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The Republican obstruction strategy in Congress reached a new milestone on December 18 when the Senate held its 62nd cloture vote in response to a filibuster, the most in recent history.
Our year-end review shows how a deliberate conservative strategy to routinely filibuster bills, coupled with White House veto threats, has led to record-breaking legislative paralysis on Capitol Hill.
Read the report [1] | Read the press release [2]
Bill Scher: How Obstruction Hurts You [3] | Digby: Why They Do It [4]
Obstruction special section [5]
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Links:
[1] http://home.ourfuture.org/assets/block-and-blame.pdf
[2] http://home.ourfuture.org/media/record-breaking-senate-conservatives.html
[3] http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/record_breaking_obstruction_how_it_screwed_you
[4] http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/movement_built_last
[5] http://www.ourfuture.org/obstruction