The President said he’d fight for middle-class people like me, and he kept his promise

[TiberiusB]

26. Sincere question, what was Obama's history with this bill?

The bill passed the Senate on January 22 and the House on the 27th, with President Obama signing it on the 29th, just 9 days after his inauguration (7 days, if you discount the weekend). Besides promising to sign the bill, what did he do to help get it passed? It seems like it was practically gift wrapped and put on his desk, yet I get the impression from these posts that he, and he alone, passed the bill into law. In fact, it seems that without the help of a handful of Republicans, and yes, that is irony you're tasting, the bill wouldn't have made it out of Congress. Of course, given the makeup of the GOP today, such a thing would almost certainly never happen again (it practically didn't happen then), but I think that if Obama is to be praised for signing the bill, then Congress should be equally praised for getting it to his desk. Or is the President solely responsible for the good bills that pass and Congress is 100% on the hook for the bad stuff?

Unless I'm missing something, obviously, hence the question.