when there were a total of 133 cloture motions filed"

It isn't the Do-Nothing Congress.  It's the Willfully-Refuse-to-do-Anything-Useful Congress.

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