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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (887681)	9/14/2015 3:06:34 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573794

"the actions of the Democrats in Congress while Bush was in office speak louder than words" I know. He needed their votes, and they gave it to him. President Bush signs historic $700 billion plan aimed at stemming credit crisis According to voting results, 172 Democrats voted in favor of the bill while 62 opposed it; and 91 Republicans voted for it and 108 voted against it. money.cnn.com " the level of obstructionism that the Democrats demonstrated at the time was "unprecedented" as well." What did they obstruct? 2 tax cuts? Medicare D? 2 wars? People? The Senate GOP's Unprecedented Obstruction In Five Charts ...and it’s not just judges. Republicans have filibustered more of President Obama’s executive branch nominees than were filibustered under all other presidents combined. From 1949 through the end of 2008, the Senate held cloture votes to end filibusters of 20 executive branch nominees. So far in the Obama administration, the Senate has held cloture votes on 27 executive branch nominees. That means the Senate GOP is on pace to filibuster over twice as many of President Obama’s executive branch nominees as the total number filibustered under all previous presidents combined. - See more at: rightwingwatch.org