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Senate Change Reveals Obama Was the Obstructionist All Along

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, January 08 2015

Throughout Barack Obama's White House tenure, he and his apologists have scapegoated House Republicans as the source of governmental obstruction and dysfunction. The allegation was inaccurate, as a simple comparison between the number of House bills passed under Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) versus the number of Senate bills passed under former Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) reveals. After just one day of the new Republican House and Senate majorities, however, any residual ambiguity whatsoever has evaporated. The Keystone XL pipeline, now entering year six of debate…

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