ZERO were made when the Senate was still in session...Both pro forma AND not in pro forma...

Obama has four...That's four more than EVERY other president COMBINED...

Math uses facts...They're not partisan...

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The Senate was not in session...according to the Senate Majority Leader.

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Not only, false, but the simple fact is that you want this game played by Obama because of which party wins and which party loses irrelevant to the damage being done to government procedure and balance of powers between branches...

That doesn't anger me...That's just saddening...

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For 3 years The Republicans have thwarted nearly every piece of legislation and even the lowliest cabinet positions with a threat of a filibuster. Mitch McConnell said it all when he stated "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."

. It is clear who has America's best interests, and it is not The Republicans....and I think Americans know that and will vote accordingly in November.

I am Knowuryder, and I approve this message.

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OK...let's use that logic and see how you can possibly believe him...

Did you know that the recent payroll tax extension was passed in the very same pro forma session?...

How could that be?????????????????...

Democrats Passed Payroll Tax Extension During ‘Pro Forma’ Session on Dec. 23

So you want to believe Reid when he says that pro forma sessions are a recess, but AT THE SAME TIME, you want to believe that a Senate passed a tax extension bill during a pro forma session...

How could the Senate pass a bill in recess?...(Answer, of course...They didn't...it WASN'T in recess)...

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An addendum to my previous post...

I just read more on it...

Please read the bolded section....PLEASE...

The White House Is Wrong — The Senate Conducted Business During Its ‘Recess’

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Then why wait until after the recess to take up the issue of the debt ceiling?

Ahhh, see, seems Mr. Obama found a loophole, and I am glad he did.

Let Mitch McConnell pursue legal action if he is so inclined...wanna bet he doesn't?

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I'll say it again...

There...was...no...recess...

You don't answer questions by asking a different one unrelated to the original...

I gave my answer...haven't heard yours yet...

With 1 year left on the term, it's irrelevant...If done in the first year, definitely...

But 13 months from now, I'll make a bet that you, the Dems, and the media (redundancy alert), will be HOWLING MAD if a Republican president does this and says "Hey...Obama did it!"...

We saw it when the Dems filibustered everything under Bush (Good for them!) and then cried when the Republicans returned the favor (Bad! Evil!)

We saw it when the Dems invented the pro forma sessions under Bush (Good for them!) and then cried when the Republicans returned the favor (Bad! Evil!)

We will see the same if/when this happens...Then, all of a sudden, you'll all jump to MY SIDE (And "No"...I won't jump to yours...I'd find it equally appalling)...

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Well, as you know, the minority party can and very often does block an up or down vote in the senate for nominations. I guess there might be many reasons that the party that's out of power would do this. It is always a political game...a power struggle. These games aren't always good for the country, but they are played anyway.

In this case, the repubs don't want consumers being protected from the big money entities that might make major bucks taking advantage of the regular Joe/Jane. Therefore, they object to the appointment of anyone to the agency that would cost their friends money. No head of agency=ineffectual agency.

Since the leader of the senate repubs publically declared the primary intent of the republican party is to make Obama a one term prez, blocking this nomination is paramount to their desired end since the consumer protection would be popular with the consumers (read voters).

It's all part of the political game...and you know it. Obama won this round.

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Nice try, the threat of filibusters skyrocketed with the 110th congress which ushered in The Republican minority and has kept up at a steady pace....additionally, 63 of Obama's appointments were held up with delay tactics for more than 3 months in his first year, by comparison, Bush had 3 of his appointments held up for that amount of time.

President Obama has faced more obstructionism than any president in modern history.....

That is a fact.

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