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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (146345)	10/21/2014 9:07:41 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Doesn't matter. Nothing moved in Congress anyway. The veto pen and super majority is all that matters. The Republicans have passed hundreds of bills from the House and Harry Reid never calls any of them up for a vote. Who is really is the Party of obstruction? I thought elections mattered, or it is only when the Democrats win that they matter? nbcnews.com PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, here's the issue. I think elections matter. I think votes matter. And given the fact that the punditry overwhelmingly felt that this was going to-- CHUCK TODD: You’re overtly pointing at me. PRESIDENT OBAMA: That-- that this was going to be a good year for Senate Republicans, because the seats that were up were in states that were tilting or significantly with-- with significant Republican majorities. If we-- if democrats hold the Senate, I think that should get Republicans to once again-- CHUCK TODD: You think that sends a national message? PRESIDENT OBAMA: I think what it does is-- is to-- to send a message to Republicans that people want to get stuff done. Their-- their strategy of just obstructing and saying no to every piece of legislation PS: Name one piece of legislation that the Republicans have said no to.