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Democrats, Not GOP, Mostly Controlled Congress Under Obama

August 28, 2012 @ 12:07 pm

Instead of accepting responsibility for the nation's ills, Obama apologists regularly blame Republicans in Congress for blocking the president's recovery agenda. This contention ignores the fact that the GOP controlled only one half of Congress for one half of Obama's term. Democrats have run the Senate for his full term, and controlled the House of Representatives for half that term.

In other words, during Obama's time in office Democrats exerted 75 percent of Congressional control. He got approval for his stimulus package, Obamacare, Dodd-Frank banking regulation, and all his major initiatives. If he had really wanted to hike taxes on the rich, he easily could have done so in his first two years in office. When it comes to his failures as president, Obama has no one to blame but himself—and his own party

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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Yea.
    August 28, 2012 12:07 pm
    Where has the budget been for the last three years?
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    haha
    August 28, 2012 12:32 pm
    Tell us why you feel the budget is important
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Because the Passing the Budget
    August 28, 2012 1:07 pm
    Is a LAW. But Obama and the Democrats feel they are ABOVE the LAW!
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Fish
    August 30, 2012 12:50 pm
    The POTUS does NOT pass the Budget into law,SILLY FISH
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    haha
    August 30, 2012 12:50 pm
    The POTUS has given Congress a budget proposal every year the Congress has not passed it
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  • Hayduke wrote...
    Nevermind the fact that the GOP has blatantly abused the filibuster.
    August 28, 2012 12:10 pm
    I know, both parties do it. But the GOP broke all the records for filibustering once Obama took office.

    What else would you expect from the party whose mission was to "make Obama a one term-president?"

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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    The American people like me
    August 28, 2012 1:12 pm
    will make your Dear Leader a "One term proposition"!
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    Hey, Duke. Get off it about that one term gig.
    August 28, 2012 6:01 pm
    All the way back. It was Thomas Jefferson's mission to make John Adams a one term president (and he did).

    And I've never heard of any party coming up to an election saying 'the president is doing such a good job, we won't run against him'. ... And if Romney wins, the democrats will start immediately planning to make HIM a one term president.

    .

    And, BTW, the GOP would have to go a long. long time to out do the democrat filibusters of the 1950s.

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  • logical open mind wrote...
    Hayduke-your post makes NO sense-Read Medved again. The D's and the pres passed their major bills.Plus look up the historical record, many D's voted against these bills including health care.
    August 29, 2012 7:38 am
    Read more. Plus every party wants the other party's pres to be one term. Wise up!
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  • FormerMarineSgt wrote...
    Nevermind the fact that the GOP has blatantly abused the filibuster.
    August 29, 2012 9:30 am
    Warning Hayduke - folks like Medved don't take into account the absolute obstructionism that the GOP has practised since Obama was sworn in. It's simpler and easier to leave 'inconvenient truth' like that out of thier one sided blather. While it would be true to say that the dems have been the majority as stated, leaving the rest of it out is like claiming to own a hamburger because you have 1/2 of the bun and nothing else in your hands.
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  • Hayduke wrote...
    HaHa, you do know that the WH only can propose a budget, right?
    August 28, 2012 12:12 pm
    It's Congress, and not the WH, that does the spending. But don't let the facts get in the way of your partisanship.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    There you go again!
    August 28, 2012 12:32 pm
    Medved you understand that it takes 60 votes not 51 to get anything through the Senate that the GOP doesn't want.The Dems did NOT have the 60 so they had little control.But of course your policy is to give your readers half the story.Your a FLAT OUT Liar and distorter of the truth
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  • Rick (4) wrote...
    @messiah101
    September 5, 2012 12:15 pm
    The democrats had 60 seats in the senate i.e. fillibuster proof until Kennedy passed and Scott Brown got elected. I like others suggest you go back on your meds soon.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    And who is in control of the White House?
    August 28, 2012 1:09 pm
    ,
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    haha
    August 29, 2012 2:22 pm
    You don't seem to have a grasp of how our government works and you over estimate the power of the POTUS. He is not more important then the House and Senate
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  • logical open mind wrote...
    heyduke-congress, the house passes the budget-jeez you have no limit to silly excuses.
    August 29, 2012 7:40 am
    quit loving politicians and their parties and u will see more clearly.
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  • Rick (4) wrote...
    @hayduke
    September 5, 2012 12:16 pm
    wrong! The congress writes and passes spending bills, but the President has to sign them before any money is spent. Are all liberal democrats dumb?
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  • calapete wrote...
    wow!
    August 28, 2012 1:44 pm
    I can't believe a real radio person repeated the GOP lies. Is Medved trying to be the NW Limbaugh?

    It didn't work so well for Kirby Wilbur. Fired from KVI now he is in charge of the State Repubican party, losing race after race!

    Thanks KVI!

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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Medved, Limbaugh and Wilbur.
    August 28, 2012 3:06 pm
    Non of them are running for anything and yet they scare the panties off of you Left wing Parrots.

    This is priceless!

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  • cigarfan wrote...
    @Lord Ha ha!
    August 28, 2012 9:47 pm
    what are you smoking?
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  • FormerMarineSgt wrote...
    cigarfan wrote "@Lord Ha ha! - what are you smoking?"
    August 29, 2012 9:32 am
    it doesn't matter, because he's bogarting it.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    haha
    August 29, 2012 2:27 pm
    You should have FEAR that radio or TV talking heads and can have enormous effect on public opinion can have free rein to tell LIES and Distortion in order to sway public opinion.The Right Wing of this country may have the GREATEST DISTORTION machine in place that has ever existed. But of course you and the other glassy eyed mouth breathers from the Right who post here on a regular basis love every minute of being LIED to
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  • fartforce1 wrote...
    Medved
    August 28, 2012 7:51 pm
    You are the biggest liar on radio. Not in terms of popularity, for that you are small - but in terms of honesty. I have not yet decided yet if you are a liar or a foolish party line idiot? Probably both!
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  • SeattleD wrote...
    "If he had really wanted to hike taxes on the rich, he easily could have done so in his first two years in office. When it comes to his failures as president,"
    August 28, 2012 9:06 pm
    he should have hiked those taxes when he had the chance.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Dbag. Why do think your Dear Leader did not?
    August 29, 2012 6:30 am
    Hint. The American taxpayer. With your Dear Leaders re immac numbers dismal at best, where do think they would be if the Obama had allowed the Bush tax rates to expire and got his middle class tax increase?

    Kinda like it is now with Obama getting his Massive middle class tax increase AKA, ObamaCare!

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  • messiah101 wrote...
    haha
    August 29, 2012 6:58 am
    My taxes and those of the entire middle class have gone DOWN under Obama.
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  • logical open mind wrote...
    As soon as the 16T debt becomes something we cant just ignore while it grows ever larger, taxes
    August 29, 2012 7:44 am
    will go thru the roof. Hidden taxes especially, gas tax, permits, etc It is easy to keep taxes low, spend wildly IF THE FED GOV JUST PUSHES THE DEBT ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. It is not right and historians will write books about this time.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    logical open mind
    August 29, 2012 2:37 pm
    Where have you been? Debt is ALWAYS pushed forward to following generations and it should be.Do you believe that future generations should get the roads,bridges,Colleges,buildings,a modern military,and functioning government that previous people paid for with their tax dollars completely debt free? Let me ask you if you had a choice of where you were born and you would be born in 2013 would you pick, China,India,France,or the USA with all the debt? Face it even with the debt people born in this country have a HUGE advantage
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  • Rick (4) wrote...
    @messiah101
    September 5, 2012 12:20 pm
    What tax is that because tax rates have NOT changed under Obama except up with Obamacare, cigarette tax, etc. Since you do not work, you do not pay SS tax and that is the only tax that went down under Obama. It is plan to bankrupt SS sooner than later.
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  • SeattleNative wrote...
    @Logical
    August 29, 2012 11:56 am
    Don't forget inflation, which is something the media isn't even talking about...yet.

    Most every American is feeling the pinch caused by Obama's inflationary policies. And once hyper-inflation kicks in, watch out. Plan for a collapse of the economy we may have never witnessed in our nation's history.

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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Seattle Native
    August 29, 2012 2:39 pm
    Be afraid be very afraid.You Rightys live a life of PANIC
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  • SeattleNative wrote...
    @Hayduke
    August 29, 2012 12:00 pm
    Obama has proposed a budget. WHICH HAS BEEN SHOT DOWN IN BOTH CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS WITH NOT ONE SINGLE VOTE IN HIS FAVOR.

    Even his own party recognizes what a failure he is in providing any kind of leadership.

    How is that 513-0 vote against Obama's budget sitting with you?

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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Seattle Native
    August 29, 2012 2:41 pm
    So you disagree with the other posters who state he has not proposed a budget. Should the other posters change their attacks to Obama has not proposed a BUDGET that has been acceptable to the GOP?
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    or to the demos, messiah.
    August 29, 2012 6:12 pm
    what part of 513-0 don't you understand ?
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    ron p
    August 29, 2012 8:46 pm
    Read the history of that vote and get back to us
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  • Forrest wrote...
    We know who is going to control Mitt.
    August 29, 2012 6:05 pm
    Obama's top 5 contributors are the University of California, Microsoft, Google, DLA Piper and Harvard University. Romney's top 5 contributors are Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Credit Suisse.

    http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/

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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Forrest
    August 29, 2012 9:02 pm
    Thanks for that link. What bothers me about those donors is that we here constant charges about Union contributions to Obama meanwhile it seems 1 donor Sheldon Adelson has given more then $36,250,000 to the Conservatives this one person has given more then ALL THE UNIONS COMBINED have given to Obama. Adelson is a HUGE supporter of Israel and you can be assured that the money comes with alot of strings attached
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