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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumObama’s SuperMajority? for how long?
Sure, Im upset with President Obama over many matters.
But the fact that he could have rammed shit through is crap!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-m-granholm/debunking-the-myth-obamas_b_1929869.html
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Obama’s SuperMajority? for how long? (Original Post)
busterbrown
Dec 2014
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. Only 51 votes are required to modify the filibuster rule so 60 votes
aren't required to pass any legislation.
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)2. About three months, IIRC
It took an age to get Franken seated because his opponent was a sore loser and insisted on dragging everything through the courts.
quadrature
(2,049 posts)3. July'09 thru Jan'10 .... about three months or so ...nt
Fearless
(18,421 posts)4. What exactly has he wanted to pass that he couldn't?
fasttense
(17,301 posts)5. Well he has a group of congress critters
Coming in at the end of the year that agree with him on fascism and free market economics.
So he should be able to reduce social security, implement more austerity and pass the TPP without any problems.