Sentences with phrase «dem obstructionism»

That this speaks as well to McConnell's (and many of his fellow Republicans») obstructionism is hard to miss.

President Obama DID make a statement similar to that, but he has gotten NOTHING but obstructionism from the Republican House.

* But I wouldn't bet on it, given the unprecedented levels of Republican obstructionism in the Senate.

Obstructionism is the practice of deliberately delaying or preventing a process of change and here I am linking it to politics.Generally obstruction here denotes the deliberate interference with the progress of policies by various diabolic means such as filibustering or slow walking in our parliament, and wickedly packaged lies meant to undermine activities of Government.

@PoloHoleSet: I didn't say anything about the target of their obstructionism.

«People across the country are fed up with Republicans putting politics ahead of the public good and McConnell's unprecedented obstructionism has made his entire caucus that much more vulnerable this November,» Shripal Shah, a spokesman for Senate Majority PAC, said in a statement to Roll Call.

Digging our country out of the Great Recession and fighting obstructionism at every turn takes persistence and dedication.

«The Assembly showed admirable leadership this session by including speed safety camera expansion in their one - house budget, but petty politics and obstructionism led by a single state senator means that family members and victims of traffic violence will have to continue their fight during the legislative session,» a press release by Transportation Alternatives stated.

The name for this award is taken from a meeting of the 1922 Committee when one or two Tory MPs decided to vent against Lib Dem obstructionism.

But the rank hypocrisy and lack of empathy demonstrated by those who use «NIMBY» to casually dismiss those whose lives are going to be thoroughly rogered by such proposals is, to my mind, far worse than the perceived obstructionism of the unfortunates who are watching their retirement plans go up in a puff of train steam.

Quoth Wikipedia on obstructionism: Another form of parliamentary obstruction practiced in the United States and other countries is called «slow walking».

Historians will soon acknowledge Obama for his accomplishments in the face of die hard obstructionism.

Democrats should avoid mimicking the obstructionism Republicans applied with former President Obama's U.S. Supreme nominee, Merrick Garland — whose nomination they refused to act on at all — and instead ply Neil Gorsuch with critical questions, former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg said.

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com)- Sen. Charles Schumer (D - N.Y.) on Thursday blamed the Republican minority for sinking congressional approval ratings, calling recent poll results «a referendum on Republican obstructionism.»

Even the NY Times editorial page points out how Daschle lost his seat because of partisan obstructionism of a minority party... hmmm... who's doing that today?

«We Democrats have a chance to take back the Senate,» Clinton said before noting that Democrats running in more moderate states like Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire should be able to use obstructionism in Congress as a «voting issue.»

This obstructionism affects every corner of Long Island.

Dovetailing HUD's decision to deny the county's AI earlier this month, a federal appeals panel also denied the seventh appeal from the county on April 28, ruling that Westchester has engaged in «total obstructionism» regarding its 2009 federal mandate to increase access to affordable housing in more affluent pockets of the county.

«Not only is Senator Skelos wrong, but his obstructionism is yet another example of why New York City must control its own destiny on important local issues,» James said in a statement.

«We have the opportunity to do the good work that we've been striving to accomplish for so long, devoid of Republican obstructionism,» Sanders» statement said.

Frustrated by what he has characterized as continued obstructionism by the Bloomberg administration, a federal judge on Wednesday appointed Robert M. Morgenthau as a special master to oversee the city's adoption of practices aimed at increasing the number of black and Hispanic firefighters.

It is a complex process and easily sabotaged by bureaucratic obstructionism.

«A decade of legal obstructionism by Greenberg will not obscure the facts.»

«The mayor's obstructionism means nearly 150,000 seats sit empty in public buildings while public charter schools are shut out, depriving countless families of an escape from failed schools,» Moskowitz said after the rally.

The union leader's obstructionism did not go unchallenged, but when Suecoff won a re-election for union chapter leader that was essentially a referendum on her tactics, Perullo realized that Suecoff had enough support from the faculty to continue erecting roadblocks.

They insisted that they'd love to see Congress replace NCLB but believed that unprecedented Republican obstructionism made that a distant prospect.

This is pure union obstructionism and especially laughable coming from an organization whose mantra is, «Let's spend bushels more on public education... but don't hold any unionized teachers accountable.»

But that's no excuse for obstructionism when so much still needs to be done for Wisconsin school children.

I think it's fair to say that the Democratic leadership let us down and didn't fight as hard as they should, or with as much parliamentary skill as necessary, but still, flat out it was Republican obstructionism that killed this bill and killed all substantive debate on the issues.

Starting now, climate - science deniers can babble all they want — Big Oil, Koch Brothers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, lobbyists and extremist politicians — all those climate - denying Luddites can rant and rave all they want about their myopic ideologies, unprincipled obstructionism, underlying greed, and tout their made - up scientific reports.

5) Approve the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines; end the obstructionism and finish the projects.

And it would have been sooner except for McIntyre's obstructionism as reviewer.

A generation, the future of the climate movement, is watching you perplexed and disenchanted at the absenteeism, and at times, obstructionism from the environmental establishment you in many ways oversee.

The White House, Democrats in Congress, and national green groups could claim that progress was finally at hand to address climate change after eight years of Bush administration obstructionism.

And while Global North obstructionism mired these talks in delays, obstruction and censorship, Global South leaders prevailed in securing a clear path forward for the conflict of interest movement, ensuring the issue will be front and center next year.»

Instead, let's turn toward what is just as inevitable as the rise of our sea levels: Republican obstructionism of the new EPA rules.

If political parties recognize that the smart play for the minority party at any given moment is to use its powers of obstructionism to attempt to deliberately spike economic performance, the implications for forward - looking growth are quite bleak.

Correction to previous post -» I keep urging our Australian conservatives, who continue giving climate science denial and obstructionism their imprimatur of respectability and legitimacy whilst simultaneously declaring their confidence in mainstream climate science to ditch that position; is this a taste of what we will get when we do get a conservative government; public declarations of commitment to international agreements that gloss over a complete lack of understanding of it's seriousness?»

I keep urging our Australian conservatives, who continue giving climate science denial and obstructionism their imprimatur of respectability and legitimacy whilst simultaneously declaring their confidence in mainstream climate science; is this a taste of what we will get when we do get a conservative government; public declarations of commitment to international agreements that gloss over a complete lack of understanding of it's seriousness?

As someone who was in office during another time of obstructionism and fierce party - line divides, what advice would you give President Obama to accomplish his objectives during his second term?

Look how the NY Times dances around the history of Kyoto and Copenhagen, insinuating it was all GOP obstructionism.

Virtually absent was talk about Senate obstructionism, the inane and perpetual use of the filibuster, and the possibility of passing legislation through reconciliation, issues that David Roberts has covered at length (and with good reason).

The more I watch this topic, the more I'm struck by the willful obstructionism, evasion, and, to put it as kindly as possible, deliberate misrepresentation Mann's collection of vested colleagues are engaging in.

The bill died in the Senate in 2010, a victim of Tea Party - inspired Republican obstructionism and Obama's decision to spend his political capital to push health - care reform.

Fingers crossed the trend continues... in spite of political inaction and industry obstructionism.

There is blatant pal review enumerated therein, as well as blatant obstructionism.

This, of course, is a different issue from the special - case obstructionism, which is presumably at work here -LRB-?).

After all the spreading of uncertainty, obstructionism, ideological idiocy, willful blindness, hysterical deafness, elective mutism and infidelity to science that we have seen from many too many economic powerbrokers, their bought - and - paid - for politicians, the absurdly enriched «talking heads» in the mass media, and those sheepish minions of «benefactors» who will say and do anything to promote their selfish interests, it is truly refreshing to anticipate that change is in the offing; that cooperation with the respected nations of the world is on the horizon; that a new day is finally dawning.

Both candidates are likely to face challenges from likely Congressional obstructionism.

I agree with his position that «the claimant exhibited an overall pattern of deliberate non-compliance and obstructionism that went well beyond zealous argument for her legal position — she used it as a weapon».