President Obama Will Seek to Reduce Taxes for Middle Class

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142. The time there were 60 in the Dem caucus exceeded 24 days by a lot and a placeholder handpicked

by Kennedy most certainly did follow Kennedy into that Senate seat. And, as I said, it doesn't even take 24 days to take a vote.

Moreover, Bush and other Presidents seemed to get a lot of what they wanted without every having a veto proof majority, sometimes without even having their own party in the majority in both houses. That has been the fate of all Presidents since the Solid South changed from Democrat to Republican and California did the opposite. And the Constitution read the same way when they were office, as did the Senate rules.

So, trying to argue Obama's hands were totally tied is not only wrong, but only makes him seem weak (as in my opinion, do most of the excuses that get made for him). So, you are not helping him at all, but doing the opposite.

However, as my post said, this is year 6. The whole 24 day meme was for year 1 and has been debated on DU and didn't even apply to things like Obama's nominees, budgets that he sent to Congress, etc.