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20. What did they do in that time?

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 07:46 PM

Dec 2014

Here's an article that shows all the different views on why so little was accomplished then~
http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2010/11/04-obama-galston

And Obama's view on why it wasn't a "super-majority" during those 2 years~
http://www.politicususa.com/2012/10/24/obama-debunks-myth-supermajority-congress-years.html

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