Just heard the Campaign was sued by the Obstructionist Democrats.
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And he does think that they just want to be obstructionist.
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Dodik, however, wasn't always seen as an obstructionist by US officials.
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"This is the behavior of obstructionist losers, not legislators," Sanders tweeted.
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He is attempting to paint his rival as a liberal obstructionist.
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Not if Washington persists with its current obstructionist mode of government.
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Republicans blame obstructionist tactics deployed by Democrats for the slow pace.
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However, Speaker Pelosi cannot make the mistake of being an obstructionist.
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" — Elizabeth Williams "The obstructionist politicians are not deniers, they are liars.
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"Obstructionist Democrats" are the minority party in both the House and Senate.
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Or more accurately, why has the Republican Party become so resolutely obstructionist?
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Trump added that voters do not like the Democratic party's obstructionist message.
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These obstructionist activities remind me of a turbulent time in American history.
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History and the national interest may demand that you not be obstructionist.
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He's the obstructionist in chief because he cannot stick to a position.
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It&aposs like, look, they&aposre being obstructionist, they&aposre just against everything.
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So, they are at risk doing this type of obstructionist type of policy.
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We are getting Donald Trump&aposs most overt and obstructionist tweets to date.
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The filibuster has turned the most deliberative body into the most obstructionist one.
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Republican leaders have accused Democrats of using "obstructionist tactics" to thwart a vote.
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I thought Daschle could use his understated style to address the obstructionist label.
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McConnell's obstructionist agenda was intensified by the rise of the Tea Party in 2010.
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Haque accused Myanmar of "hollow promises and various obstructionist approaches" during negotiations on returns.
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Democrats have responded in turn, becoming more obstructionist as Republican demands become more extreme.
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They will try to negotiate with the government; other times they will be obstructionist.
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"integrationist" terms, as Koryboko argues, Armenia is the obstructionist and Azerbaijan is the integrationist.
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Democrats have used the line to no end to paint McConnell as an obstructionist.
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If Democrats retake the Senate in the midterms, why shouldn't they become similarly obstructionist?
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It is itself one of the obstructionist behaviors associated with the "Bernie Bro" stereotype.
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It's a difficult situation when the White House is being so obstructionist across the board.
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They have seen how Republicans have done well politically by being obstructionist throughout Obama's presidency.
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And the notion that good relationships with obstructionist Republicans are totally useless is also silly.
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In response, Democrats have opened a nationwide campaign, portraying the Republicans as obstructionist and unreasonable.
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Alfred E. Smith even opened an investigation into allegations that Hylan was being an obstructionist.
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One particularly disgraceful obstructionist tactic involves Democrats demanding extra fake debate time for each nominee.
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They're being obstructionist and trying to find ways to defend the President and the administration.
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When Obama took criticism for the performance during his years, he often blamed obstructionist Republicans.
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All the while, Trump regularly blasted Democrats on his Twitter feed as unhelpful, obstructionist and unpatriotic.
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Ted Cruz (Texas) had already unified around an obstructionist message: the vacancy should not be filled.
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Last month, when the president vetoed Congress's repeal of the Affordable Care Act, was that obstructionist?
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Progressives see the Problem Solvers as obstructionist, despite the group's stated ambition to untangle political knots.
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Clinton to pass legislation in the face of an implacably obstructionist Republican majority in the House.
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Trump blamed obstructionist Democrats on Capitol Hill for the holdup, but it's actually Republicans like Sen.
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Even Republican voters have had enough of the do-nothing, obstructionist tactics of their current representatives.
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Electing Ms. Ross, a superior candidate, could help change the ossified, obstructionist state of Senate politics.
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Conversely, to reject it would be seen as obstructionist, risking voter wrath at the next election.
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" White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said, "this is the behavior of obstructionist losers, not legislators.
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He was forced to try to run the city with all of his predecessor's obstructionist people.
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Republicans created hard-line districts that produced hard-line congressmen: obstructionist absolutists are gerrymandering's political offspring.
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They have a reputation, even among Republican colleagues, for being ideological to the point of obstructionist.
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The video upended a day when Senate Democrats had hoped to attack the Republican position as obstructionist.
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"Texas really has no peer when it comes to archaic and obstructionist voter registration laws," Bird said.
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Kirk of Illinois and back down from an absolutist obstructionist position and allow a hearing to proceed.
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Americans will see her for what she is: another extreme far-left obstructionist and a total fraud.
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Will Trump be reaching out to the Democrats or blasting them as purely obstructionist and fake news?
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Advocates accuse Cornyn of giving McConnell "bad information" and being an "obstructionist" for a Trump-backed priority.
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Arrington portrayed the incumbent as an obstructionist who was hell-bent on getting in the president's way.
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Shortly after the election, he urged Mr. Schumer not to mimic the obstructionist methods of Mr. McConnell.
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On Thursday, Mr. McConnell accused Democrats of engaging in "obstructionist tactics" to block a well-qualified nominee.
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I'm sorry that the fake news and the obstructionist Democrats and the losers don't appreciate all your talents.
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Over the years, he gained a reputation on both sides of the political aisle for being an obstructionist.
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To many, he has defined his career as an obstructionist rather than as someone who creates new policies.
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This is where the job of the obstructionist is very different than the job of the policy creator.
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We learned that the only thing more devastating than a natural disaster was the force of obstructionist partisanship.
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The use of the privilege outside of marital conversations would be opportunistic, obstructionist and increasingly irresistible, if allowed.
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Facing an obstructionist Congress, the president may decide that executive action is the simpler or only path forward.
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Some analysts believed that the obstructionist attitudes of American officials had pushed Mr. Castro toward the Soviet Union.
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He could view a loss as more valuable politically in fulfilling his narrative of political or obstructionist courts.
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"The pirates were uneducated, obstructionist, unmotivated and unrealistic," said Leslie Edwards, the lead negotiator for the sailors' release.
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That provoked Democrats in Congress to be just as obstructionist and hostile as Republicans were under President Obama.
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Hawley is campaigning largely on support for Trump and is attempting to paint his rival as a liberal obstructionist.
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President Trump and the GOP can say they tried to repeal Obamacare and blame obstructionist Democrats for the loss.
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In blocking hearings or a vote, they risk seeming obstructionist and there may be a political cost to that.
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In other words, the price is high enough that no one wants to go on record as being obstructionist.
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Democrats believe that's been a political gift for their party that allows it to cast the GOP as obstructionist.
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"I say it's very strongly the Democrats' fault, their obstruction, they're really obstructionist and they're really obstructing," he said.
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Otherwise, Trump's legislative agenda is likely to get hung up by filibusters in the Senate and other obstructionist tactics.
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Conservatives have been pressuring senators to nix the blue slip, arguing Democrats are using the rulebook to be obstructionist.
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Obstructionist Dems trying to block because they think it is too good and will not be given the credit!
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The Republican approach of the past eight years — the obstructionist "party of no" — could be returning across the aisle.
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NAACP, Climate Action Network and other groups decry US "obstructionist" role in climate negotiations, esp re: loss and damage.
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And McConnell must recognize that he himself led "obstructionist tactics" to prevent Garland, as Obama's nominee, from joining the court.
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He is confident of sweeping into power without the support of coalition partner 5-Star, which he brands as obstructionist.
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None of the progressive ideals that we care about stand a chance against an emboldened, obstructionist Republican House of Representatives.
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The younger generations of Danes gawk at the gun violence, obstructionist politics, and a constantly growing wealth gap in America.
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The obstructionist strategy of the Democrats pretending that the crisis on the southern border does not exist has officially failed.
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" In April, the President again referred to Awan on Twitter: "Just heard the Campaign was sued by the Obstructionist Democrats.
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Reid said he expects Republicans would throw up all sorts of obstructionist obstacles if Democrats regain the majority next year.
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Playing the obstructionist card could hurt Democrats if the economy cools and Trump blames inaction in the House for that.
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"The Obstructionist Democrats have given us (or not fixed) some of the worst trade deals in World History," Trump tweeted.
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All of these initiatives were included in President Obama's agenda, and all were blocked by a duplicitous, obstructionist Republican Congress.
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The flood of outside money incentivized obstruction over cooperation, and a new generation of Republicans embraced Mr. McConnell's obstructionist tactics.
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"I believe no one is served, no environmental goal is achieved, by acting in this obstructionist way," the committee's chairman, Sen.
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But over the years, it has become a way for obstructionist groups to tie up projects in more and more analysis.
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Still, Cotton took issue with McCaskill, saying she values "obstructionist politics" over "keeping this country safe," the Washington Free Beacon reported .
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As an obstructionist, McConnell demonstrated he was able to ignore the scrutiny of the media no matter how hot it became.
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Astonishingly today, records show that Democrats and Republicans in Congress are even more polarized and obstructionist than they were in 1879.
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Those that question the validity of these plebiscites should put aside their obstructionist tactics and agree to a congressionally mandated plebiscite.
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Some Republicans openly questioned the strategy, warning the party could be tarred as obstructionist in the run-up to the elections.
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So 99 years ago today, a curb called cloture was made law, to stop the obstructionist monologue known as the filibuster.
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The idea that voters will punish Democrats for being obstructionist is "a Washington D.C. argument" that doesn't bear out in reality.
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If he's not confirmed, you'll likely hear a lot more from the GOP about "obstructionist Democrats" who are leading the "resistance."
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The administration is seeking to distinguish between jurisdictions that are active partners in supporting federal policies against those that are obstructionist.
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If the majority does not have 60 votes to proceed to legislation, obstructionist senators merely need only sit on their hands.
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Accusing McConnell of "cowardice" and labeling him "an obstructionist," Sanders cast the Senate majority leader as a tool of big money.
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Anyone who claims that being seen as obstructionist will hurt them politically must have slept through the past couple of decades.
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Federal environmental laws still have a role to play, but unfortunately enforcement is in the obstructionist hands of the Trump administration.
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When we come back, President Trump blasting obstructionist Democrats, calling on lawmakers to finally act on immigration reform and do their job.
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Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Grassley could go down as both inept and the "most obstructionist" Judiciary Committee chairman in history.
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In the meantime, the two sides are on their best behavior to avoid being singled out by Trump as an obstructionist party.
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In her letter, Circuit Attorney Gardner called the police department "obstructionist" and claimed investigators had a "pre-disposed conclusion" about the shooting.
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Trump responded by blasting Cruz for being an obstructionist in Congress — "You have to have somebody who can make deals," he said.
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But he swallowed hard and kept Reno in place to avoid an act that would have been viewed as retaliatory and obstructionist.
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Their strategy is to portray the Senate Republican majority as obstructionist on every level, and Democrats are certain they have the advantage.
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She had already proven herself as a resolute obstructionist when she thwarted George W. Bush's plan to privatize Social Security in 2005.
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Some have taken comments I made in 1992 to mean that I supported the same kind of obstructionist position as a senator.
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Democrats have learnt a key lesson from Republicans: you can be obstructionist with the highest court and get away with it electorally.
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They know Democrats will try to leverage the meetings into hearings, yet they don't want to appear obstructionist or simply rude. Sen.
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Conservatives are getting irritated with the Senate Republicans refusal to use the rules against obstructionist Democrats, or even acknowledge that they can.
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Can Democrats, who are more philosophically invested in showing that government can function, really bring themselves to replicate Mr. McConnell's obstructionist methods?
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Mr. Renzi's sudden assertiveness has left him open to charges of being an obstructionist and of grandstanding to score political points at home.
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"Under Trump, such an approach is particularly obstructionist because the U.S. has made clear its intentions to withdraw from the agreement," said Bragg.
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" Democrats, he said, are becoming "obstructionist because they have no message of their own…And honestly it's because the Democratic Party is sinking.'
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If Republicans proceed, they will ensure that this Republican majority is remembered as the most nakedly partisan, obstructionist and irresponsible majority in history.
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Revising our obstructionist mine-permitting process to allow a more robust and secure domestic minerals and metals supply chain would do just that.
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The GOP has become an "obstructionist party intent on appeasing extreme forces inside and outside Congress," write scholars Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein.
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"As an obedient servant to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Tim Kaine is the leading obstructionist against Trump's America First agenda," Stewart said.
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Pelosi and Schumer reopened their obstructionist playbook yet again last week, storming out of a White House meeting about the strategy in Syria.
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But McConnell also had to endure considerable criticism in the media and from the opposing party for pursuing an obstructionist approach so unashamedly.
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Mercedes -- SCHLAPP: Well, the Democrats obstructionist, if they continue down that path, obviously, that&aposs going to continue to hurt them along the way.
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"In the meantime, President Trump and Republicans will continue to deliver a stronger economy for all Americans, no thanks to obstructionist Democrats," Guest added.
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The White House blasted Senate Democrats as "obstructionist losers" as the clock struck midnight Friday and Congress missed a deadline to fund the government.
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In fact, Americans' struggle to get ahead would be easier – and the economy more equitable – but for Republicans' deplorable economic stewardship and obstructionist strategies.
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The ministry representative, for his part, admitted that he was embarrassed about this development because he did not want the Houthis to appear obstructionist.
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In Obama's second term, he got around that obstructionist Congress by using executive orders and rule changes to advance some parts of his agenda.
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These people are fighting the deep state as obstructionist Democrats like Pelosi, Schumer and Schiff stare into the cameras and turn truth on its head.
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It's entirely possible that no matter what happens, Trump will use his platform to pin the blame on the obstructionist Congress and the liberal media.
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MORE's economic stimulus as ineffective and said congressional Democrats are being "obstructionist," but called on them to work with him on his major infrastructure proposal.
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"If Republicans proceed, they will ensure that this Republican majority is remembered as the most nakedly partisan, obstructionist and irresponsible majority in history," Reid said.
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In the campaign-style rally, Trump hit out at some of his favorite targets — "fake news" media outlets, "obstructionist" Democratic lawmakers and the Clinton family.
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Last week, he made the improbable argument that he could convert Mitch McConnell, the Senate's arch-obstructionist majority leader, into a reasonable, good-faith negotiator.
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This August, the crescendo in the rubric of "Korea Standing as One" likely will further paint the United States as the principal obstructionist to peace.
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That a highly partisan and obstructionist Congress was able to pass the bill suggests that at least the idea of FOIA is a bipartisan one.
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I am very happy with the number of executive orders he's passed to get around an obstructionist Democratic Party that is out for his blood.
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But it has also been repeatedly accused by civil-rights lawyers — and at least six federal judges — of engaging in a pattern of obstructionist behavior.
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"Everything he is doing indicates he is being an obstructionist," said Jason Pye, the vice president of legislative affairs for FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy group.
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One particularly fascinating aspect of the report was the number of times Trump appeared to wade into obstructionist behavior before being stopped by a subordinate.
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Since November, however, Schumer has led the Democratic opposition in the Senate, which the White House views as obstructionist and running counter to the President's agenda.
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"We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall," he tweeted.
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He&aposs taking a bum rap, right, for being this obstructionist, but don&apost the Democrats deserve some of the blame for the polarization on judges?
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Now the obstructionist Democrats would like us not to do it, but believe me, if we have to close down our government, we're building that wall.
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In December, in the middle of the government shutdown, the president threatened to "close the southern border entirely" if "obstructionist Democrats" didn't fund his border wall.
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But, as a source close to the caucus pointed out, all Republicans will end up using similar obstructionist tactics once they are no longer in power.
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Yet Mr. Rajoy and his party run their own risks if they are seen as being obstructionist and placing their interests above those of the nation.
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For more than two years, they have used obstructionist tactics to undermine the White House agenda with no regard for the needs of the American people.
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On Sunday, Trump blasted Democrats in a CBS News interview as "extremely obstructionist" and slammed Schumer again on Monday during a sit-down with Fox News.
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As of April, about one in four Trump nominees had been subject to this extra procedural step, and Trump had already lambasted these delays as obstructionist.
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Instead, they would likely force Senate Republicans, and the filibuster's biggest proponent, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to deal a potential fatal blow to the obstructionist device.
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He has been a thorn in the side of party leaders as he's earned himself the label of obstructionist during his first few years in the Senate.
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Acting on multiple issues, he thinks, would blunt criticisms that they were just being obstructionist or jeopardizing the government for the sake of a few undocumented youths.
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Perhaps, with a divided Congress, his ideology-free approach to policy could combine with Democratic fears of being tagged as "obstructionist," and grease the wheels for compromise.
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While we have no way of knowing what Trump will do for sure, open government and journalists are bracing for an administration that could be more obstructionist.
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"We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall," Mr. Trump tweeted.
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But he will also be leading an American state that will be non-cooperative with international climate standards at best and actively obstructionist and belligerent at worst.
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"I think we have enough work to do for the American people that we should be here during these weeks," Mr. McConnell said, blaming Democrats as obstructionist.
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The four states of "Difficult Steering," a 1947 engraving, show a shape, rather like a horse's tail, flanked by two structures that become increasingly bulky and obstructionist.
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Other than to call out these obstructionist congressional Democrats and so-called journalists for their moronic fake media accounts, his actions certainly do not contravene the Constitution.
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" The White House on Friday night slammed Democrats for putting "unlawful immigrants" ahead of the military and other urgent funding needs, calling them "obstructionist losers, not legislators.
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Trump's persistent denigration of Congress as corrupt and obstructionist has worked to erode the legitimacy of the legislature's constitutional oversight role in the eyes of his supporters.
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The White House blasted Senate Democrats as "obstructionist losers" Friday night as the shutdown began, blaming them for tying the issue of immigration to the funding process.
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His obstructionist policies during the Obama administration showed his will to deny beneficial bipartisan legislation to avoid perceptions of President Barack Obama signing popular legislation into law.
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If Hillary gets voted in, my biggest fear is that an obstructionist Congress will block any good changes she wants to make, based on her being a woman.
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"Now the obstructionist Democrats would like us not to do it, but believe me, if we have to close down our government, we're building that wall," he said.
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In the wake of another record year of prosperity under President Trump, the Democrats will be pursuing an obstructionist agenda to reverse the unprecedented progress under President Trump.
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Now that the pesky Brits can no longer play their habitual obstructionist role, the SPD wants the EU-27 to push hard for deeper European integration and centralisation.
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This certainly could serve to mitigate the Democrats claim of unfairness, but it doesn't stop any voter from possible viewing the Republicans as being "unfair" and needlessly obstructionist.
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" In a statement, Carrie Severino, JCN's chief counsel and policy director, said any senator who signs up for Schumer's "obstructionist strategy will pay a heavy price in 2018.
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He live-streamed city assembly meetings, drawing huge audiences from Turks all around the country, a policy that he said reduced obstructionist actions from A.K.P. members within days.
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"Workers will continue to work longer hours for less pay thanks to this obstructionist litigation," said Christine Owens of the National Employment Law Project in an emailed statement.
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Democrats tried for years to paint Senate Republicans as obstructionist, but it didn't save their 60-seat majority in 2009 from becoming a 46-seat minority in 85033.
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Throughout the news conference on Thursday, Schumer insisted Democrats weren't being obstructionist or playing politics, as accused by incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer earlier in the day.
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Global talking forums, such as the G-222.3, show that unhelpful rhetoric and an allegedly obstructionist behavior in official international organizations are not the way to advance America's interests.
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Now, it&aposs time for these lazy, obstructionist members of Congress to step up and do their job, and that&aposs a permanent solution -- fix our broken immigration system.
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In doing so, he'll further highlight how dysfunctional and obstructionist the Republican Party has become -- and he might also have helped to secure Hillary Clinton as our next president.
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Now, the president may take the ultimate obstructionist step of either causing Mueller to be fired or clipping Mueller's wings in such a way as to sterilize the investigation.
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" North Korea is "forever unreasonable and obstructionist," explains Doug Bandow, a former special assistant to President Reagan, at "The National Interest," but "in this case Pyongyang's position is logical.
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Although Trump's Republican party has a majority in both houses of Congress, Trump blamed the lack of progress in repealing President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievement on "obstructionist" Democrats.
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Another crop of ads funded by the Judicial Crisis Network, which cost $1 million and started running over a week ago, frame Democrats who oppose Trump's nominee as obstructionist.
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Congress routinely funded the government, obstructionist tools like the filibuster were used sparingly, and the Senate used its power of advice and consent with prudence, routinely confirming qualified nominees.
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But several plaintiff's attorneys said that after the city altered its approach, Special Fed lawyers stepped up delay and obstructionist tactics to make it harder for plaintiffs to prevail.
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At the same time, the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, seen by many as hesitant, or even obstructionist, may seem to be more open to what Mr. Trump wants.
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First, he did not believe he could work with Mr. Reid, a former prizefighter who viewed Mr. McConnell as an obstructionist who needed to be thwarted at all costs.
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Although Trump's Republican Party has a majority in both houses of Congress, Trump blamed "obstructionist" Democrats for the lack of progress in repealing President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievement.
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Hawley has attempted to paint McCaskill as a liberal obstructionist -- citing her vote against Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch as an example -- as well as an out-of-touch elitist.
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"This is a bill that passed with tremendous bipartisan support out of committee, has tremendous support, and it would be a shame if obstructionist tactics lead it its collapse," Sen.
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Thanks to McConnell's obstructionist strategy during the Obama years, Trump entered office with plenty of judicial vacancies, and he and McConnell seem determined as ever to keep on filling them.
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The presidential election has already highlighted the precariousness of Ryan's position in the party, but a comfortable Republican majority has worked to insulate him from the faction's more obstructionist demands.
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But the politician isn't simply a skeptic—he's a head-in-the-sand obstructionist and mouthpiece for fossil fuel powers fighting to repeal some of the nation's strongest environmental protections.
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The situation also could prove complicated for Mr. McConnell, who since winning the majority in 463 has labored to shed the obstructionist label and prove that his caucus can govern responsibly.
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The Republican caucus, meanwhile, tends to do just the opposite; it muffle moderates and amplify ideologues — which is one reason the Tea Party achieved substantial obstructionist success during the Obama years.
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Republicans aren't going to get less obstructionist on climate change any time soon — not until the chokehold that right-wing media and fossil fuel companies have on the GOP is broken.
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A lot to unpack, guys, but you get the sense that this is all swirling around the obstructionist issue, Sol, and the fact that the McCabe memo suddenly is out there.
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While most lawmakers have worked across the aisle to solve this critical issue, some politicians are using the issue of election security as an excuse to paint McConnell as an obstructionist.
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Had a similar obstructionist approach prevented the development of IVF, millions of healthy people would never have been born and their parents would have been deprived of the joys of parenthood.
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What we are already see is Democrats painting Republicans into a corner as being obstructionist and putting their own personal gain ahead of the country for promising to withhold a vote.
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It may be hard to think of any way Republicans could be even more obstructionist and destructive than they were during the Obama years, but they'll find a way, believe me.
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"They couldn't wait a single week before throwing an obstructionist wrench into the appropriations process they claim to want," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellAre Democrats turning Trump-like?
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In fact, as Trump has stated many times, neither Flake nor Corker had much of a chance for reelection in their states anyway – in large part due to their obstructionist actions.
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And of the 11 Democratic senators shown as the narrator talks about obstructionist gamesmanship, six are women: Elizabeth Warren (shown twice!), Patty Murray, Debbie Stabenow, Dianne Feinstein, Claire McCaskill and Heidi Heitkamp.
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And, in the category of "the dog ate my homework," it must be mentioned that an obstructionist Congress did its best to create gridlock during most of the president's time in office.
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Unfortunately, as Trump pointed out in a defiant tweet of his own, Amash "plays right into" the hands of Republican opponents, just like he did with obstructionist votes against conservative policy priorities.
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Senate Republicans' obstructionist tactics are clearly contrary to this goal — bringing the same zero-sum wrangling and partisan gridlock to the judicial branch that has left so many Americans frustrated with Congress.
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What to watch: The rules and institutional norms that once limited presidents' ability to reshape the judiciary are quickly falling away, in a partisan tit-for-tat over who's the bigger obstructionist.
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Donald Trump would enter the presidency with 88 district and 17 court of appeals vacancies to fill, along with a Supreme Court vacancy improbably procured and kept open by McConnell's obstructionist absolutism.
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While it might be obstructionist in the everyday, nonlegal sense for Trump to take a blanket position opposing all congressional subpoenas, this type of stonewalling is not criminal obstruction of justice in itself.
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"One of the critical problems plaguing the government today is the inability of certain members to work with the other party and in fact certain folks openly stating an obstructionist position," Thaler said.
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In the end, though, Kavanaugh's credentials and track record will only make it all the easier for Republicans to confirm him to the Supreme Court and portray his Democratic opponents as obstructionist partisans.
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President Trump urged "obstructionist" Democrats on Wednesday to work with him on repairing the country's infrastructure, a top priority that the White House has so far struggled to bring Democrats on board with.
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On the seventh day of the partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump threatened to "close the southern border entirely" if "obstructionist Democrats" refused to cave and give him funding for his border wall.
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If you were cynical, you might assume she will revert to politics as usual, making inside the Beltway "compromises" that bow to lobbyists and deal with the limits of an obstructionist Congress. Why?
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"ACEP does not want our proactive efforts over the past two years to help protect patients from surprise bills to be conflated with more negative messages that are perceived as obstructionist," she said.
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Editorial Florida voters who heartily approved important amendments to the state Constitution can only wonder how the will of the people is being strangled by the obstructionist toils of the Republican-led Legislature.
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"Now the obstructionist Democrats would like us not to do it, but believe me, if we have to close down our government, we're building that wall," Trump said at a campaign rally in Phoenix.
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Then again, this absolutist, obstructionist strategy is precisely what made Republican voters so angry and resentful over the past decade, and this anger fueled the popularity of Cruz and Trump in the GOP primary.
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CNN's Manu Raju shared reporting about the plans of conservative groups to attack the President's choice -- with the intention of also helping vulnerable Republican senators taking heat for tactics the White House labels obstructionist.
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One thing that the Affordable Care Act taught us is just how obstinate and obstructionist state officials can be and how their opposition to federal policies can hamper the full implementation of any law.
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Reid compared Trump's rise in national politics to a brush fire and he blamed the obstructionist policies of GOP leaders in Congress for creating just the right conditions for the billionaire's rhetoric to resonate.
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McConnell and his allies control the upper chamber, and they can just filibuster Obama's pick for the next eleven months, or find other obstructionist techniques that prevent the nomination from going to a vote.
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Brat, an economics professor who is one of the most conservative lawmakers in Congress, is part of that power circle, a group that's gained a reputation for being ideological to the point of obstructionist.
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President Trump stuck to his demands for border wall funding as the government shutdown entered its first full week, and he threatened to close down the southern border if the "obstructionist Democrats" didn't budge.
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Ahead of the president's stop in Great Falls, Montana, Tester tried to pre-empt Trump's attacks, which will likely cast the senator as a liberal obstructionist who hamstrings the president's immigration and economic agendas.
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Similarly, a constitutional amendment to expand the use of solar power, which drew 73 percent approval last year, has been met by a raft of obstructionist proposals that would bog down rooftop solar installation.
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This obstructionist strategy worked once before, as the White House effectively stonewalled the House Judiciary Committee's investigation of Robert Mueller's findings on Russian election interference by instructing executive branch employees not to comply with subpoenas.
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In an article she wrote for the same magazine two days later, she called this year's platform historic—a claim Sanders's green supporters do not refute—and said the process was not obstructionist, but democratic.
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The fight over the Scalia vacancy got nastier as Grassley went to the Senate floor to accuse Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of "childish tantrums" after Reid called Grassley the most obstructionist judiciary chairman ever.
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But the president would be smart to focus his fire on big-government Democrats and obstructionist Republicans like John McCainJohn Sidney McCain85033 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Fighter pilot vs.
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A selection in that mold would play into the hands of Senate Democrats, who are eager to turn the elections into a referendum on the court and what they say is an "obstructionist" Republican majority.
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"I think we fall into the trap, if we just simply say sight unseen — we fall into the trap of being obstructionist," he said in comments first noted by Think Progress, a left-leaning website.
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By signing the compromise, he not only won a battle for his immigration agenda, Trump also overcame the obstructionist tactics of the Democrats and forced his opponents to make an embarrassing concession on funding negotiations.
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Once the American people see how well those physical barriers work at mitigating the humanitarian and security crisis on the southern border, the obstructionist tactics of the Democrats during the funding fight will be discredited.
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"I think Baltimore Police is going to resist it all the way, FOP's statement is already obstructionist as hell, and it was the police gleefully violating people's rights that got us here," the activist said.
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"Taking these tests under the cover of Garrity appears as an obstructionist tactic to prevent us from understanding the state of the officers during the commission of this alleged crime," Gardner wrote in the letter.
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"Taking these tests under the cover of Garrity appears as an obstructionist tactic to prevent us from understanding the state of the officers during the commission of this alleged crime," she wrote in the letter.
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S. PAUL POSNER New York To the Editor: To equate both sides in the gun debate — claiming that one side, the liberals, is sanctimonious while the other, the gun advocates, is obstructionist — misses the political reality.
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The simple answer is for Big Pharma to take its case directly to the public and advocate for eliminating the costly, legally-fraught, and ultimately obstructionist prescription drug process for all but the most dangerous medications.
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This business-as-usual approach has surprised some of America's foreign partners, along with some of Trump's allies, who had expected the new administration to match its rhetoric with an obstructionist approach to combating climate change.
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The Republican candidate echoed Trump's rhetoric throughout the debate, referring to "obstructionist Democrats," claiming Democrats support "open borders," mentioning Clinton multiple times and asserting an approaching caravan of migrants is a "direct result" of Democratic policies.
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We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with.
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None of this careful crafting of legislation to address the crisis mattered, however, to the obstructionist caucus, who attacked the bill — even before it had been released from committee — as a taxpayer bailout of Puerto Rico.
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With regards to the Republican Party, as he himself admitted many times, he was constantly caught off guard by how rightward the party had drifted and the kind of obstructionist tactics they were willing to employ.
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"Hillary Clinton played an equally major role in causing the financial crisis as an obstructionist Senator," they said, crediting the Clintons' alleged "pay-to-play fundraising practices" for influencing Hillary Clinton's role as a U.S. senator.
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Democrats fired an opening salvo of obstructionist protest on Wednesday, using an obscure (and routinely waived) rule limiting committee meetings to the first two hours of a Senate session to grind 13 hearings to a halt.
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"Filibustering is sometimes presented as an obstructionist tactic by its opponents, but in my view, if legislation as awful as this bill is brought up for consideration, there is a duty to obstruct its passage," he says.
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But we had seen the GOP go from a problem-solving center-right party to a problem-solving very conservative party — and then evolve into an obstructionist party intent on appeasing extreme forces inside and outside Congress.
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They draw their inspiration from Pope Francis, who wrote a major document in 2015 on protecting the environment from global warming and calling for an end to "obstructionist attitudes" that sometimes put profit before the common good.
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If McConnell was invoking the full terms of Rule XXII against obstructionist Democrats, it would look something like this: A Democrat senator would come to the floor to speak against a nomination after cloture has been invoked.
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The president's impeachment trial is beginning, and a move to scuttle Shelton's move to the Fed could be seen as obstructionist, a profile the Senate may not want with the presidential election less than nine months away.
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" Wachtel said that in refusing "to accept the obstructionist position of her recalcitrant Russian and Chinese counterparts, Ambassador Haley made it clear that the U.S. was prepared to end the North Korean threat on its own if necessary.
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At that time, Democratic congressional leaders were still debating whether it was more advantageous to try to work with the President on some areas, rather than to risk appearing obstructionist by trying to block him at every turn.
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"We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with," Trump tweeted.
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Instead of mobilizing his unprecedented grassroots machine to pressure obstructionist lawmakers, support state and local candidates who shared his vision, and counter the Tea Party, Obama mothballed his campaign operation, bottling it up inside the Democratic National Committee.
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Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) to demand that a major Democratic super-PAC take down an ad that hit the GOP senator as an "obstructionist" to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat, according to a release from Kirk's campaign.
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George Wooding, president of the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, admits he has played a role in making it difficult for larger homes to be built in those areas, but bristles at the criticism he is being obstructionist.
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As Mr. Kirk met with Judge Garland in Washington, many Republicans home for the Senate's two-week recess were fielding tough questions from constituents, fueled by opponents eager to seize on the image of an obstructionist Senate majority.
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And Brat, who for the past two years has sat in one of Washington's ideological power centers as a conservative lawmaker with close ties to Trump, has gained a reputation for being ideological to the point of obstructionist.
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Democrats in recent weeks have been signaling that they'll work to be just as obstructionist as the Republicans were under Obama when it comes to these nominations, and it's not clear what, if anything, will change that dynamic.
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Senate Majority Leader McConnell needs to change the rules of the Senate that allows the minority to obstruct without actually taking to the Senate floor for debate or force obstructionist liberals to debate until they drop from exhaustion.
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" Rally Trump: threatens a government shutdown if he doesn't get a border wall "Now the obstructionist Democrats would like us not to do it, but believe me if we have to close down our government, we're building that wall.
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"We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with," the president tweeted.
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The minority party in the US system these days is forced to play an obstructionist role, especially when the majority party works to pass legislation without soliciting any input from the minority, as the Republicans have done on healthcare.
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They could mostly agree on an approach, but if they have enough defections, with moderate Democrats going on TV to complain about how the liberals have hijacked the party, that would undermine any obstructionist strategy they have in mind.
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In that department, Hudak doesn't think obstructionist Republicans will be able to stop her, as some more moderate Senate Republicans, like Susan Collins of Maine most likely won't take part in an "all-out assault" on Clinton's judicial appointments.
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"The people of Texas' 28th district are ready for systematic change and deserve a Democrat that will be on the side of working people; not the side of big money and obstructionist Republicans," Ms. Warren said in a statement.
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Taking the liberal option requires believing that the "mass mobilization" effect of the nominee outweighs both the policy/legacy incentives from seeing a nominee confirmed and the (Senate and potentially presidential) electoral gains from painting the incumbent GOP senators as obstructionist.
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"Pai has been an effective obstructionist who looks out for the corporate interests he used to represent in the private sector," says Craig Aaron, the president of a nonprofit called Free Press that's fought for net neutrality, in an emailed statement.
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Obstructionist cities, like Chicago and others, are preparing illegal alien ID programs, which fly in the face of identification standards called for in the REAL ID act (enacted in response to the 9/11 hijackings) and our voter-integrity laws.
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A day after a terrorist attack in Barcelona left 14 dead and more than 100 people injured, President Trump slammed "Obstructionist" Democrats and the courts on Twitter for making it "very difficult" for his administration to be tougher on border security:
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Senate Republicans seem to face an almost apocalyptic choice: either confirm a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court that could shift its ideological balance indefinitely, or continue to be labeled as an obstructionist party keeping a ninth vote off the Court.
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Yet again, President Donald J. Trump has been proven right and the only people standing between a better healthcare system and a collapsed system the are liberal obstructionist leaders, Pelosi and Schumer, who are leading their party into a political abyss.
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But he met resistance from the army, which still exerted influence over the nascent democratic institutions and made constant threats, and from an obstructionist new Congress, which skewed to the right because of an electoral system that favored General Pinochet's allies.
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Ford Motor TRUMP SEEKS DEM HELP ON INFRASTRUCTURE: President Trump urged "obstructionist" Democrats on Wednesday to work with him on repairing the country's infrastructure, a top priority that the White House has so far struggled to bring Democrats on board with.
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That would likely just end up slightly delaying the inevitable, since the GOP controls the Senate and can change the filibuster rules to get Gorscuh through, but many progressives want their party to get a little bit more spiteful and obstructionist.
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While Garland's lack of abortion-related controversy could be considered strategically advantageous for Obama, who must get his nominee through an obstructionist Republican pledge to oppose any Justice nomination, it has the reproductive rights community in a state of suspense.
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"We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with," he said last week.
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"We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with," Mr. Trump said on Twitter.
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The only people who don't like the Tax Cut Bill are the people that don't understand it or the Obstructionist Democrats that know how really good it is and do not want the credit and success to go to the Republicans!
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That criticism is particularly pointed with regard to Mr. McConnell, whose decision to block Mr. Obama's nomination of Merrick B. Garland to the Supreme Court in 22016 elevated him from mere obstructionist to arch-villain in the eyes of many Democrats.
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And while perhaps nothing better illustrates the President's fundamental misunderstanding of the role of our executive branch than his conflation of obstruction with fighting back, he has displayed a dizzying and at times remarkable pattern of obstructionist behavior while in office.
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The US, Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, India and other big polluters are accused of obstructionist behavior while Australia and Brazil stand accused of seeking loopholes to recycle old carbon credits in order to meet their commitments under the Paris accord.
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Many Democrats, especially, are doing their best to solve a serious problem with an obstructionist Republican-majority Congress who wants to vote to repeal and take away the only thing that is saving me — and millions of others — from catastrophic health care costs.
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"We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with," he wrote in a series of tweets.
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He then followed up by blaming "Obstructionist Democrats" for making the security of the country "very difficult" — essentially trying to preemptively blame the court system and his political opponents for any incidents here, despite his being in control of the federal government.
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On the other side of Conte sat Luigi Di Maio, head of the League's now-estranged coalition partner, the 5-Star Movement, which was branded as obstructionist by Salvini over the past 12 days, since he pulled the plug on their alliance.
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"Admittedly, this is far from a perfect repeal, and no conservative would propose this if it weren't for the reality of the obstructionist Democrats in the Senate," Tea Party Express co-founder Sal Russo wrote in a Medium post explaining the decision.
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Democrats have argued that Republican senators are being obstructionist because of their refusal to hold hearings on Garland's nomination, while some conservatives are quietly saying that keeping Republicans in the Senate is essential to blocking potential Clinton nominees to the high court.
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"We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with," Trump wrote in the Friday tweet.
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So messages from the body continued to reach the gene and tell it to turn on and produce more B.D.N.F. Perhaps most remarkably, the researchers also found a particular substance in the runners' brains that fended off the action of these obstructionist molecules.
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Senate watchers used to the obstructionist stance that the Republican leader, Mr. McConnell, took with President Obama for eight years have been waiting for signs of the kind of minority leader that Mr. Schumer will be when he takes over as Democratic leader.
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"The people of Texas' 28th district are ready for systematic change and deserve a Democrat that will be on the side of working people; not the side of big money and obstructionist Republicans," Warren said in a statement provided by the Cisneros campaign.
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But Republicans will try to blame Pelosi for gridlock on the Hill, and they tell me they plan to use the same playbook on Pelosi as the one she crafted just a few weeks ago — demonizing Mitch McConnell as Washington's greatest obstructionist.
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With Republican intransigence over Merrick Garland, Mr Obama's Supreme Court pick, leaving a bad taste in Democrats' mouths, the minority party is likely to use any and all obstructionist tactics available to them under obscure Senate rules to delay or thwart votes on judicial nominees.
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"We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with," the president said in an early-morning tweet.
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At a rally on Sunday in Las Vegas and again at an evening fund-raiser in the affluent La Jolla enclave here, Mr. Obama sought to bind Republicans running for Congress to Mr. Trump, arguing that their obstructionist ways had fueled the nominee's political ascent.
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With obstructionist Democrats vowing to block his nomination, his confirmation far from guaranteed but one thing is clear — every cake baker, pizza maker and wedding photographer can begin to breathe a sigh of relief because under Kavanaugh's reign, religious liberty would be safe once again.
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"The Democratic Party - and our country - cannot afford an obstructionist 'Tea Party of the Left' when we need to focus on wining this next election and passing policies that will truly help working families and all who are struggling in America today," the congressman said.
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My struggle comes from looking for common ground with a president-elect whose policy goals I largely do not support but recognizing from my time working in the Obama White House just how ineffective obstructionist politics can be for Americans who rely on a functioning federal government.
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The explanation that Democrats have given for accommodating Trump is that they don't wish to be seen as obstructionist, which would erode their ability to work with Republicans: Dem Sen staffer told a friend they can't obstruct everything because "obstructing everything" what they fought for 8 years.
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"We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with," the president tweeted to his more than 56 million followers.
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But so long as Congress remains dysfunctional, with the Senate ruled by the filibuster and its obstructionist majority leader, Mitch McConnell—it's highly unlikely that new statutes would be enacted to replace the old ones that Gorsuch and the conservatives on the new court would wipe away.
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With this stunning missive now a part of the public record, we can add Trump's misleading, "dictated" statement about his son's now infamous June 9, 2016 Trump Tower meeting with admitted Russian "informant" Natalia Veselnitskaya to the dizzying list of obstructionist behavior he's displayed while in office.
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When a state or municipality dares to challenge incumbents by building their own networks or by encouraging others to enter (as Louisville has done here), they're hit with lawsuits that are exceedingly expensive, onerous, and obstructionist as well as public relations blitzes that are often misleading.
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If he can effectively levy the case that blocking judicial nominees could hurt Democrats in elections down the line, it's possible he could compel members of the minority to think twice about obstructionist tactics as they determine how best to combat Trump's onslaught on the judiciary.
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Trump is in search of more accomplishments he can tout to voters in 2020 and, with their hands on the levers of power for the first time in two years, Democrats are also looking for policy gains and to avoid being labeled "obstructionist" by Trump and Republicans.
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"The people of Texas' 2628th district are ready for systematic change and deserve a Democrat that will be on the side of working people; not the side of big money and obstructionist Republicans," Warren, a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, said in a statement.
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He came into office—after an electoral win that shocked everyone—as the head of a Republican Party that controlled both chambers of Congress and with the opportunity to fill a Supreme Court vacancy (kept open by obstructionist Republican senators after Antonin Scalia's sudden death in February 2016).
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His State of the Union speech was an exercise in thumbing his nose at the noxious obstructionist Republicans, and lecturing Americans — who have gone from strong and silent to weak and chatty — to grow up about ISIS and stop acting as though World War III has broken out.
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However, when asked about serious allegations against Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE's campaign and Democratic figures, they are entirely obstructionist.
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Party leaders want to forge a united front in a presidential election year when they're trying to mold an image as the party of shared values fighting for American workers and families in the face of an obstructionist GOP that prioritizes corporations and other well-heeled special interests.
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While Sanders frequently praised many aspects of Obama-era policies and defended the then-President's agenda from what he said was an obstructionist Republican Party, a CNN KFile review of Sanders' comments during Obama's years in office shows the Vermont senator was also sharply critical of the President.
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But Mr. McConnell's unprecedented use of the filibuster — which forced Democrats to muster 60 votes to get anything done — and other obstructionist tactics drew loud rebukes from Democrats and traditionalists, who identified his intransigence as eroding longstanding norms and contributing greatly to voters' anger over a dysfunctional Washington.
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If things turn sour the blame will be heaped not on Brexit, but on the obstructionist EU. The ingredients for Brexit—a departing country confused about its leverage, a club distracted by other problems and determined to avoid more fractures, a procedure without precedent, a tight deadline—make a combustible mix.
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McConnell pioneered the unprecedented use of obstructionist tactics in 2009 and 2010 — going so far as to block action on even measures Republicans didn't disagree with — in order to make American politics as contentious as possible, knowing that an ineffective policy response to the Great Recession would redound to Republicans' benefits.
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" He spent the majority of his speech blaming the media for race relations in the U.S., particularly after Charlottesville, but here are some agenda items Trump talked about: Border wall: "If we have to close down our government, we're building that wall," Trump said in a message to "obstructionist Democrats.
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Just hours after the shooting in El Paso, McConnell's official campaign tweeted a photo of a mock graveyard that included a headstone of his opponent, with the caption "The Grim Reaper of Socialism"—a self-congratulating allusion to his reputation as an obstructionist who subverts the Democratic process by killing bills.
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" On Monday, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, a 2020 presidential candidate who has built her campaign around progressive activism, endorsed Ms. Cisneros, saying that people in the district "deserve a Democrat that will be on the side of working people, not the side of big money and obstructionist Republicans.
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And also tonight, with standing pressure from Rod Rosenstein and other obstructionist bureaucrats in the DOJ, this impending report should shed a critical light on what were the crimes of Hillary Clinton and how the FBI, the DOJ, high-ranking members of the Obama administration, completely and intentionally fixed, botched the criminal investigation.
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It would probably take the form of a subsidized public option offered on health insurance exchanges, combined with legislation opening up the exchanges to all employers (not just those with 50 employees or fewer), auto-enrolling newborn children, and nationalizing Medicaid/SCHIPso obstructionist states can't deny their residents coverage by rejecting federal funds.
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However, Houthi forces last week reportedly appointed an official ambassador to Iran in a sign that opponents of the peace talks were gaining steam and the Saudi-backed leader of Yemen, who is currently in exile, is viewed around the globe as an obstructionist, people familiar with the diplomatic efforts told the Journal.
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The wheels came to a grinding halt last week when a very complicated and controversial healthcare reform bill failed to make it to the House floor for a vote and produced an incredible and unintentional result: it awarded obstructionist Democrats points with their progressive base and exposed new rifts among Republican House members.
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A Democrat running in a deeply conservative district covering the Northwest suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, Garrett says she wants to reach across the aisle, which is in clear contrast to Jordan's political brand, whose role in the Freedom Caucus is often seen by both Republicans and Democrats as an obstructionist force in the House.
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Republicans trawling for White House hypocrisy might have also taken exception to Obama's Rose Garden announcement itself -- since Biden -- a key player in obstructionist Supreme Court confirmation fights in the past, including his orchestration of the rejection of President Ronald Reagan pick Judge Robert Bork -- stood alongside the President as he made his speech.
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The bottom line is this: we must let Congress work its will on the AHCA — let the Committees mark-up the bill, give Republicans, both in Committee and on the House floor, the opportunity to offer amendments, see if perhaps even Democrats will offer their own amendments (and not just as an obstructionist tactic).
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Like the Phantom of the Opera, he seemed destined to lurk in the bowels of the Capitol forever— relishing his roles as Obama's chief obstructionist and gatekeeper (at one point sitting on more than 350 House-passed bills) and willing attack dog against anyone who would deign to challenge him or any other Democrat.
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Bill Clinton's presidential victory in 1992 not only set the stage for Hillary Clinton's defeat but also led to Newt Gingrich's 1994 Republican revolution, which gave the party's boomers a majority in the House and initiated an angry, obstructionist, anti-establishment movement that, abetted by the far-right fringe, would later fuel Mr. Trump's ascent.
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It would probably take the form of a subsidized public option offered on health insurance exchanges, combined with legislation opening up the exchanges to all employers (not just those with 50 employees or fewer), auto-enrolling newborn children, and nationalizing Medicaid/SCHIP so obstructionist states can't deny their residents coverage by rejecting federal funds.
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This obstructionist behavior includes, but is not limited to, his asking then-FBI Director James Comey for a loyalty pledge, urging him to drop his investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, and his subsequent firing of Comey, citing a controversial memorandum written by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, which we now know was merely a pretext.
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In particular, they want congressional Democrats to signal their dissent by voting against Trump's cabinet picks and filibustering Neil Gorsuch, his Supreme Court nominee—measures that might not ultimately stop anyone from being confirmed, but would at least demonstrate that the Democrats are going to be about as obstructionist as Republicans were during the Obama administration.
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Thom TillisThomas (Thom) Roland TillisThe United States broken patent system is getting worse Gun reform groups to pressure GOP senators with rallies in all 50 states To cash in on innovation, remove market barriers for advanced energy technologies MORE warned Tuesday that his party risks being seen as "obstructionist" in a fight over Supreme Court nominations with President Obama.
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"It's telling that the Republicans are trying to create a media blackout, especially at this moment when we're looking to the Democrats to be more obstructionist because they don't control a single branch of government," said Astra Taylor, a documentary filmmaker and the author of The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age.
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Claire McCaskillClaire Conner McCaskillEx-CIA chief worries campaigns falling short on cybersecurity Ocasio-Cortez blasts NYT editor for suggesting Tlaib, Omar aren't representative of Midwest Trump nominees meet fiercest opposition from Warren, Sanders, Gillibrand MORE (D-Mo.), who is running for reelection, blamed McConnell's obstructionist tactics during the Obama administration for destroying the chamber's tradition of comity.
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Senate Democrats are resorting to every trick in the book, from using the blue slip (an arcane Senate tradition that allows the two home-state senators to weigh in on a judicial nominee), to refusing to show up for votes, to staging walk-outs, and generally stalling the nomination process – all with the sole purpose of being obstructionist.
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Considered by many as two of the most polarizing politicians in U.S. history, responsible for one of the most obstructionist chapters in American politics, perhaps it is a fitting coda that they are leaving public service at the same time: Obama limited to two terms by the 2628nd Amendment and Reid, ever true to his eccentric nature, resigning under murkier circumstances.
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Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenHarry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Warren offers plan to repeal 22019 crime law authored by Biden Panel: Jill Biden's campaign message MORE (D-Mass.) as a "far-left obstructionist" in the wake of the announcement that she intends to explore a presidential bid in 2020.
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She intends to serve as a bridge between House Speaker Pelosi and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party despite their disagreements.. Rather than being an obstructionist who will do anything to defend her particular views — the Tea Party model of legislating — Ocasio-Cortez wants to use her clout to ensure that her generation maintains a place at the table.
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Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation Trump health official: Controversial drug pricing move is 'top priority' Environmental advocates should take another look at biofuels MORE will go down as the "most obstructionist" Senate Judiciary Committee chairman in history for denying a hearing to a Supreme Court nominee from President Obama.
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It's clear from all the contrived outrage over many of Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE's cabinet choices and agency positions that partisan, obstructionist politics remains alive and well in Washington.
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From weeping over the partial travel ban from six countries President Obama had similarly singled out (and claiming that the Statue of Liberty was weeping also), to claiming that Justice Gorsuch was unfit to be confirmed for unspecified reasons, he has been little more than a common or garden obstructionist, as he and Pelosi leg it to the left, following Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
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He followed up with more threats to cut off foreign aid to countries in Central America, trying to stir up panic around a new migrant caravan en route to the US. We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with.
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Katzenbach, a 1966 decision that upheld the VRA, the Supreme Court explained why the law was necessary to combat the many efforts to keep African Americans from voting: Congress had found that case-by-case litigation was inadequate to combat wide-spread and persistent discrimination in voting, because of the inordinate amount of time and energy required to overcome the obstructionist tactics invariably encountered in these lawsuits.
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"If Republicans proceed, they will ensure that this Republican majority is remembered as the most nakedly partisan, obstructionist and irresponsible majority in history," Senate Democratic Leader Harry ReidHarry Mason Reid85033 Democrats fight to claim Obama's mantle on health care Reid says he wishes Franken would run for Senate again Panel: How Biden's gaffes could cost him against Trump MORE (Nev.) wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
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At the Democratic primary debate in Florida last week, Washington Post moderator Karen Tumulty asked presidential candidate Bernie Sanders a version of a question people have been asking him since he began his unlikely campaign: If elected, how would he fulfill his ambitious progressive agenda, in the face of an obstructionist Republican Congress and an American public that historically hasn't been eager to embrace big government programs, or the taxes that tend to come with them.
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Its moderators probed for some issue differences among the debaters but didn't confront Warren with her claims of Native American heritage and generally displayed their pro-Democratic bias in labeling Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi, Schumer press for gun screenings as Trump inches away The malware election: Returning to paper ballots only way to prevent hacking First House Republican backs bill banning assault weapons MORE (R-Ky.) as an obstructionist while ignoring the passage earlier that day of a border aid bill, 84-8.
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RONALD MASSONTopanga, California You described the tactics used by the Republicans in blocking a vote on Barack Obama's choice of a Supreme Court justice as obstructionist ("Gorsuch test", February 4th), However, what you did not mention is that during the last year of George W. Bush's administration senior Democrats in the Senate at the time, including Charles Schumer and Joe Biden, were arguing that no vote should be held on a president's nomination of a judge to the Supreme Court if a vacancy comes up in his final year.
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