republican obstruction

While Republicans Vacation, President Obama Acts to Fight Zika

While Republicans Vacation, President Obama Acts to Fight Zika

Failure to pass Zika funding forced the administration to choose between delaying vaccine work and raiding other programs to avoid…

8 years ago

Obama Gets Sweet Revenge On Republican Obstruction With Rising Approval Ratings

A series of polls are giving President Obama payback for years of Republican obstruction. At the exact time that Republicans…

9 years ago

Obama Blasts Senate Republicans: I’ve Done My Job, Now Do Yours

President Obama has unleashed a powerful election-year message by calling out Senate Republicans for their historic obstruction.

9 years ago

New Ad Nails Do Nothing Republicans By Asking What It Is That They Do In Washington

In a new Grassley ad, the Agenda Project Action Fund has decided to be exactly as dignified and respectful to…

9 years ago

Republican Senator Tries to Save His Job By Sucking Up to President Obama

It turns out, sucking up to President Obama by doing their job is a much smarter strategy. What a sick…

9 years ago

Harry Reid Exposes The Koch Brothers As The Force Behind The GOP’s Obama Obstruction

Today on the Senate floor Reid accused Republicans of bowing to the Koch brothers with their SCOTUS blockade against Judge…

9 years ago

The Call Goes Out: It’s Time for the Grassley Rule

Perhaps a better name for it would be simply, "The United States Constitution." It's the one they've all sworn to…

9 years ago

Sen. Chuck Grassley Pummeled With Backlash In Iowa Over Obama Nominee Obstruction

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was pummeled today with negative press over his refusal to hold hearings for President Obama's…

9 years ago

Republicans Rebel As Mitch McConnell’s Decision To Block SCOTUS Nominee Backfires

Faced with angry voters who want them to do their jobs, the jobs the voters are paying them to do,…

9 years ago

Hillary Rodham Clinton Sounds Like A Realist – Not A Republican

The reality is that when Democrats did have majorities in both houses of Congress they were barely able to pass…

9 years ago

Half Of America is Now Impoverished Because the Koch-Republicans Destroyed the Middle Class

The percentage of middle-class households dropped in every state in the Union between 2000 and 2013, along with median income

9 years ago

GOP Trickle Down Has 70% of Americans Near Financial Calamity

Instead of changing course and helping the majority of the population, Republicans still propose heaping wealth on the rich and…

10 years ago

NRA-Republicans Blocked Treaty Banning Arms Sales To Terrorists

One might wonder what kind of malcontent opposes a worldwide treaty that limits the transfer of conventional arms and battlefield…

10 years ago

Bernie Sanders Connects The Dots: If You Vote, Republicans Will Pay For Their Obstruction

Bernie Sanders pointed out on MSNBC that the only way Republicans will pay for their years of obstruction is if…

11 years ago

President Obama Reaches Out To Governors To Overcome Republican Obstruction

President Obama has come up with a novel way to get around Republican obstruction. He is bypassing Congress and reaching…

11 years ago

Mitch McConnell Hatches a Plan for Revenge on Harry Reid That May Cost Him His Senate Seat

Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans have hatched a plan for revenge on Harry Reid that is toxic that it could…

11 years ago

Recent Judicial Decisions Show How Crucial It is To Fight for Obama’s Nominees

Recent appalling decisions by Bush-appointed judges show the importance of getting some Obama-appointed judges on the bench. If only he…

11 years ago

Obama Tells Republicans To Shove It As He Implements His Agenda Without Them

President Obama is done caring about what congressional Republicans think. The president is meeting with Democrats in order to implement…

11 years ago

International Federation Sounds US Airspace Warning Due to Sequester Cuts

The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) today warned that the operation of the USA's National Airspace System is being put…

12 years ago

Making It Up As They Go Along, Republicans Use Fantasies To Block Obama Nominees

When obstruction for obstruction's sake is the Republican reason for serving in government, any fantastical reason suffices to block the…

12 years ago

Harry Reid Needs to Get Both a Spine and a Clue and Confront Republican Obstruction

After suffering their obstruction in the 111th and 112th Congress, one would think Reid would get a clue, and a…

12 years ago

Barack Obama May Go Down As the Only President Who Excelled In the Face of Racism

Barack Obama, may go down as the only president in the nation's history who excelled in spite of hostility borne…

12 years ago

Mitt Romney is the Executioner Who is Leading His Supporters to the Gallows

There is no demographic that supports Romney that is not inexorably linked to their own destruction and unfortunately, to their…

12 years ago

Republican Stimulus Hypocrisy Should Enrage Every Struggling American

Every Republican who opposed infusing federal money into the economy, or obstructed President Obama's jobs plans, knew they were stunting…

12 years ago