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In reply to the discussion: Mr. President, I take it personally: [View all]marym625
(17,997 posts)136. Not when he signed the budget at the end of 2014.
He dismantled the campaign reform portion that is why this coming election will see more money donated to campaigns than ever in the history of our country, by any way of calculating
WASHINGTONLawmakers clashed on Wednesday over contentious provisions inserted into a $1.1 trillion spending bill, casting some doubt over whether Congress will be able to pass a long-term bill to avoid a government shutdown before Thursdays midnight deadline.
News that the spending bill released Tuesday night included campaign-finance changes and a GOP effort to dismantle part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul provoked a liberal backlash on Wednesday.
News that the spending bill released Tuesday night included campaign-finance changes and a GOP effort to dismantle part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul provoked a liberal backlash on Wednesday.
E Earlier this month, Congress approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill that rolls back a provision of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. That happened over the ferocious objections of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other progressive Democrats.
President Barack Obama sided with Republican leaders to support the spending bill, including the provision Wall Street wanted.
President Barack Obama sided with Republican leaders to support the spending bill, including the provision Wall Street wanted.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-dodd-frank-obama-elizabeth-warren-wall-street-1219-jm-20141219-story.html
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They left out that he had his DoJ help local police brutalize OWS protestors. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#100
No, with the 2016 campaign already heating up this is exactly the place where this
totodeinhere
Apr 2015
#102
And it was a fantastic movement. I wonder what would have happened if Theo Roosevelt had bucked the
Dark n Stormy Knight
Apr 2015
#101
I would like to see a list of what President Obama has done you find exceptable, hope
AuntPatsy
Apr 2015
#3
I think normally people overlook spelling errors, but it was intended as a critique of the OP...
cascadiance
Apr 2015
#122
I think it's only human nature to dwell on the things you disagree with rather than the
totodeinhere
Apr 2015
#103
No apology necessary. You did the correct thing and kept another Republican out of the
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2015
#22
Oh yes! And you've helped make AG Loretta Lynch a reality! Forgot about that.
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2015
#30
don't forget just how bad voting for his opponent in either of those elections
rurallib
Apr 2015
#125
Out of the 36% or so of eligible American voters who bothered to vote?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#33
No, that "36%" was 39.9% in 2010 and the I believe the 18% was only in California in 2014.
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2015
#38
Thank you for succinctly, in your header, stating exactly the reason
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#60
Taking my words out of context is beneath an intelligent person like you, Erich.
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2015
#72
A lot of his voters from 2008 won't be voting for ANY Dem next time around, due in large part
Doctor_J
Apr 2015
#16
Dude, rainbows could come shooting out of Obama's behind and that won't change the minds of
underahedgerow
Apr 2015
#37
There's absolutely nothing in your list that's not spot-on. Sure feels like betrayal to me.
Scuba
Apr 2015
#13
IMO, you're a bit RW harsh with the 23 personally offended list. But there is some degree of Truth,
Sunlei
Apr 2015
#66
"[I]f American workers are being denied their right to organize when I'm in the White House, I will
midnight
Apr 2015
#90
http://www.diagonale.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/07-Illustration-von-Samuel-Goodrich-The-Wooden-Ho
blkmusclmachine
Apr 2015
#116
Alfred McCoy explained Secret Government is why the pendulum won't swing back.
Octafish
Apr 2015
#124
This the best and most complete list of Obama's "populist" hypocrisy I have ever seen published.
DrBulldog
Apr 2015
#144
I'm sure grateful that doesn't say McCain and/or Romney after Mr. President, though.
C Moon
Apr 2015
#159
Here it is toward the end of his tenure and you come up with 23 things that...
TreasonousBastard
Apr 2015
#180