Sentences with phrase «republican obstructionism»
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.
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Instead, let's turn toward what is just as inevitable as the rise of our sea levels: Republican obstructionism of the new EPA rules.
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.
They insisted that they'd love to see Congress replace NCLB but believed that unprecedented Republican obstructionism made that a distant prospect.
«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.
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.»
* But I wouldn't bet on it, given the unprecedented levels of Republican obstructionism in the Senate.
Not exact matches
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.
«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.
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.