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How many times did democrats filibuster during Bush administration?
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According to the Senate Historical Office, since the president took office, there have been a record number of filibusters; Republicans in the senate united to block nearly every major proposal that the Obama administration made, rather than letting such proposals receive an up-or-down vote on the floor of the senate, as used to be the custom. By some counts, there have been more than one hundred filibusters since 2009 (counting the refusal to confirm judges, that number rises even further); these filibusters included bills or proposals that Republicans previously had supported.
Among the bills Republicans filibustered were:
H.R. 12 - Paycheck Fairness Act
H.R. 448 -- Elder Abuse Victims Act
H.R. 466 - Wounded Veteran Job Security Act
H.R. 515 - Radioactive Import Deterrence Act
H.R. 549 -- National Bombing Prevention Act
H.R. 577 - Vision Care for Kids Act
H.R. 626 - Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act
H.R. 1029 - Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act
H.R. 1168 -- Veterans Retraining Act
H.R. 1171 - Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization
H.R. 1293 -- Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act
H.R. 1429 -- Stop AIDS in Prison Act
H.R.5281 -- DREAM Act
S.3985 -- Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act
S.3816 -- Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act
S.3369 -- DISCLOSE Act, A bill to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities
S.2237 -- Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act
S.2343 -- Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act
S.1660 -- American Jobs Act of 2011
S.3457 -- Veterans Jobs Corps Act
For a complete list of all the filibusters and efforts to over-ride them, I enclose a link to the U.S. Senate's website.
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How many Filibusters during Obama administration?
During the first four years of the Obama administration, his Republican opposition used the filibuster a record number of times. Sources vary, but most agree it more than 125 times, and some sources say it was as much as 200 times.
Which political party was nick named the party of no in 2010?
The Republican Party was given this name by the Democrats. The Republicans used the filibuster an unprecedented number of times. To Democrats, it seemed their strategy was just to stop whatever President Obama was trying to accomplish. That is why the nick-name "The party of NO" was used-- Democrats believed the Republicans were saying no to everything, just to be obstructionist.
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Unfortunately, the rules of the senate have changed over the past few years, such that the minority party (in this case the Republicans) can stop any piece of legislation or any proposal from getting an up-or-down vote by threatening a filibuster. Where years ago, filibusters were real (in other words, a senator had to remain on the floor of the senate for hours and hours, preventing a piece of legislation from being voted on), today, the rules only require a verbal agreement to filibuster; Republicans united to use this tactic and they used it a record number of times. Even though they still held a majority, the Democrats needed 60 votes to stop a filibuster, and they did not have that many; in past years, some Republican senators would cross the aisle and work together with Democrats, but now, the Republicans were united in opposing nearly every bill that the president wanted passed. Thus, the senate was unable to get anything done.
What statement describes a difference between the legislative procedures of the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The filibuster can be used in the Senate but not in the House
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What group of northerners criticized Lincoln during the civil war?
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