| 单词 | obstructionist |
| 例句 | There’s no law against it, but it has made the Amazonian Scythedom uncooperative and openly obstructionist when it comes to assisting scythes from any other region. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We have become a city of naysayers and obstructionists. Moynihan Train Hall: It’s Stunning. And, a First Step. 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The city is crippled by an obstructionist set of city planning rules — the consequence of local activism and a Talmudic bureaucracy. San Francisco Repurposes Old for the Future 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z “It’ll be a collaborative environment for people to learn how to pass a bill or how to be obstructionist in not passing a bill,” Mr. Schlossberg said. Edward M. Kennedy Institute Aims to Teach Collaboration 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z “Burning Down the House” looks at Gingrich before his lofty Contract With America and his down-and-dirty government shutdown, before he became President Bill Clinton’s archnemesis as a gleefully obstructionist speaker of the House. Newt Gingrich and the Dawn of a Toxic Political Era 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z How many cop shows and movies have we seen in which dirty police officers fake proof to satisfy the obstructionist bureaucrats when they know someone is guilty? ArtsBeat: The 'Killing' Finale: Clearer Than You Thought 2011-06-20T17:49:34Z No other issue seemed to motivate obstructionists in quite the same way. As the Georgia Runoffs Arrive, a New Book Says the Senate Is Broken 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z “Equity was just so slow,” he said, “and even at times very obstructionist.” ‘Why Are We Stuck?’ Stage Actors Challenge Their Union Over Safety 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Audiences enjoyed the scrupulously nonpartisan skewering of narcissistic politicians and obstructionist bureaucrats. Antony Jay, a Machiavelli Scholar and a Creator of ‘Yes Minister,’ Dies at 86 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z "I know there's a controversy now," Jackson said, alluding to a fracas around the film, which some say portrays the late president as unduly obstructionist to the civil rights movement. From this Selma house, Martin Luther King made civil rights history 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Oppenheim — whom Farrow paints as obstructionist and dishonest in “Catch and Kill” — called the book “a smear.” NBC News chief calls Ronan Farrow’s book ‘a smear’ in lengthy new rebuttal 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Of course, Ryan presumes that a majority Senate GOP would be as conservative and obstructionist as the House, which is a fairly faulty assumption. Move over, Mitch! Paul Ryan lets slip secrets of how GOP will run the Senate 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z In 2013, the president elevated Bruce Cole, a divisive and obstructionist figure who led the NEH during the George W. Bush administration, to the commission overseeing the Eisenhower Memorial, greatly complicating its completion. Library of Congress’s leader retires, finding a successor for its next chapter 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Todd acknowledges the challenges the president faced entering office: a tottering economy, two wars inherited from the Bush administration, and an obstructionist Republican opposition. Chuck Todd's 'The Stranger,' About Barack Obama 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z In her book, the now-retired Snowe writes about her 34 years on Capitol Hill that she says went from a place where parties worked to forge compromise to today's obstructionist politics and partisanship. Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book 2013-05-12T12:55:08Z This account of the battles over immigration across four decades is a quasi-morality tale in which tolerant reformers triumph over bigoted obstructionists. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Hirsch is shown denouncing the board of the Stratford Festival itself, which he ran for five years in the 1980s, as obstructionist and unappreciative, as he storms off to pursue an independent career. Critic’s Notebook: Christopher Plummer and John Hirsch Solo Shows at Stratford 2012-08-21T21:46:20Z Every time Shiv tries to turn the conversation to things like Menckenite obstructionists in “victory vans,” Roman shouts, “False flag!” and rebrands the ominous vehicles as “fun buses.” ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 8 Recap: The Will of Some People 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z In essence, Ms Blessing said, it was a choice between maintaining a semblance of the status quo that the House saw under Mr McCarthy, or heading towards a governing style laced with an obstructionist attitude. House Republicans face choice between chaos and convention 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z “He’s an obstructionist who refuses to admit that we won Georgia, BIG! Also won the other swing states,” Mr. Trump tweeted. Trump indictment in Georgia puts election challenges and presidential tweets on trial 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The Sierra Club’s California director, Brandon Dawson, says the Environmental Quality Act “has been taken advantage of by individuals and groups that have an obstructionist tendency.” Column: California used to be good at building things. What happened? 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z “The FBI‘s decision to stiff-arm Congress and hide this information from the American people is obstructionist and unacceptable.” Phone call between Comer and Wray keeps contempt threat over FBI Director’s head 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z “The FBI’s decision to stiff-arm Congress and hide this information from the American people is obstructionist and unacceptable,” Comer said in a statement. GOP chairman moves to hold FBI director Wray in contempt over Biden doc 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z “The FBI‘s refusal to produce this single document is obstructionist.” House GOP to advance contempt resolution against FBI director over Biden pay-to-play documents 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z “The FBI’s refusal to produce this single document is obstructionist.” McCarthy threatens FBI Director Wray with contempt charges over failure to meet Comer deadline 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z An early endorser of the Tea Party and a founder of the hardcore austerity crusaders the Freedom Caucus, Jordan was always at the center of the obstructionist tactics during the Obama years. Jim Jordan sends Republicans on a wild goose chase with "weaponization" prob 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Gingrich and his Republicans felt compelled to try to enact a policy agenda, called the Contract With America, not solely to be obstructionist. For Biden, a Chance for a Fresh Start in a New Era of Divided Government 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Gingrich and his Republicans felt compelled to try to enact a policy agenda, called the Contract With America, not solely to be obstructionist. For Biden, a Chance for a Fresh Start in a New Era of Divided Government 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The members of this racist planter class would become marauding obstructionists, using fear and intimidation to roll back postbellum gains, scorching the earth now being carefully tended to by their former slaves. The Reconstruction that wasn't: A new book aims to bust post-Civil War myths 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z “It has become clear to me that a couple of individuals are simply obstructionists, more interested in self-promotion than restoring the Republic,” he added. Back in their districts, House speaker holdouts get cheers, jeers and shrugs 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z As David Brinkley writes in "Washington Goes to War," he offered obstructionist amendments to make the plan impossible to implement, but they were voted down. Making excuses for dictators is nothing new: "Mr. Republican" and the Nazis 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z When Republicans refuse to pass progressive legislation, it will be irresistible for reporters to take President Biden’s side and cast the GOP as obstructionists. Journalists’ glee over speaker fight bodes ill for future coverage of GOP House 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z House Republicans were nothing but obstructionist when they were in the minority, reflexively opposing everything Democrats tried to do. Opinion | The McCarthy speaker circus is a good argument for voting Democrat 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z He is widely known in Congress for obstructionist procedural motions and dissatisfaction with the current legislative rules. Factbox: Who are the hardline U.S. House Republicans voting against McCarthy? 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z “But obstructionist ideologues are playing politics with their futures and misusing the legal system, simply to stop progress and worse to deny President Biden an achievement that would help millions of people.” Supreme Court to review legality of Biden’s student loan forgiveness program 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Facing the possibility of being painted as an obstructionist and potentially being shut out of the expanded playoff in the long term, the Rose Bowl agreed to move forward in good faith. College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024 season 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Facing the possibility of being painted as an obstructionist and potentially being shut out of the expanded playoff in the long-term, the Rose Bowl agreed to move forward on good faith. College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024 season 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Bathily urged the council “to send an unequivocal message to obstructionists that their actions will not remain without consequences.” UN envoy: Delaying elections could risk partition of Libya 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z There’s a significant sliver of good news in all of this misery for Democrats, which is that it’s much easier to run for president against an obstructionist Congress of the other party. Opinion | Messaging isn’t Democrats’ problem with the midterms. Reality is. 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z For years, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a self-confessed proponent of “illiberalism,” has increasingly run an obstructionist course in an EU where many major decisions have to be taken by unanimity. Italy’s new, far-right leader heads to EU HQ to break ice 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z That could in theory spark Italy to play a more obstructionist role on key issues such as migration or foreign affairs. Italy on course for far-right government after vote, according to projections 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z "The defendants have consistently engaged in dilatory and obstructionist discovery practices, from the inception of these cases right through to the trial." Judge hits “stunningly cavalier” Alex Jones with sanctions before new Sandy Hook trial even begins 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Wednesday that Moscow was continuing its obstructionist course. UN inspectors moving to Ukriaine nuclear plant in war zone 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Molvar is no climate obstructionist, at least not in his view. This power line could save California — and forever change the American West 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z This difficulty is due as much to divisions within the governing party as to obstructionist tactics skillfully practiced by the minority party in Congress. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z We agree with statements Durbin made recently about moving forward with the committee’s work and not allowing obstructionist efforts to cause delays in getting nominees confirmed. Keep Senate in session to confirm Biden’s diverse field of judicial nominees 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Others, however, said they anticipate needing an "alternate labor force of unprecedented scale," Swan wrote, perhaps as many as 10,000 vetted hires, to replace "obstructionist" government officials. Trump’s 2025 plan includes a nightmare list of Cabinet picks — and purge of career officials: report 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z That Republican leadership is willing to help it pass anyway contradicts progressive mythology that McConnell’s caucus is incorrigibly obstructionist and hyperpartisan. Opinion | Why the gun deal won’t trigger a conservative revolt 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z “I feel that Grassley has not been especially effective in the last decade-plus and has turned more obstructionist at this point.” Democrat Mike Franken, a retired Navy admiral, wins Iowa Senate primary 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z This gives the majority party an advantage in meeting its policy objectives and relegates the minority party to the position of obstructionists. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Mr Johnson has said a "legislative solution" was needed to address the protocol - a move which Sinn Féin had previously labelled as unacceptable and obstructionist. Boris Johnson: Authority 'diminished' after confidence vote 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z There’s no reason to give Republican obstructionists a free pass — make them stand up and take a vote. Column: Uvalde demonstrates our cowardice about guns 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z But the counter-argument from Democrats is pretty compelling as well: Banks and Jordan were obstructionists and would have undermined an honest investigation. Column: The original sin that plagues Congress’ Jan. 6 committee 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z “It’s very curious why the FBI is going to such an extent to misdirect and be so obstructionist on this,” said Warren Getler, who has worked closely with the treasure hunters. FBI records on search for fabled gold raise more questions 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z “But if Republicans keep going down their extremist, obstructionist path, then this vote will still allow the American people to hold their elected representatives accountable.” Schumer blasts ‘radicalized’ GOP ahead of vote on domestic terrorism bill 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z “But obviously in a closely divided chamber, it becomes incredibly difficult to move forward if even one member is out, especially given the obstructionist nature of Republicans.” Senate business continues to stall because of COVID-19 absences 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z "We were not designed to be just obstructionists," told Politico. Feuding Boebert and Greene had to be broken up at GOP meeting during “heated” confrontation: report 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “Much of your administration’s legislative priorities have been stymied by obstructionist legislators,” the group wrote in a joint letter with the advocacy group the Debt Collective that was reviewed by The New York Times. The Biden Student Debt Question: Will He or Won’t He? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z That linkage was crucial because Senate obstructionist Joe Manchin badly wanted the infrastructure bill signed into law but was hostile to Build Back Better. Progressive Caucus goes full "PINO": Why dumping Nina Turner is a turning point 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z "It's unacceptable. And it's time to escalate with the power of solidarity. Arizonans and West Virginians are coming together to take on our obstructionist senators together." Progressives to “block business as usual” to protest Manchin and Sinema’s “corrupt obstruction” 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z He noted that the chief judge of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had criticized the federal public defender office in which Ms. Freeman served as too aggressive and obstructionist. As Jackson Faces Senators, Her Criminal Defense Record Is a Target 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z “Two forces stood in the way: a Republican Party that serves only the rich and the powerful, and just enough corporate backed Dem obstructionists to help them succeed,” Ms. Tlaib said. Rashida Tlaib’s response to Biden address reveals far-left’s focus: ‘Our work is unfinished’ 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z "We are now imposing visa restrictions under this policy against a number of Somali officials and other individuals to promote accountability for their obstructionist actions," Blinken said in a statement issued by the State Department. U.S. restricts visas for Somali officials accused of undermining democracy 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z “Once again, Mike Lee prefers to be the obstructionist, lone ‘no’ vote, embarrassing Utahns and disrespecting Japanese Americans,” tweeted Ally Isom, a challenger who describes herself as a mainstream Republican. Sen. Mike Lee wants a land swap before designating Japanese-American camp as a historic site 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Republicans argue that Democrats are being obstructionist and simply refusing to work with the party that controls the legislatures in their states. Democrats eye key governors’ races as backstop against GOP 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z But Sununu said he wasn't interested in going to Washington simply to be a Republican obstructionist. Republican civil war with Trump sparks chaos for Mitch McConnell’s Senate prospects 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z But that was unrealistic, because he was not dealing with a rational GOP, but an obstructionist GOP. The center cannot hold: Manchin and Sinema are wrecking America — here's how to beat them 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Over the weekend, Chuck Todd of NBC accused Biden of failing "to build a small coalition of governing Republicans," rather than asking why Republicans are so relentlessly obstructionist. Media messes up coverage of voting rights, blames Biden for GOP's racism 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z “They weren’t nearly as obstructionist as they are now,” Mr. Biden said. Biden says he will pursue a scaled-back agenda as he defends his first year in office. 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z “They weren’t nearly as obstructionist as they are now,” he said. ‘I can still stand’: Biden offers defenses and regrets in marathon news conference 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Pressed on why he expected something different during his own presidency, Biden maintained that Republicans then “weren’t nearly as obstructionist as they are now.” Analysis | 5 takeaways from the Biden news conference 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Pressed about the Republicans using a similar strategy to block the Obama administration while he was vice president, Biden countered that “they weren’t nearly as obstructionist as they are now.” Biden blasts GOP as lacking a message heading into midterms 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Bonin, in turn, has portrayed his critics as obstructionists who have fought the very housing projects that would help address homelessness in his district. Mike Bonin recall drive has failed to turn in enough valid signatures, officials say 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z “I think it’s actually going to punish people when they are obstructionists just for the sake of obstruction,” he said. Election overhaul in Alaska aimed at reducing partisanship 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Or, after decades of anti-government rhetoric about "starving the beast" and the like, their definition of public servant equates to nothing more than obstructionist. Despite all the chaos and discord of 2021, Americans still need each other 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Stymied by an obstructionist GOP-controlled Congress for most of his presidency, Obama leaned heavily on executive orders and the regulatory power of the White House to enact reforms on climate change, immigration, and health care. Biden doesn't need Manchin: 5 executive actions he can take right now to build back better 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z “The people of Texas’ 28th district deserve a Democrat that will fight for their families, not on the side of big money and obstructionist Republicans,” Ms. Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, said in a statement. Elizabeth Warren wades into Texas primary battle to back far-left Cisneros over moderate Cuellar 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z “We want to start with those. I do think there is a category of witnesses that does not want to be associated with the Steve Bannon obstructionist posture.” Meadows Agrees to Cooperate in Capitol Attack Investigation 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z It’s clear that the Senate has too many tools for obstruction and too many obstructionists. Opinion | The Senate must rein in the obstructionists 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z If Schumer told them they had to stay in town and work around-the-clock, the magic of peer pressure might begin to wear on the obstructionists. Opinion | With hundreds of nominees to confirm, the Senate doesn’t deserve Thanksgiving break 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The filibuster is a curiously odd courtesy that has been weaponized by desperate obstructionists who refuse to fairly represent the will of the people. Opinion | Sen. Romney is wrong on the filibuster 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “It brands a state hydrocarbon producer in a class of the solution finders, rather than the obstructionists.” A Major Persian Gulf Oil Producer Tries to Burnish Its Climate Credentials 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z They expect the pending bills to play a central role in the party’s campaigns next year, which they hope to use to reframe Republicans as obstructionists who look out for wealthy interests. Fearful Democrats look at Virginia and worry about 2022 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z The more this continues, the greater his chances of being back in the chief obstructionist office come 2023. Fighting to preserve Trump's legacy: Manchin and Sinema cement his only legislative achievement 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z A balanced article would not have characterized the long struggle to reclaim a beloved landmark for public benefit as simply obstructionist. Opinion | Saving McMillan is more complicated than yes or no 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z In the past, said Jayapal, progressives in Congress were seen as ineffectual: “They’re obstructionist, they don’t really know how to drive power. And honestly I kind of felt that way too when I came in.” Opinion | Pramila Jayapal Won’t Let the Biden Presidency Fail 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Many of the state’s most fervent Democrats now see her as an obstructionist whose refusal to sign on to a major social policy and climate change bill has helped imperil the party’s agenda. Kyrsten Sinema is at the center of it all. Some Arizonans wish she weren’t 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Lichtman was fully aware that progressives were eager to purge obstructionist Democrats, or at least punish them somehow for constricting or defeating Biden's legislative agenda. FDR once tried to purge disloyal Democrats — would it work for Biden to do the same? 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z If McCarthy and other obstructionists have their way, we will never know the full story of Jan. 6. Column: The Jan. 6 House Select Committee is the last, best hope against GOP lies 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z They’ve begun referring to themselves as the “tea party of the left” combatting “obstructionist corporate Democrats.” Budget bill reopens moderate vs. progressive divide for Dems 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z They’ve begun proudly referring to themselves as the “tea party of the left,” out to stymie the actions of “obstructionist corporate Democrats.” Budget bill reopens moderate vs. progressive divide for Dems 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z There will be complaints from board members and politicians, but Texas A&M will not play obstructionist as the SEC tries to complete this deal. SEC takeover: Expansion would just mean more power, wealth 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z The Biden administration’s embrace of the project — known as Gateway — is a sharp reversal from the Trump administration’s obstructionist stance. New York and New Jersey Need an $11B Tunnel. Will Biden Make It Happen? 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z “There was certainly potential for a much nastier situation where he played an obstructionist role or the administration undermined him or ousted him. We haven’t seen that truly ugly outcome,” Golby said. For military’s top man, navigating the Trump-Biden transition is his biggest test yet 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Fox News anchor Chris Wallace on Sunday grilled Manchin on whether he was being "naive" about the prospect of bipartisanship in the deeply divided Senate and empowering "Republicans to be obstructionists." Trump praises Joe Manchin for defending filibuster despite calling to eliminate it for years 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z “He is doing the work of the Republican Party by being an obstructionist, just like they’ve been since the beginning of Biden’s presidency.” ‘New Mitch McConnell’: Democrats go from wooing to booing Joe Manchin for blocking Biden’s agenda 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z He asked, "by taking it off the table, haven't you empowered Republicans to be obstructionists?" Democrats don't have to let Manchin win: Holding Trump accountable is fulfilling the Biden agenda 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z "By taking it off the table, haven't you empowered Republicans to be obstructionists?" Manchin blasts Democrats' voting rights bill, says pursuit of bipartisanship "not naive" 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z That’s three weeks away, a time crunch caused by an obstructionist court challenge that resulted in minuscule editing. Support Compassion Seattle’s push to mandate humane solutions to chronic homelessness 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z One of the reasons McConnell enjoys flaunting his obstructionist desires to the press is because he's trolling. Republicans are sleeping on the jobs bill. Democrats need to move on before it's too late 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z But a growing number of Democrats believe it is wasted energy, given their view of the GOP as too often obstructionist. Biden seeks infrastructure deal in meeting with Hill leaders 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z But a growing number of Democrats believe it is wasted energy to try to work with a party that, in their view, too often turns obstructionist. Biden and McConnell may be friends, but can they cut a deal? 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z These days, her biggest headache is her complaining neighbors, a group she views as rogue obstructionists. How a Legendary New York Hotel Became a Battleground 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Our U.S. senators must take a stand for democracy by working to abolish this obstructionist tool nurtured by racism. Filibuster: Honor voters’ sacrifice 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z In the meantime, centrists have a binary choice: Support either an increasingly extremist and obstructionist Republican Party or a Democratic Party that, under President Biden, is working to solve our most pressing problems. Opinion | The GOP can’t be saved. Center-right voters need to become Biden Republicans. 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Without their full backing, Biden’s blueprint for rebuilding America’s future will be torn to pieces by Trump, still the de facto leader of the GOP, and his coterie of obstructionists. Opinion | Republicans need help to torpedo Biden’s infrastructure bill. Will Democrats give it to them? 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z But the gun control bill, due to its simplicity and popularity, may be even more effective at capturing public attention and highlighting for voters how broken our system is and how obstructionist Republicans really are. Can electoral politics save us? On guns and voting, our democracy is broken 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z As a Muslim woman from Zanzibar, Hassan may find it difficult to win the support of the party’s mainland Christians, he said, warning that some entrenched leaders may develop “obstructionist strategies” against her. Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania’s first woman president 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z But others argue that it would do little to deter obstructionists, unless it only takes a simple majority — not 60 votes — to end the talkathon. Democrats seize on Biden’s embrace of changing the filibuster 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z These landmark bills have broad-based support, and would have passed long ago were it not for obstructionist leaders who fear losing their own influence if the American people have more power of their own. Opinion | Stacey Abrams: Our democracy faced a near-death experience. Here’s how to revive it. 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z McConnell is a skilled obstructionist who serves and seeks power for power's sake. Desperately seeking honorable Republicans: Media's snipe hunt comes up empty again 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Worrying about the obstructionist Republicans' unity concern trolling isn't one of them. McConnell repeats the same obstructionist playbook from Obama era: Can Biden ignore the trolling? 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Of course, people like that fantasy, especially if they're largely unfamiliar with how obstructionist Republicans have become in the past couple of decades. The myth of bipartisanship: Will a fully radicalized GOP finally blow up D.C.'s silliest fantasy? 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z They are a purely obstructionist congressional party that depends entirely on judicial power to roll back existing programs and executive power to enact policy. Why Senate Republicans are still playing defense for Donald Trump 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z “And the early signaling is that they are reverting to their obstructionist mode.” Opinion | For Biden, urgency will matter more than unity 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Borda and Brown have the essential gift to work across any aisle our obstructionist government will put in front of them. Commentary: How about some culture in the Biden Cabinet? My nominees for Mr. or Madame Secretary 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z “Far from isolated, defendant’s obstructionist conduct was pervasive, persistent, and plainly designed to thwart a criminal investigation rapidly closing in on him,” they wrote. An L.A. councilman lied to the FBI. Probation officials say he deserves no jail time 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z “If Democrats are getting small businesses and families things that they need and Republicans are obstructionists, I think that Democrats could buck the historical trend.” Democrats win unified — if narrow — control of Washington on a violent day 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z It took Obama and his team much too long to realize that the Republicans were radical obstructionists regardless of what he proposed or how much he tried to "reach across the aisle." Georgia runoffs power a Democratic comeback: Last election of Trump era may lock GOP out of power 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z The president argued that Kemp was an “obstructionist who refuses to admit that we won Georgia.” Early voting numbers in Georgia senate races put GOP on edge 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z “He is an obstructionist who refuses to admit that we won Georgia, BIG! Also won the other Swing States.” Biden and Harris to campaign in Georgia as Trump calls on its governor to quit 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z “He is an obstructionist who refuses to admit that we won Georgia, BIG!” Trump calls for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a fellow Republican, to resign 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z “He was never an obstructionist, but always a coalition builder,” Johns said. Former lawmaker and wife died of COVID-19 on the same day 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z They say the Democrats are the real obstructionists. Democratic push on COVID-19 aid welcomed by some in Georgia 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z When tens of millions of Trump voters and the obstructionist Republican Party rise up against Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, many Americans, white Americans in particular, are not going to be ready. Wajahat Ali on reaching out to Trumpers: "White supremacy is a terrible drug" 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Lara Brown, director of the graduate school of political management at George Washington University, said Republicans would be more obstructionist in the Senate if they win both of the Georgia elections. Biden Cabinet picks may face rough Republican reception in Senate 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z It isn’t necessarily a matter of cowardice, political or personal; those obstructionists are elected members of the state legislature and DeWine can’t simply ignore them. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z “The challenge that I discovered ... is that an obstructionist strategy oftentimes is not punished by voters in the polls,” he warned. Column: Why Joe Biden should read his former boss' new memoir 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z “We won’t be likely to run into the same obstructionist roadblocks as before,” Ms. Ip said. As Hong Kong Opposition Quits Council, Pro-Beijing Forces Reign 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z McConnell will be as obstructionist as he’s been throughout his reign. Illinois Editorial Roundup: 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z The $2trn plus that was on the cards under the blue wave could be as small as $500bn with an obstructionist Senate. Global stocks hit record high as markets welcome Biden victory – business live 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z “It made us look like obstructionists instead of those up for the challenge the country needs,” said one lawmaker, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk frankly. Centrist House Democrats lash out at liberal colleagues, blame far-left views for costing the party seats 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z “He’s furthermore shown himself to be an obstructionist who fought the removal of the Confederate statues, refused outside advice, and denies any implication that there might be an atmosphere of bigotry at VMI.” VMI votes to remove Stonewall Jackson statue amid racism accusations by Black cadets 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z “The Trump State Department has been more obstructionist than the State Department under the Obama administration,” Mr. Fitton said in a telephone interview. Election Less Than a Month Away, Trump Leans on Barr and Pompeo for a Lift 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z And McConnell tried to cast Democrats who opposed the procedural motion as obstructionists. Alabama Sen. Doug Jones votes 'no' on coronavirus bill, blames McConnell's 'lack of leadership' 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The COVID-hit U.S. economy is in need of more than a skinny stimulus deal and an obstructionist senate will not be good for growth, confidence or corporate profits. Global stocks hit record high as markets welcome Biden victory – business live 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z And McConnell cast Democrats who opposed the procedural motion as uncaring obstructionists. Senate fails to advance 'targeted' $300B coronavirus bill; relief in limbo 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z And McConnell will also seek to cast Democrats who oppose the procedural motion as obstructionists. Senate GOP unveils slimmed-down coronavirus bill, with McConnell pushing for vote this week 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z That mistaken assumption of goodwill was rewarded with total GOP intransigence and an obstructionist "grassroots" movement funded by big-money interests that fought the new administration every step of the way. Will Joe Biden repeat Obama's mistakes? Because repairing our damaged democracy is critical 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Now, PricewaterhouseCoopers is asking the court to impose sanctions for what it calls the city’s “obstructionist discovery tactics,” including lying to the court and giving false deposition testimony, according to its motion filed this week. Consulting firm accuses city of L.A. of concealing evidence in DWP billing case 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Viewed as an obstructionist even by some Republicans, Dr. Coburn considered himself a fiscal hawk at all costs amid a billowing federal deficit and the growing cost of entitlement programs. Tom Coburn, unyielding ‘Dr. No’ of the House and Senate, dies at 72 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z “Their obstructionist tactics at times goaded those in the center to take tougher stands. They’ve played important roles, but not much legislation would have passed if there had been many more of them.” Former Sen. Tom Coburn, Washington’s top wastewatcher, dead at 72 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z This is new and obstructionist; it takes 60 votes to invoke cloture in the once relatively exceptional event of a filibuster. Opinion | 70 former U.S. senators: The Senate is failing to perform its constitutional duties 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham played down the letter’s significance, saying there were “obstructionists all across this government who are working against the president.” Barr has told those close to Trump he is considering quitting over the president’s tweets about Justice Dept. investigations 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z “It's been proven time and time again. There are obstructionists all across this government who are working against the president,” Grisham told, “Fox & Friends.” Stephanie Grisham: 'Obstructionists' across the government are working against Trump 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z He also rankled many scientists with his opinionated statements on climate change and energy policy, as when he once jokingly suggested that climate-change deniers and obstructionists should receive a “one-way ticket to outer space.” Rajendra Pachauri, Indian climate change authority who led IPCC, dies at 79 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z House Democrats would be wise to pass their own versions of bills addressing these issues and claim it’s the president, not them, who is obstructionist. Opinion | Give ’em hell, Donald! 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s too bad that obstructionist groups who purport to speak on behalf of business can’t see how a paid-leave insurance fund helps companies such as mine. Opinion | Paid family leave won’t hurt our business communities 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Irby called Louisiana a “stumbling block for reform,” citing “obstructionists” who don’t support the proposed law. 4 racehorse deaths at New Orleans track spark concern 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Brussels is delighted to say adieu to what it regards as obstructionist rabble. Boris Johnson campaigned for Brexit and against the E.U. Now Europe’s leaders are delighted by his victory. 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Anti-Brexit legislators have long argued that their obstructionist parliamentary maneuvers were designed to ferret out some exit deal that would be acceptable to their constituents. Editorials from around New York 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The White House Personnel Office, which the book describes as inept and obstructionist, rejected many of his candidates for senior-level staff, instead foisting “like-minded partisans” on him. Ex-VA chief Shulkin’s new book decries ‘toxic,’ ‘subversive’ culture in Trump’s Washington 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z For Trump supporters such as Stenske, the impeachment inquiry is more of the same from obstructionist Democrats still bitter about the 2016 election. Voters weary of more investigations as impeachment ramps up 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z First, he did not believe he could work with Mr. Reid, a former prizefighter who viewed Mr. McConnell as an obstructionist who needed to be thwarted at all costs. Joe Biden Believes in the Good Will of Republicans. Is That Naïve? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z President Trump on Wednesday expressed optimism in his effort to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and said recent court victories will help pave a way around “obstructionist Democrats.” Trump touts border wall progress, optimistic after recent court victories 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z That left Greenblatt to oversee an attempt to prod negotiations from the margins, while the Trump administration took steps to isolate and undermine what Greenblatt called an obstructionist and hidebound Palestinian leadership. Trump’s lead Middle East negotiator stepping down — peace plan still under wraps 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Certainly the queen’s father, King George VI, did not refuse Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s request to suspend Parliament in October 1948, in an effort to ram legal reforms through an obstructionist House of Lords. Why the queen said yes to Boris Johnson’s request to suspend Parliament 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Or perhaps, as might be said of Franken too, the outcome was “political” – Fogel’s lawsuit suggests that he was deemed an obstructionist by his superiors. What regrets about a hasty, high-profile #MeToo resignation reveal| Laura Kipnis 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z He called Dannemeyer an obstructionist who had "absolutely no sense of humor." William Dannemeyer, former O.C. congressman and anti-gay crusader, dies at 89 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z He called Dannemeyer an obstructionist who had “absolutely no sense of humor.” William Dannemeyer, former O.C. congressman and anti-gay crusader, dies at 89 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z And yet their conservative critics accuse them of precisely that and were quite obstructionist, particularly during Obama's presidencies. John Hickenlooper thinks Americans want a pragmatic president. Will Democratic primary voters agree? 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z The Senate filibuster is a gift to obstructionists, enabling a minority of senators to use procedure to prevent a bill from being voted on by the full Senate by extending debate. Biden spars with Warren and Sanders at first event facing rival Democrats 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Consider his almighty border wall: sometimes it’s almost finished, sometimes the obstructionist Democrats blocked it, sometimes the pieces are about to fall into place. Don't bother replacing Sarah Sanders – there's no point 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, however, the second-term governor took aim at the Democrats who hold veto-proof majorities in both chambers in Annapolis, characterizing his political opponents as obstructionists who offer no policy ideas beyond spending money. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan promises business leaders he will ‘battle’ Democrats 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z In tweets from Japan, where he is meeting with leaders over the Memorial Day holiday, President Trump ripped Democrats as “obstructionists” and questioned their rationale for trying to remove him from office. Rep. Rashida Tlaib says House 'moving towards' consensus for Trump impeachment 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z In tweets from Japan, where he is meeting with leaders over the Memorial Day holiday, the president ripped Democrats as “obstructionists” and questioned their rationale for trying to remove him from office. Trump unloads over impeachment push, says Dems are ‘getting nothing done in Congress’ 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Then Democrats can portray them as obstructionists who are trying to delay disaster assistance. GOP lawmaker’s delay of $19 billion disaster bill demonstrates the power of one 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Bolton was furious, a person familiar with his thinking told me: “Mattis is an obstructionist. He seemed to forget that it was the President who was elected.” John Bolton on the Warpath 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Trump “believes that, at least in theory, Democrats pushing the envelope on impeachment will make it easier for him to continue to portray them as simply out to resist him, to be obstructionist,” Stokols continued. Republicans only have two choices going into 2020 – and they are both bad 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The first father-and-son presidents are regarded as obstructionists, stuffed shirts, surly malcontents who were resistant in turn to Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy. Adams family values: two presidents with a message for Trump's America 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z We’ll never be able to address these issues that are important to Wisconsin families as long as obstructionist Republicans insist on picking petty political fights.” Republicans not acting on Evers’ appointments amid lawsuit 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Democrats representing moderate districts — particularly those with manufacturing or agricultural bases — may decide they need to work with Trump, or at least avoid appearing obstructionist. Trump needs Nancy Pelosi, his biggest adversary, to help pass revamped NAFTA 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z And I’m not surprised by our obstructionists, but it’s still very disappointing, because I don’t think that’s what the people who elected them expected of them. Valerie Jarrett Looks Back on the Obama White House 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Approached by the Guardian, a US official denied his country was playing an obstructionist role. US and Saudi Arabia blocking regulation of geoengineering, sources say 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The Mission Bay Alliance, a local advocacy group, picked up the obstructionist efforts, but the Warriors withstood multiple legal battles to break ground in January 2017. Inside Chase Center, the Warriors’ billion-dollar, privately financed San Francisco arena 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Democrats are bad, unpatriotic, against freedom and free enterprise; extremists who favor late-term abortions; churlish obstructionists who hate the President so much they can’t even acknowledge successes like a booming economy. Trump Vows to Stop America from Turning Into a Venezuelan Socialist Hellscape 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Edwards, in response, called Gardner's "obstructionist" claim "ludicrous" and said the claim that alcohol and drugs may have been at the scene was "a bad assumption," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. St. Louis police may be blocking investigation into officer’s death, prosecutor says 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “How long are they going to continue to be obstructionists and not solve the problem and not reopen the government?” Dueling Senate bills would end shutdown in different ways 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “Every time the president and G.O.P. go to the Democrats with a fix, they say no, which positions them as obstructionists ignoring the problem, and opening themselves up for major troubles in 2020.” Trump Pulls Back From Declaring a National Emergency to Fund a Wall 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Faced with a Democratic governor, Republican leaders are setting an obstructionist course on everything from school finance to prison reform, the expansion of Medicaid to anti-discrimination measures. Recent Kansas Editorials 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z And we've endured almost half a dozen such obstructionist ploys in my years working as an officer of my agency. A Shutdown Looms. Can the G.O.P. Get Lawmakers to Show Up to Vote? 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Gingrich, a Republican from Georgia, became speaker in 1995 after using combative, obstructionist tactics to lead Republicans to their first House majority in 40 years. GOP support for Pelosi as speaker? Don’t hold your breath 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Gingrich, a Republican from Georgia, became speaker in 1995 after using combative, obstructionist tactics to lead Republicans to their first House majority in 40 years. GOP support for Pelosi as speaker? Don’t hold your breath 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z “Everything he is doing indicates he is being an obstructionist,” said Jason Pye, the vice president of legislative affairs for FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy group. 11th-Hour Effort to Press McConnell to Allow a Criminal Justice Vote 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z In the process, it would become manifestly clear that the Republican party and its authoritarian president are the obstructionists standing in the way of responsible, useful government action. What Democrats can learn from Newt Gingrich, the man who broke politics 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The Senate is polarized and failing largely because of his ultra-partisan, obstructionist majority leadership. Opinion | The Senate is losing out because of obstructionism 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z President Trump tweeted Saturday that if Democrats stopped being obstructionists, “we could write up and agree to new immigration laws in less than one hour.” Migrant caravan re-forms to resume push north, uncertain if it can reach US 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z “The incumbent was very obstructionist about everything we did to try to move the city forward, and I felt that Councilman Dotson would be a better representative for District One.” Inglewood mayor's campaign loaned nearly $160,000 to a political ally. None of it has been paid back - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z The president also suggested the allegations facing Kavanaugh were part of an obstructionist campaign mounted by the "radical left." Trump slams Democrats over Kavanaugh: “They just want to destroy and delay. Facts don’t matte... 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z But several plaintiff’s attorneys said that after the city altered its approach, Special Fed lawyers stepped up delay and obstructionist tactics to make it harder for plaintiffs to prevail. The Lawyers Protecting the N.Y.P.D. Play Hardball. Judges Are Calling Them Out. 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Not trying to whitewash the dude, who was a total obstructionist as House speaker. Another ho-hum summer with Donald Trump: Here are all the “big” stories we wish we could forget 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z That said, will the Democrats look any better if they develop their own homegrown wing of unrealistic obstructionists, who likewise torpedo legislation that would help people in the name of philosophical purity? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the next Barack Obama? 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z He is criticizing Mr. Casey as an obstructionist, pointing to the incumbent’s pledge to block Mr. Trump’s Supreme Court nominee before the president even announced his choice of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh. Lou Barletta struggles against Bob Casey in Pennsylvania 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z “The Democrats are obstructionist . . . ‘Let’s not build a wall.’ Ahead of midterms, Trump hits a wall in efforts to curb illegal immigration 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z But it has also been repeatedly accused by civil-rights lawyers — and at least six federal judges — of engaging in a pattern of obstructionist behavior. The Lawyers Protecting the N.Y.P.D. Play Hardball. Judges Are Calling Them Out. 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z In a tweet, Homeland Security spokesman Tyler Houlton countered that “obstructionists in Congress should get to work to secure our borders, end legal loopholes & protect American lives.” Senators call family separation policy 'immoral,' 'failure' as officials try to defend their actions 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z These are all important points that Democrats must not forget when they call out obstructionist Republicans in the future. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the next Barack Obama? 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Though the Republican senator is now condemning “obstructionist behavior,” Heller joined the GOP blockade against Merrick Garland two years ago. Wednesday's Campaign Round-Up, 7.11.18 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The president is also expected to paint Tester as an “obstructionist” and embrace Rosendale as a better fit for the state that he won by 20 points. Montana Sen. Tester ‘welcomes’ Trump by touting passed bills 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z It is essential that the Democrats learn they must earn the “obstructionist” charge Mr. Trump levels at them. Opinion | Goodbye, Justice Kennedy. Hello, unknown future. 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z He repeated his past attempt to deflect blame to the Democrats, whom he branded “obstructionists”, and urged them to find a legislative solution. Trump administration scrambles as outrage grows over border separations 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z It is well and good for Democrats to denounce those far right-wingers as unrealistic obstructionists, for this is indeed the case. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the next Barack Obama? 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The two former high school classmates from tiny Sandpoint were convinced a small bloc of obstructionists has ignored a broad consensus that something must be done. Obamacare used to be political poison for Democrats. Now they see it as a winning prescription — even in red states 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Let’s put aside the irony of the Kentucky senator complaining about “historic obstruction” – McConnell is a pioneer without equal when it comes to implementing obstructionist tactics – and consider what’s driving all of this. Why Senate Republicans are scrapping plans for an August recess 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z People familiar with the deliberations say the idea of separate talks is aimed at pressuring Canada, which American negotiators see as obstructionist and an impediment to the progress of the Nafta negotiations. Mexico Hits U.S. With Tariffs, Escalating Global Trade Tensions 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z “Housing still isn’t built because of these obstructionists.” Can a new mayor fix San Francisco’s housing and homelessness problems? 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Trump is planning a series of political rallies and events in the coming months to boost Republicans and brand Democrats as obstructionists to his agenda. Trump to campaign in Tenn. to thwart Democrats’ Senate bid 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z As Mr. Holtz, the local Republican chairman put it, Democrats are increasingly viewed as obstructionists in the Senate, a sign that the Trump administration’s messaging on the subject may be working at the local level. ‘America Is Respected Again,’ Trump Says in Elkhart, Ind., a City Obama Once Championed 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z “He’s got a track record of delivering results, and he’ll provide the firewall to prevent obstructionist Democrats from causing even more gridlock in Washington.” Mike Braun wins Republican Senate nomination in Indiana 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The ad highlights Mr. Tester as an obstructionist to President Trump and calls him a “disgrace to Montana.” New NRSC ad in Montana highlights Jon Tester’s role in derailing Donald Trump’s VA pick 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z For Democrats who will be on the ballot in Trump states, a vote against Mr. Pompeo could have exposed them to attacks from the Republicans, including Mr. Trump, eager to label them obstructionists. Senate Confirms C.I.A. Chief Mike Pompeo to Be Secretary of State 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z "The Democrats are obstructionists. It's horrible what they're doing," added Mr Trump, sounding agitated. Embattled Trump veterans nominee bows out 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z “Hard to believe obstructionists may vote against Mike Pompeo for secretary of state,” Mr. Trump said in a tweet. Mike Pompeo clears panel with Chris Coons ‘present’ vote 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z And if the Republicans’ obstructionist triumvirate of Reps. Opinion | Where are the conservatives we need? 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z “It’s divisive, but it’s obstructionist on the Democrats’ part,” Mr. Chwala said. Paul Ryan’s Hometown Takes Stock as Speaker (and Neighbor) Changes Course 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Shulkin said Kelly had given him the go-ahead to dispatch those on his staff he viewed as obstructionists. After Tillerson, embattled VA secretary could be next, Trump’s advisers say 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z I understand that President Obama was forced by an obstructionist Republican Congress to choose between inaction bordering on dereliction of duty and the exercise of his executive powers; of such choices is history made. Supreme Court Turns Down Trump’s Appeal in ‘Dreamers’ Case 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Congress routinely funded the government, obstructionist tools like the filibuster were used sparingly, and the Senate used its power of advice and consent with prudence, routinely confirming qualified nominees. Opinion | How Wobbly Is Our Democracy? 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z As the federal government shut down as Friday night turned to Saturday morning, the White House issued a formal written statement that referred to Senate Democrats as “obstructionist losers.” Trump aims low, falsely claims Dems are 'complicit' in murders 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z A White House statement issued just before midnight said “this is the behavior of obstructionist losers, not legislators”. Failed deal over Dreamers at the heart of US government shutdown 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z “This is the behavior of obstructionist losers, not legislators.” Congress reconvenes but prospects for a Dreamer deal fade with government shutdown 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z The White House labeled Democrats “obstructionist losers” and said talks on immigration won’t start again until the government reopens. U.S. Government shutdown hits after Democrats block funding 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Sanders says, “Senate Democrats own the Schumer Shutdown,” adding, “This is the behavior of obstructionist losers, not legislators.” Shutdown showdown: White House says it won’t negotiate with Senate Dems 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z “This is the behavior of obstructionist losers, not legislators,” press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. Funding for government lapses as short-term spending bill stalls in the Senate 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z “Once again, common sense has prevailed over the frivolous legal maneuverings of a handful of obstructionists looking to halt progress in our region,” Chasse said. Federal appeals court ruling allows Purple Line construction to continue 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Edwards, a Democrat, has suggested the lawmakers are being obstructionists. Lawmakers to reconsider $15B in Louisiana Medicaid contracts 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z “We will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while Democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands. This is the behavior of obstructionist losers, not legislators,” the spokeswoman said. U.S. Government shutdown hits after Democrats block funding 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z “If you look at confirmation of our appointments, Schumer has been as obstructionist as possible. It’s absurd. We haven’t see a lot of cooperation.” Trump and Schumer: When schmoozing isn’t enough 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Edwards called the lawmakers obstructionists causing a “partisan spectacle” and “leveraging the health and well-being of Louisiana citizens for messy political battles.” Analysis: Clash over Medicaid deals may influence tax debate 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z I have to laugh when Trump says the Dems are against progress and are obstructionists. Tax Plan Burdens Blue-State Republicans and Their Districts 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Following the meeting, Hogan’s office lambasted “a handful of obstructionist board members, led by Evans” for “actively working” to prevent potential progress on Metro. Metro board resists push to back Maryland Gov. Hogan’s funding proposal 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z “It’s a very obstructionist mentality and frankly I think that’s why the people want to change the leadership.” Both 45th District Senate candidates want lower car-tab fees but differ on I-405 tolls 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z It is not remotely just or even close to “fair” to those nominees; nor is it “fair” for critics of the Senate GOP to lump McConnell in with the obstructionists. Opinion | If Senate Republicans don’t want the majority, they are doing everything exactly right 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Democratic leaders accuse the Republican Senate of being obstructionist, and not allowing votes on important issues. The Times recommends: Jinyoung Lee Englund for state Senate, 45th Legislative District 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The White House spent Monday morning telling its allies that Mr. Corker is responsible for the fight, not Mr. Trump, and that the senator was an attention-seeking obstructionist. Corker’s Blast at Trump Has Other Republicans Nodding in Agreement 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z “The wall, to me, is vital. If I don’t get the wall, then we will become the obstructionists,” the president said. Dreamer chain migration would grow immigrant number 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Proponents of the recall accuse Pepper of overstepping her authority and of obstructionist actions that have created a crisis within the government of Black Diamond. Black Diamond skirmishes no way to grow 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z For much of 2017, Donald Trump’s principal complaint about Democrats was simple: they were “obstructionists” who refused to even consider working with him. Why Democrats are more than happy to negotiate with Trump 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The apparent deal is the latest example of Trump’s sudden pivot to bipartisanship after months of railing against Democrats as “obstructionist.” Democrats say they have deal with Trump on young immigrants 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Democrats — who had been largely ignored or attacked by Trump as “obstructionists” — are seizing on the opening, pushing for a seat at the table for Trump’s tax overhaul. Congress approves Trump's deal with Democrats, giving the minority party momentum on tax reform, Dream Act 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z “Because of obstructionist tactics by Democrats and broken promises by some Republicans, very little legislation is even making it to the Senate floor,” Mr. Strange said. Luther Strange joins Donald Trump’s calls for scrapping legislative filibuster 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z “We just can’t do this anymore with the obstruction and the obstructionists. The Dems are looking to obstruct tax cuts and tax reform.” Donald Trump outlines tax cut plan, pressures Congress 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z They're saying the obstructionists, how do we get them to vote for us? President Trump Ranted For 77 Minutes in Phoenix. Here’s What He Said 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Either Mr. McConnell, after decades in the Senate, has no influence when it counts, or he’s in complete control of the obstructionist agenda. Donald Trump must save the Republicans — and Congress — from themselves 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z He told the rally that he had a message for “obstructionist” Democrats. Trump paints himself as the real victim of Charlottesville in angry speech 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z This obstructionist stance does nothing to advance conservative principles. Biggest threat to Donald Trump’s agenda comes from fellow Republicans 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z They may try to blame Democratic “obstructionists” for why they could not do more. Donald Trump says Obamacare will now implode. Is he right? 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z As if to underscore that point, Mr. Trump launched a series of tweets over the weekend targeting “crooked Hillary,” intelligence leaks, “fake news” and obstructionist Democrats. Donald Trump aims to grow leadership brand 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z “ObamaCare is dead and the Democrats are obstructionists, no ideas or votes, only obstruction. It is solely up to the 52 Republican Senators!” Senate to hold procedural vote on health care 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z The president, who has repeatedly shifted his stance, wrote on Saturday: “ObamaCare is dead and the Democrats are obstructionists, no ideas or votes, only obstruction. It is solely up to the 52 Republican Senators!” Donald Trump attacks press as Russia scandal swirls around Jeff Sessions 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z “It would be nice to have Democrat support but really they’re obstructionist. They have no ideas. They have no thought process. All they want to do is obstruct government and obstruct, period.” Donald Trump slams Democrats for health care bill collapse, vows to elect more Republicans 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z It would be nice to get Democrat support but really they are obstructionists. Read President Trump's Comments on the Failure of the Senate Health Care Bill 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z “But it took publicizing their obstructionist behavior for something to happen.” Julian Bond’s bench is finally in place on Connecticut Avenue in D.C. 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z President Trump tweeted Monday that Democrats are obstructionists in the health care debate. Donald Trump accuses Democrats of being ‘obstructionists’ in health care debate 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z "They are right now obstructionists; all they want to try to do is obstruct," Trump said of Democrats in an interview on Fox that aired Friday. President Trump Says He'd Love to Work with Democrats to 'Come Up With the Perfect Health Care Plan' 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z "If we went and got the single greatest healthcare plan in the history of the world we would not get one Democrat vote because they’re obstructionists," Trump said. Under fire in Washington, Trump back in campaign mode in Iowa 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z He went after “obstructionist” Democrats; “cowardly” James B. Comey, the fired FBI director; and the “Fake News Media . . . so wrong and so dirty.” Opinion | Trump’s tantrum tweets speak volumes 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Traits often ascribed to Steve Jobs--pique, occasional churlishness--were in Kalanick married to the missionary zeal of an engineer who would make the world more efficient if only obstructionists would let him. How Upheaval at Uber Is a Wake-Up Call for Silicon Valley 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z No, he simply tweets that Democrats are obstructionists. Health-care bill secrecy: Push for openness 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z “If we had the greatest bill in the history of the world on health care, we wouldn’t get one vote from the Democrats, because they’re obstructionists,” Trump said. Praise for the chief: Trump’s Cabinet tells him it’s an ‘honor’ and ‘blessing’ to serve 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Senate leaders and Edwards are positioning themselves as the responsible grown-ups in the debate, describing the House GOP as obstructionist partisans. Analysis: Louisiana session achieves little but bitterness 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Trump concluded the morning tweets with an attack on Democrats, calling them "obstructionists." President Trump: James Comey Leak Was 'Very Cowardly' 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z He uses words like “witch hunt,” and he professes his innocence against an ill-intentioned intelligence community spurred on by “obstructionist” Democrats and the “MSM,” or mainstream media. To Trump, the Russia matter is a ‘cloud’ that hangs over his presidency 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z He began by attacking Democrats for blocking his health care bill, calling them “obstructionists,” then congratulated himself for winning Ohio “not by a little, by a lot.” Comey’s Political Shrewdness Is on Display in Tussle With Trump 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The president also accused them of being “obstructionists” on his high-profile agenda items. Praise for the chief: Trump’s Cabinet tells him it’s an ‘honor’ and ‘blessing’ to serve 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z He began by attacking Democrats over his health care bill, calling them “obstructionists,” then congratulated himself for winning Ohio “not by a little, by a lot.” Trump Rallies His Base With Infrastructure Pitch Ahead of Comey Testimony 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z At the same time, the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, seen by many as hesitant, or even obstructionist, may seem to be more open to what Mr. Trump wants. Warm Start With Israel Cools as Trump Prepares Visit. What Happened? 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Contrast those practicing good government with the handful of obstructionist agencies who wait weeks to provide public records, charge exorbitant rates or cite non-existent exemptions as justification for withholding the records altogether. South Carolina editorial roundup 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Encouraged by the high court’s statement, the legislators have vowed to keep at their obstructionist ways. Perspective | A Virginia politician calls for hate to leave his hometown. Easier said than done. 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z “A hyperbolic polemicist, an obstructionist caricature who deals in caricatures,” D.C. Is this champion disrupter of D.C. development a crusader or an extortionist? 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Now, he is in full bloom as an obstructionist, even with his party in power. Don't expect Mitch McConnell to defend the American republic | Ross Barkan 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z His intent is not to destroy the monuments, as obstructionists falsely portray it, but to relocate them to a museum, garden or other site suitable for historical artifacts. Opinion | New Orleans needs help moving Confederate statues — and stopping extremists in the way 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z “It’s a third-rail issue for the White House. They don’t want to be seen as obstructionists to reform,” said William Cook, former general counsel of the U.S. Congress soon could make it harder for rich people to move to the U.S. 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Edwards didn’t hide frustration in his speech on the session’s opening day, suggesting some Republicans were becoming obstructionists who spout political talking points - but offer few solutions of their own. Analysis: Edwards goes on defensive against GOP tax pushback 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Some homeowners are accusing the city of acquiescing to overdevelopment, while some urbanists are slamming the mayor’s critics as “not in my backyard” obstructionists. Upzoning vote has some Belltown residents worried 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z There is a clear pattern here: When the use of a parliamentary procedure becomes so obstructionist that it brings its chamber to a halt, that procedure is changed. Perspective | The filibuster was already doomed before the nuclear option vote 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z McConnell, who perfected the obstructionist model, is reaping what he sowed. Kentucky editorial roundup 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z There’s a nearly two-year backlog in judicial vacancies, the Washington Post noted in December — one that stretches back to 2005, when the GOP took control of the Senate and began its two-year-long obstructionist campaign. Donald Trump’s judiciary: White House wants “young lawyers” to appoint to the federal bench 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z They will be painted by Republican opponents next year as obstructionists. Democrats have a nasty little Gorsuch problem 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z “Admittedly, this is far from a perfect repeal, and no conservative would propose this if it weren’t for the reality of the obstructionist Democrats in the Senate,” Mr. Russo said. Tea Party Express urges lawmakers to pass health care bill 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z We will struggle without end, each obstructionist act lacking any better reason than the most recent insult. Opinion | The judicial nomination war started with Bork. Let’s end it with Gorsuch. 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The civil society that showed up to truly engage is being muzzled by the uncivilized behavior of obstructionists. Opinion | Don’t confuse unlawful obstruction with peaceful protest 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Democrats, who have been dismissed as obstructionists by Republicans determined to repeal and replace the law without them, are sitting by quietly waiting for those efforts to fail. Desperate for Presidential Leadership, Republicans Find Little 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z The Republican approach of the past eight years — the obstructionist “party of no” — could be returning across the aisle. Kim Jong-nam, Illegal Immigration, Mexico: Your Evening Briefing 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z But with our new leaders’ continued determination to do what is right, the obstructionists will be defeated and the bureaucratic stronghold that has held our nation captive for far too long will soon be broken. Trump-Pence freedom movement stands strong against desperate obstruction 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The magazine’s editors acknowledged “the impulse of the White House and the Senate to try to bulldog through rather than to give obstructionist Democrats a scalp.” Andrew Puzder withdraws labor nomination, throwing White House into more turmoil 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z The bank also was sanctioned in 2013 by a Seattle federal judge for obstructionist tactics in a foreclosure lawsuit. Records here dispute Treasury nominee’s denial of mortgage-crisis ‘robo-signing’ 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Now, it is the Democrats’ turn to be obstructionist. Editorials from around New England 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z If Regan’s confirmation triggers a partisan battle, it will expose an obstructionist attitude by Republicans. North Carolina editorial roundup 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z The angry, hate-filled rhetoric and actions of the obstructionists reveal that they are desperate for attention, and the media elite are all too happy to oblige and escalate the vitriolic vengeance. Trump-Pence freedom movement stands strong against desperate obstruction 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Those initial missteps, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren giving her committee vote to Ben Carson as HUD secretary, are giving way to a fully fleshed-out obstructionist agenda. Democrats find their collective spine: Now it’s time to push back against years of GOP obstructionism 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z “Some Senate Democrats are already pushing an obstructionist strategy. This is the type of partisan politics the American people just rejected in November,” says Carrie Severino, chief counsel for the aforementioned network. Inside the Beltway: Curtain goes up on uneasy Democrats bent on drama and distractions 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z When Democrats controlled the chamber, and had difficulty getting judicial nominations passed over GOP obstructionists, then-leader Harry Reid invoked the “nuclear option,” changing the rules to permit a mere majority vote. Editorials from around New England 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z But many Democrats are wary to appear obstructionist despite mounting pressure from the liberal base to oppose any Trump nominee. Neil Gorsuch nominated by Donald Trump to fill supreme court vacancy 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z What’s so bizarre about this parallel universe that the press concocted is that by the end of Obama’s second term, Republicans weren’t even trying to hide their radically obstructionist ways in closed-door strategy sessions. Exploring the Beltway press’ enduring fantasy: Media never stopped blaming Obama for radical GOP obstruction 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Even the most steadfast of obstructionist strategies will likely only slow things down a little. Democrats find their collective spine: Now it’s time to push back against years of GOP obstructionism 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Colbert went on to talk about all of the obstructionist tactics used to block many of Obama's initiatives before turning serious and dropping his facade a bit. See Stephen Colbert and 'Stephen Colbert' bid Barack Obama farewell 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z He had been an ineffective President, faced with an obstructionist Congress and constrained by the conviction that he answered not only to the North but to the slaveholding South. Watching Andrew Jackson’s Inauguration 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Cut to present and Cruz’s name has sickeningly been floated for a Trump appointment to the Supreme Court, and Cruz accused the Democrats of threatening to be the most obstructionist party in history. Worst of the worst: 12 moments of right-wing horror and absurdity from 2016 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Perhaps most remarkably, the researchers also found a particular substance in the runners’ brains that fended off the action of these obstructionist molecules. How Exercise May Help the Brain Grow Stronger 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Yet some liberal media outlets, is now stunned and shocked by Trump’s victory, for years would paint Congress and Republicans as obstructionist and backward when in fact they were simply representing their constituents’ interests. Conservatives, let’s not eat our own: Trump supporters need to respect Republicans who disagree with the President-elect 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z To his opponents, Reid will be remembered as a partisan player and nasty obstructionist, a purveyor of scathing personal assaults. Harry Reid on leaving Senate after 30 years: 'I don't have any regrets' 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Some analysts believed that the obstructionist attitudes of American officials had pushed Mr. Castro toward the Soviet Union. Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at 90 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Because President Obama was unable to pass legislation through Republican obstructionists in Congress, he was forced to use executive orders to achieve many of his signature policy goals. Donald Trump’s first 100 days: How he can undo President Obama’s America 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z That, in a nutshell, is the story of America’s hateful and obstructionist politics over the last eight years — and of the nasty, arduous excuse for a presidential campaign that finally ends on Tuesday. Election 2016 is a referendum on demographic change 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Sick of obstructionist politics - get the message GOP politicians - do your jobs or go home and let other politicians do your former jobs. Donald Trump Can’t Count on Those ‘Missing White Voters’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z House and Senate and "retire" more of the "strict obstructionists" i.e. Obamacare Hits a Pothole 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z He dared Republicans to reject someone they once supported, proving they are obstructionists in an election year. Recent Missouri Editorials 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Well then, progressives counter, “wrong track” must mean that voters are frustrated with political gridlock and want a Congress that is less obstructionist . What’s wrong with the ‘right or wrong track’ polling numbers 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z “If you want to get things done we’ve got to get rid of the obstructionists.” In Rare New Jersey Swing District, House Race Becomes a Brawl 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z “The pirates were uneducated, obstructionist, unmotivated and unrealistic,” said Leslie Edwards, the lead negotiator for the sailors’ release. Freed Sailors Recount Years of Torture at the Hands of Somali Pirates 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Let a Clinton win with a popular majority also be a refresher for congressional obstructionists on duty and dignity. 3 Reasons to Vote for Hillary – Even If You Hate Her 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z If Democrats don’t win the House, Mrs. Clinton will adopt President Obama’s strategy of aggressively using executive orders to expand Washington’s dominance of the private sector while painting Republicans as obstructionists. ‘Rigged’ Was Hillary Clinton’s FBI Case 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z They have been weakened over the past decade by the Republican myth of voter fraud and by obstructionist lawmakers who first crippled Congress and then the Supreme Court. Democracy's Wrecking Ball 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z But her 2013 comments at the Goldman Sachs event in Arizona, lamenting "obstructionists" blocking immigration reform, are pure candy to an opposition researcher. What the WikiLeaks Emails Could’ve Been 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z In her Sept. 27 op-ed, “No ‘regular order’ in Congress, again,” Catherine Rampell detailed how Congress is “lazier, more incompetent and more obstructionist” than ever. Vote with your mind, not your emotions 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Gridlock will not cease until the cold dead hands of the obstructionist GOP House majority are forced from the very throat of US legislative possibilities. Democrats Step Up Pursuit of House Republicans Left Limping by Donald Trump 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Then again, a Democratic-controlled Senate is better than a GOP obstructionist Senate, especially if Hillary Clinton wins. Democrats Have a 60 Percent Chance to Retake the Senate 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z When he decided not to seek re-election, he expressed his contempt for Tea Party representatives, calling them obstructionists. Steven LaTourette, Congressman Who Despised Gridlock, Dies at 62 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z This obstructionist Congress has caused so much delay and discord. Can the G.O.P. Senate Majority Survive Donald Trump? 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Well, whether you see the British as over-mighty obstructionist foot-draggers or worldly-wise, thrifty pragmatists, there's no doubt that without them things will be different. UK-shaped hole in EU's Bratislava agenda - BBC News 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Gridlock will not cease until the cold dead hands of the obstructionist GOP House majority are forced from the very throat of US legislative... Democrats Step Up Pursuit of House Republicans Left Limping by Donald Trump 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z “They’re the obstructionists, from their leader on to their membership,” she said. Special session kicks off with squabble over Durham ouster 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z At the time, he was considered an obstructionist outlier. Don't worry! Clinton and Trump are going to fix Israel/Palestine * | Moustafa Bayoumi 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z If Mr. Trump loses, continued obstructionist tactics, as proposed in the op-ed, will only strengthen a hateful minority. A better way forward for the GOP 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The Senate passed the bill, but when House Republicans got their hands on it, they did their obstructionist duty and pared the bill to $1.1 billion and added amendments they knew Democrats could not support. Editorials from around New England 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z Pockets of donors are gnashing their teeth at the prospect of taking out a figure they view as obstructionist and politically selfish. The 6 Degrees of Separation From Donald Trump 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z And citizens should send the obstructionist members of Congress birthday cards for each child, every year, to remind them what they've done, or failed to do. With Congress Deadlocked, White House Diverts Funds to Fight Zika 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Democrats are calling Republicans obstructionists in hopes that frustration with government and an anti-Trump wave will deliver them the Senate and perhaps even the House in November. Zika and the Democrats 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The recent op-ed on the future of the GOP mistakenly proposed a post-election Republican strategy based on the same obstructionist tactics of the past: “Sometimes doing nothing in the Senate is doing something.” A better way forward for the GOP 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The Chamber’s political arm endorsed Marshall this week, casting Huelskamp as an “ineffective obstructionist” in an ad that lauds Marshall as the more effective conservative. Republican primary in Kansas highlights continuing battle between tea party, establishment 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Voters wisely swept the obstructionist Republicans out of state government and voted Democrats in. Public Schools? To Kansas Conservatives, They’re ‘Government Schools’ 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z If Hillary is elected, we will get the same Republican obstructionist behavior that Obama got for eight years. With Congress Deadlocked, White House Diverts Funds to Fight Zika 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z And even if the Popular Force opposition doesn’t fragment, it will likely be at pains to not be seen as obstructionist at the outset. Peruvians Pick Economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski as New Leader 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z If Republicans hope to win presidential elections again, they need to demonstrate that they can be a loyal opposition and responsible partners in government rather than hyperpartisan obstructionists. A better way forward for the GOP 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z And he wrote a separate opinion to denounce the “obstructionist anti-death penalty agenda” of the public defenders representing Williams. Supreme Court says judges must step aside from cases they once prosecuted 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Even from those who had qualms, there was more constructive criticism than obstructionist rage. Editorials from around New York 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Absolutely, see your local obstructionist who is under the spell of the Tea Party. Why a B-Minus Economy May Be Causing a Turbulent Election 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z She divided the opinions into four camps: the supporters, the doubters, the skeptics and the obstructionists. Rumors in the Kingdom: What elites are whispering about the increasingly shaky Saudi regime 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Gray repeatedly portrayed Paul as an obstructionist who was focused more on winning the presidency than on his senatorial duties. Democratic Senate candidates defend Obama during forum 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z The report found the government had been negligent and obstructionist in its own investigation. Senate finally confirms new U.S. ambassador to Mexico 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Despite winning strong backing in Congress last year, the bank “remains closed for major export deals because of obstructionist tactics by a handful of bank opponents,” she said. Ex-Im Bank Faces New Hurdle as Senator Blocks Board Nominees 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z While their agenda was nihilistic and obstructionist, the Tea Party was a massive success by any measure. This is what the revolution looks like: Former Sanders staffers are launching a new PAC aimed at midterm Congressional elections 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The obstructionists, she said, are the “ultra-conservatives who are against any change and think that the transformation plan is not good for the country.” Rumors in the Kingdom: What elites are whispering about the increasingly shaky Saudi regime 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z They have a religious conviction of her essential goodness and blame her blank track record on diabolical sexist obstructionists. Enough with the Hillary cult: Her admirers ignore reality, dream of worshipping a queen 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Republicans have potentially backed themselves into a corner in the ongoing obstructionist fight over the Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Antonin Scalia. They won’t stop until they get what they want: The GOP’s Supreme Court blockade will go on for months — at any cost 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Grassley could go down as both inept and the "most obstructionist" Judiciary Committee chairman in history. Grassley, Garland reprise 1990s judicial confirmation fight 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z He bragged about adding police to the streets, making a case not for black liberation but for increased black surveillance, and he actually equated the Black Lives Matter activists to obstructionist Republicans in Congress. How dare Bill Clinton shout over Black Lives Matter protesters? | Steven W Thrasher 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z If these are the skeptics, then the doubters are merely those who believe that the extremists and obstructionists will simply not allow the reform agenda to proceed. Rumors in the Kingdom: What elites are whispering about the increasingly shaky Saudi regime 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Let’s do an end run around the obstructionists and promote an election law that will apply to all states and hold up in the courts. We need an end run around gerrymandering 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z But the key to making this obstructionist strategy have at least some political viability was unanimity of opposition. Cracks in the GOP wall: The Republicans’ hardline Supreme Court obstruction is crumbling 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z According to Garland’s boosters and some GOP strategists, Republicans are abandoning opposition to meetings because it could make them appear obstructionist — or even rude. Supreme Court fight: A quarter of Republican senators now back meetings for Merrick Garland 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z “On Tuesday the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals tore into the agency’s obstructionist conduct and ruled that the IRS must turn over the spreadsheets it created on the targeted groups.” Cruz vs. Kasich vs. Trump 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z On Tuesday the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals tore into the agency’s obstructionist conduct and ruled that the IRS must turn over the spreadsheets it created on the targeted groups. Chipping Away at the IRS Stonewall 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Here and elsewhere, Gail implies that it's lack of work, not the obstructionist opposition, that stalled him. What Are We Voting For? 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Trump will ultimately be the nominee if the best alternative to him is Ted Cruz, an obstructionist most often associated with shutting down the government. The Middle Finger Vote 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z In response, Democrats have opened a nationwide campaign, portraying the Republicans as obstructionist and unreasonable. Merrick Garland Battle Moves to Home Front as Senate Recesses 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z If they don’t give Garland a hearing, he imagines, “they will look like petty obstructionists to swing voters in their home states.” Don’t Bork Judge Garland 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Already, Democrats are looking to use the issue to portray vulnerable Republican senators as obstructionists, and to tie them to Trump. Progressives split on Merrick Garland as pick for Supreme Court 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z This morning’s announcement creates a test of this unprecedented obstructionist gambit. Obama makes his choice for the Supreme Court 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z A key part of their strategy is casting Republicans as knee-jerk obstructionists ready to shoot down a nominee that many in their own ranks once considered a consensus candidate. Obama to nominate Judge Merrick Garland to Supreme Court 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z What ensued was a domino effect whereby Democrats lost their majority in the House, and a filibustering obstructionist and a pandering racist can viably compete for the GOP nom this coming July. The right’s hypocrisy on Trump protesters: It was only OK when the Tea Party was crashing Obamacare meetings 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z So it’s worth highlighting a bipartisan deal in the Senate that would benefit the city of Flint and water systems nationwide—if obstructionists would get out of the way. The Senate’s Water Blockage 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz echoed Missourian Republicans' criticism of the Senate Democrats as obstructionists. Missouri GOP defeats 39-hour filibuster to pass bill criticized as anti-gay 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is a demagogue who has been an obstructionist in the Senate, believing that a minority has the right to impose its will on the majority. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z The Senate’s obstructionist move may finally reveal that the Emperor really has no clothes. This is not a court of law: Why GOP obstruction over Scalia seat might open everyone’s eyes to a politicized Supreme Court 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z And I wrote early on that it seemed taking the maximally obstructionist position was blowing the politics by starting from a position of shameless gridlock. Stuck Between Scalia and a Trump Place 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Democrats have gotten some support in their efforts to paint Grassley as an obstructionist — if not a hypocrite — from voices in the six-term senator’s home state. Sen. Charles Grassley is Democrats’ target in opening battle of Supreme Court war 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Yet Mr. Rajoy and his party run their own risks if they are seen as being obstructionist and placing their interests above those of the nation. Spain’s Socialist Leader Has Chance, if Improbable, to Be Premier 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z They do not want Republicans to be able to flip the script and label Democrats as obstructionists, particularly on an issue like drug abuse and treatment. Senate Republicans Hope Bipartisan Drug Bill Shifts Focus From Supreme Court 1459-09-11T05:00:00Z Though to be fair, the BJP pursued a similarly obstructionist policy when they were in opposition. Taxing democracy: Why easy decisions can be hardest to make - BBC News 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z The White House characterized the lawmakers’ brief as the product of “obstructionist Republicans in Congress who don’t even believe in the science of climate change.” Nevada AG voices opposition to federal EPA Clean Power Plan 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z There will, evidently, be little silence as Democrats try to make Republicans own the “obstructionist” label in November. Democrats try to overcome the GOP’s Supreme Court farce 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z GOP obstructionist argument #1: But President Obama is a lame duck who doesn’t deserve a third nominee Watch President Obama’s point-by-point rebuttal of Republicans’ Supreme Court obstructionism 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z “It will erase any arguments as to the merit of his nomination and reveal whether the Senate is being obstructionist, period,” he said. Sri Srinivasan: potential supreme court nominee could break GOP blockade 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z In a floor speech, Reid called it emblematic of an obstructionist philosophy that he said was favored by presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Republicans vow no hearings and no votes for Obama’s Supreme Court pick 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Though Republicans initially stood behind McConnell’s vow to prevent Obama from replacing Scalia, there was some backpedaling after Democrats played the “obstructionist” card. Senate GOP: ‘No Hearings, No Vote’ on Supreme Court Nominee 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The White House downplayed the lawmakers' brief, describing it as part of "continual pushback from obstructionist Republicans in Congress who don't even believe in the science of climate change." More than 200 members of Congress are backing a court challenge to President Barack Obama's plan to curtail greenhouse gas emissions 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The obstructionists will not allow this President a "win" or success of any note as his presidency comes to a close. Obama Sends Plan to Close Guantánamo to Congress 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Democrats' strongest argument is casting Republicans as unrelenting obstructionists, allies argue. It seems like Mission Impossible. Still, President Barack Obama has set out on a quest to put his third justice on the Supreme Court 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z For what it is worth, President Obama pushed-back about demands he at least select a moderate to peel support from obstructionist Republicans, promising to only nominate an “indisputably” qualified. Michelle Alexander, Supreme Court Justice? Thousands petition Obama to nominate “New Jim Crow” author 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z “I think we fall into the trap if we just simply say ‘Sight unseen’ “ the Senate won’t consider the nominee, Tillis said, “we fall into the trap of being obstructionist.” Obama rejects GOP calls to let next president choose Scalia’s successor 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z If Republicans proceed, they will ensure that this Republican majority is remembered as the most nakedly partisan, obstructionist and irresponsible majority in history. Reid to GOP: For the good of the country, stop your nakedly partisan obstruction 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z GOP incumbents in tough races must weigh the impact energizing the base by standing up to Mr. Obama against the potential damage of being labeled an obstructionist. More Republicans say they’ll block Obama’s Supreme Court nominee 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z If Republicans succeed in blocking Mr. Obama’s appointment, it will make the party’s senators more vulnerable to the charge that they’re obstructionists who are part of the problem in Washington. Supreme Court Vacancy Looms Over Five Key Senate Races 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z “Under Mort, there was absolutely no consequence for bad behavior,” the member said, but the member added that Evans and his allies had been “destructive, obstructionist.” Mutual disdain split Metro board: ‘You’ve got your head in the sand.’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z His opponents, meanwhile, expected the outgoing president to be remembered as a stubborn, obstructionist bigot who squandered an opportunity to remake the South. What History Can Teach President Obama About His Legacy 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z As a legislator, he distinguishes himself as an obstructionist, not a promoter. Republicans Intensify Attacks After a Pitched Debate 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Then you had a Senate, where you had obstructionist Democrats who kept blocking things from coming to the floor.” Senate sluggish despite bipartisan deals, Washington Times Legislative Futility Index finds 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z It’s the White House’s concerted effort to bypass obstructionist Republicans to close the so-called “gun show loophole.” This is on the Republican Party: The missing context of Obama’s executive action on gun control 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Senate with the zeal of a government bureaucrat determined to play obstructionist politics even against his own party. Ted Cruz Deserves Donald Trump's Birther Scrutiny 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z The Human Rights Campaign quickly condemned the order, saying it was “shameful” and an “obstructionist” tactic in the face of the U.S. Roy Moore, Alabama chief justice, orders judges to honor state law, not gay marriage 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z He accused Congress of an “obstructionist attitude” that, he said, “inflicts an economic injury on the country.” Indian Politics Thwart Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tax-Reform Plans 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Senate, where he's fashioned himself as the body's chief obstructionist. Three Fights To Watch In the GOP Debate 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Teachers striving to preserve precious space for conversation are not lazy, or afraid of change, or obstructionist. I gave my students iPads — then wished I could take them back 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z But the Saudis risk global scorn if they are seen as climate obstructionists, and Saudi Arabia knows its own environmental future hangs in the balance. Despite Climate Concerns, OPEC Plans to Keep Pumping Oil While It Can 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z But the other thing I just wanted quickly to say is, I think President Obama deserves more credit than he gets for what he got done in Washington, despite the Republican obstructionists. Read the Full Text of the Second Democratic Debate 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z "Instead of our expectation to work with a leadership team that genuinely desired positive change, we were met with a leadership team that displayed obstructionist attitudes, and clearly lacked integrity." At the VA, Same Old Story for Veterans Facing Long Wait Times 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The singularly annoying obstructionist has real staying power, and he’s as well-positioned as any of the candidates moving forward. Ted Cruz’s pyrrhic victory: He’s looking better and better — but that means disaster for the GOP 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Already, Ryan has conceded certain demands to the Freedom Caucus, whose obstructionist behavior was instrumental in forcing Boehner to resign rather than face what could have amounted to a vote of no confidence. GOP Gives Ryan Thumbs Up for Speaker 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z “So maybe it’s time that we do have an obstructionist.” Republican Freedom Caucus’s Revolt in House Is Stoked Back Home 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The far right's obstructionist activities have made their party look divided and ineffective. Obstruction and Destruction 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z SANDERS: The Republican party, since I’ve been in the Senate, and since President Obama has been in office, has played a terrible, terrible role of being total obstructionists. Full Transcript: Democratic Presidential Debate 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z At the time, McConnell said every obstructionist tool is sacrosanct, and if Democrats wanted to govern, that wasn’t his problem. McConnell eyes changes to rules he used to exploit 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z To his credit, Boehner was not willing to shut down the government over funding Planned Parenthood - and for once he acted in defiance of his party’s obstructionists. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z “We’d all sail along smoothly if we didn’t have any obstructionists, but then again, where have we gone the last 50 years?” he said. Republican Freedom Caucus’s Revolt in House Is Stoked Back Home 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z He embraced the role of the obstructionist as the mantle of the minority — which was to counter the bully pulpit with a loud shout from the gallery. ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: John Boehner leaves House divided with Republican Party fractured 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z India, long viewed by the United States and Europe as an obstructionist in the negotiations, is expected to play a key—and, activists insist, increasingly positive—role. India Pledges to Curb Greenhouse Gas Growth 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z But Iraqis who supported those steps accuse Mr. Abadi of relenting to pressure from Tehran and abandoning a key tenet of his reform plan: to sideline Mr. Maliki and other rivals seen as obstructionist. Iraqi Premier’s Rule Again Questioned 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z They argued about how vigilant – or obstructionist – Senate Republicans should be in trying to thwart the Iran nuclear deal and other parts of President Obama's agenda. In Early Debate, Candidates Struggle to be Heard 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z McConnell jousted on the Senate floor with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., over the terms of the debate as each side sought to frame the other as obstructionist. Democrats clinch critical votes for Iran nuclear deal 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The Lerner and North cases also highlight the Administration’s sloppy, or willfully obstructionist, approach to recordkeeping. The Off-Grid Administration 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, said that work would be a lot easier if Mr. Obama and congressional Democrats were not so obstructionist. World Leaders and Congress Pose September Challenges for Obama 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z When Republicans campaigned last fall to wrestle control of the Senate from the Democrats, they promised a grand makeover, attempting to shed their image of obstructionists lying in opposition. GOP’s broken promises: Gridlock & dysfunction still rule the day despite congressional control 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z It was management’s willful neglect of the problem for the sake of profits along with an obstructionist union wrongfully working to shield the guilty at the expense of the innocent. It’s Time to Reconsider Barry Bonds for the Hall of Fame 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z It shouldn’t be if you’ve been paying attention to the radical, obstructionist turn both Republican politics and the right-wing media have taken over the last six-plus years. How the media missed the Donald Trump surge 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Such risks are one reason EU leaders strongly want Greece to remain within the bloc, despite the risk of it becoming obstructionist. Possible Greek Exit from Eurozone Sparks Wider Geopolitical Concerns 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z “He will continue to be an obstructionist, so we are going to have to focus on what we think is right.” Republicans in Congress Ponder Next Move on Health Care 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Were they really mistaken in believing that a rousing victory was actually a validation of their obstructionist tactics? GOP’s bloodthirsty Liam Neeson primary: The one issue which unites the Tea Party and the right 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Often viewed as obstructionists to progress, a secular world wonders: What’s wrong with those people? Jeb Bush’s eloquent defense of Christianity 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The six are supposed to be nonpartisan, and they were for the most part until McConnell, who is now majority leader, chose three Republicans who made it their mission to act as obstructionists… Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The most obstructionist party in modern American history is suddenly complaining about obstructionism, hoping to shed the “Party of No” label. GOP tries to flip 'Party of No' label 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Kasich was a Republican obstructionist before it was cool to be a Republican obstructionist,” observes Holly Shulman, the committee’s national press secretary. Inside the Beltway: John Kasich tells New Hampshire presidential voters he is ‘a normal guy’ 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z He did everything in his power to scuttle the fragile Oslo process, but it came back to bite him: too obstructionist for the left and too generous for the right, his government collapsed. Netanyahu Can’t Walk Back His Election Rhetoric 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Yes, Cruz is something of a hothead, and has unfortunately used his early years in the Senate to brand himself as an obstructionist. Ted Cruz 2016 Bid Another Degrading Blow to the Senate 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Black and women leaders have lashed out, saying a convergence of race and gender are fueling the GOP’s obstructionist tactics. Eric Holder breaks silence on GOP obstruction of Lynch vote 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Once disparaging the use of filibusters, Democrats now use the delaying tactic with gleeful abandon; once proud obstructionists, Republicans are outraged by the super-majority blockade Democrats are using to impede the GOP agenda. In Senate, majority changes yield changes of heart on filibusters 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z “The current obstructionist behavior on his wife’s part is not tolerable.” Documents show fracturing of family running Saints, Pelicans 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Republican leaders have said they plan to use the veto, which was expected, to denounce Mr. Obama as a partisan obstructionist. Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Already, Republicans are hinting at how they will spin the veto: The president is an obstructionist, job-killer who is going against the will of the American people. A sneak peek at the Keystone veto spin wars 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z As it has become clearer that only new regulation can ensure net neutrality, Republicans risk not only appearing as obstructionists, but worse, obstructionists that side with the likes of Comcast. Here's how the new Republican Congress plans to undercut net neutrality 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z He acknowledged the public’s disgust with Washington and implicitly called out the Republicans for being obstructionist. President Obama's State of the Union Address Missed the Mark 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z It’s not rapacious bankers, greedy corporations, or obstructionist Republicans. The new politics of hope in post-recession America 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z I say let's deport the GOP and their Tea party obstructionist......and leave the hard working folks like Mr Garcia. Republicans Resist Obama’s Move to Dismantle Apparatus of Deportation 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Unfortunately for any Republican who sincerely wants to curb the power of the presidency, Gohmert’s strategy is as ineffective as the only slightly less obstructionist methods employed by Boehner. How GOP obstructionism empowered the presidency 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z As likely is that House Republicans, stung by being called obstructionists, will try to force the president into that role. Start the Clock on Assessing Congress 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Florida State officials convened the student conduct hearing only after taking a world of heat for appearing thoroughly obstructionist and interfering in Winston’s case. Jameis Winston case shows cronyism for star athletes 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z She said she was reprimanded for being an obstructionist, reduced to part-time hours, investigated for what she called trumped-up charges and transferred to a clerk’s job. Military Hospital Care Is Questioned; Next, Reprisals 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z In a press release, Vitter characterized his obstructionist plan as retribution for an immigration policy he doesn’t like. Vitter gears up to fight Lynch's A.G. nomination 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z He called the Senate leader’s decision “unfortunate” and “obstructionist.” Senate approves $1.1 trillion spending bill 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z That allowed Candidate Obama in 2012 to blame Republicans as obstructionists opposed to his every move. JOSEPH CURL: For Obama, no midterm lesson — and no compromise in sight 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Please recall that four years ago, obstructionist Republicans invented the permanent 60-seat majority in the Senate. Midterm election: Republicans invent their own rules 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z “Specifically, you were characterized as an obstructionist and someone who withheld critical information.” Military Hospital Care Is Questioned; Next, Reprisals 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z Democrats say Republicans are obstructionists who have blocked passage of bills to protect abortion rights, raise the minimum wage and extend financial aid to students in the country illegally. Governor’s race tops big election year in New York 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z “Are they going to begin to allow things to happen? Or are they going to continue to be obstructionists? And I think they’re going to choose to get things done.” On Election’s Eve, G.O.P. Is Confident, but Voters Are Sour 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Or are they going to continue to be obstructionists? Biden predicts U.S. Democrats will keep Senate: CNN 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z “There are piles of bills waiting for attention in Reid’s obstructionist Senate that could help Americans with jobs and help move our economy and health care system forward.” Democrats distance themselves from Harry Reid ahead of midterms 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z He wrote in a recent USA Today opinion piece that Republicans would pass bills in 2015 or "expose an obstructionist" president. U.S. Senate control could be mixed blessing for Republican 2016 hopefuls 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z On the one hand, the longtime Republican senator is proud to be the nation’s top obstructionist, helping create the most dysfunctional Congress in modern history. McConnell digs a hole on Social Security, falls in 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Democrats counter with endorsing a minimum wage boost and portraying Republicans as obstructionist. Democrats try to regain lost votes outside cities 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z As fatuous solutions are foisted on a gullible public by armchair political hacks and obstructionist mouthpieces seeking political advantage, facts would get in the way. Syria is more complicated than pundits let on “It doesn’t reflect the people’s aspirations at the national level. “If you’re from the US, it sounds very familiar: a popular reformer president facing obstructionist legislators,” Elizabeth Pisani, author of Indonesia, Etc, said. Indonesia's New President Face Obstructionist Opposition To Economic Reform 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z This election should be a referendum on the obstructionist politics employed by the GOP for the past 6 years. Republican-Majority Senate Is Starting to Look Likelier 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z But my central point is that politics and government is about solving these problems, not being obstructionists and producing roadblocks. The GOP Can't Disagree With Obama's Economy Speech 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The other directors are obstructionists, completely uncooperative in working with me. Who will investigate management firm fraud, obstructionist directors? 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Only Congress can grant a path to citizenship and the right to vote, so obstructionists might not face immediate peril at the polls. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z The gridlock produced by the obstructionist Republican Congress and Democratic White House has ground policymaking to a halt, even in areas with some degree of bipartisan overlap like immigration and tax reform. Forget 2016. Democrats already have a plan for 2020. 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z This election should be a referendum on the obstructionist politics employed by the GOP for the past 6 years. Republican-Majority Senate Is Starting to Look Likelier 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The small band of Republicans called themselves “constructive obstructionists” for their vigorous fights against the dominant Democrats. M. Caldwell Butler, 89, Key Vote to Impeach, Dies 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z There is a difference between being conservative - even a tea party conservative - and just being an obstructionist. Recent Kansas editorials 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z How soon will it be before the diverse blend of voters that results will turn against the obstructionists? Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z And he has been forced to rely on executive orders to accomplish much of his agenda – a move that does certainly implicate the Republican controlled congress as obstructionist, but is also indicative of legislative weakness. Impeachment Talk Won't Help The GOP 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations pledged Monday that his country would assist the investigation, but Western officials and analysts said they suspect that Moscow will be noncooperative, if not outright obstructionist. Malaysia Flight 17 prosecution faces major evidentiary and legal obstacles He again ridiculed the notion in a speech earlier on Thursday, claiming he was merely filling a vacuum left by an obstructionist Congress. John Boehner sues Barack Obama for breaching constitutional rights 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The consequences of doing nothing seem too extreme for all but the most dire obstructionists to endure. Countdown to a shutdown of federal transportation funding In doing so, the Court has sanctified the so-called pro-forma sessions that obstructionists have used to avoid triggering a recess and thus a chance for the President to make recess appointments. Did History Win in National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning? 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z He announced in December that he would run for another term in order to support Obama and his agenda against Republican obstructionists through the end of his presidency in 2016. Obama won't endorse Rangel 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z In my estimation, he's been a destructive and obstructionist force on the Hill, putting personal politics ahead of what's best for the country, the hardliner before the hardline moved. Eric Cantor Could Have Stood Against the Tea Party's Madness 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z In Abbott, Obama faces one of the last remaining climate obstructionists. 'Your George W Bush' – Tony Abbott makes a splash in the United States 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z If they do so, these activists argued, it will be harder for the president to simply dismiss the opposition as obstructionist. Obama’s Odds With Congress: Bad to Worse 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Blame it on the tea party and obstructionists in Congress, if you’re liberal. “It’s a bloodbath”: Slowdown in federal spending is highlighted by stalled building plan in Southeast And I’m not one of the naysayers or the obstructionists or sissies, as you call them, standing in the way. Ralph Nader: “The left is seized by fear and the right is driven by brass” 2014-05-02T11:44:00Z The White House and many Democrats scoff at that, laying stalemate at the feet of what they call an obstructionist Republican Party. White House Memo: For Obama Presidency, Johnson Looms Large 2014-04-09T01:33:02Z Republicans have been incredibly obstructionist in this area… America’s most progressive Senate nominee: Meet Shenna Bellows of Maine 2014-04-07T12:30:00Z Democrats countered that Republicans have been "obstructionists" who have stopped legislation and nominees with a record number of procedural roadblocks known as filibusters. New bipartisan breeze in U.S. Senate, but will it last? 2014-03-12T20:43:15Z Fearing an obstructionist label, Republicans may decide it is better to act in concert with the president on some select issues, including immigration and infrastructure spending, than not to act at all. Obama prepared to avoid Congress, go it alone on carrying out modest initiatives 2014-01-29T02:14:31Z Network figures have hailed him as a gutsy bipartisan hero and a role model for an obstructionist party in need of overhaul. For Christie and MSNBC, a Messy Divorce Plays Out in Public View 2014-01-20T03:42:10Z "We've never been better positioned than now to make reforms. I don't foresee an obstructionist opposition - that's going to have a high cost for them considering what people are demanding," he said. Chile's Bachelet promises reforms after landslide election win 2013-12-16T08:43:05Z Those who seek to justify this rules change argue that it’s necessary because the evil Senate Republican minority is wholly obstructionist, and that raw partisan politics have made this necessary. Democrats Nuked the Senate’s Reputation 2013-11-26T05:01:26Z In Georgia, for example, insurance commissioner Ralph Hudgens assured an audience of Republicans that he and the governor were doing “everything in our power to be an obstructionist.” Health-care law’s fate could hinge on political climate in individual states 2013-10-15T19:50:25Z One commercial appearing on cable television in his district attacks “obstructionists” blocking an immigration overhaul. House Republicans in California Find a Struggle on Immigration 2013-09-07T18:39:09Z "This is all about putting Republicans on the defensive, making them look obstructionist." Obama's corporate tax revamp plan seen as unlikely to go far 2013-07-30T21:27:43Z Republicans deny being obstructionist, citing scores of Obama nominees who have been confirmed. Obama's Democrats threaten to end filibusters in Senate 2013-07-09T17:59:54Z So has Obama, who for five years has gotten a lot of mileage out of painting the Republicans as obstructionists. Viewpoint: What Happened In Egypt Was Not Democratic 2013-07-09T16:20:18Z He said he voted for Mr. Markey despite his almost four decades in Washington because he wanted someone who was “not an obstructionist.” Massachusetts Voters Go to Polls in Special Senate Election 2013-06-25T14:27:32Z In an interview earlier this month at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Pazdur, a greyhound-like oncologist with clear round spectacles, presented himself as anything but an obstructionist. The FDA's Cancer Czar Says He Can't Approve New Drugs Fast Enough 2013-06-23T12:29:00Z That’s making it just a tad harder for Democrats to slap Senate Republicans with the “obstructionist” label. Judges, judges, judges 2013-06-18T22:49:07Z That’s making it just a tad harder for Democrats to slap Senate Republicans with the label of “obstructionist.” Senate finds pace on judicial nominees 2013-06-18T13:51:25Z “The politics will demand that he be an obstructionist.” Political Memo: Re-election Fight May Strain McConnell’s Senate Role 2013-06-10T21:40:30Z But there is also the danger that the bill’s supporters, desperate to pass something, will be too willing to yield to the die-hard obstructionists and accept compromises that warp the bill beyond recognition or usefulness. Editorial: Immigration Reform Headwinds in the Senate 2013-06-08T18:41:57Z On the other hand, the fact that Obama didn’t hesitate to announce his appointment of Rice on the day after he defied Republican obstructionists with his three judicial nominees is a good sign. Susan Rice 1, Rand Paul 0 2013-06-05T17:41:00Z Brazil's stance in global trade talks - which critics often describe as obstructionist - frequently put it at odds with the United States and the European Union. Azevedo looks to resurrect WTO with patient diplomacy 2013-05-07T21:08:12Z They worry that his real objective is purely political: to portray the Republicans are obstructionist and hope they are punished in the congressional midterms in 2014. Obama denies sending mixed signals over Congress charm offensive 2013-03-11T21:34:00Z The commissioner will be an obstructionist, but for the good of the game, only in the short term. Finchem And 'The Greater Good' 2013-02-26T05:00:00Z But you can score points — well-deserved ones — by blaming House obstructionists for the added taxpayer expense. An open letter to Tim Geithner on how to dodge the next debt crisis 2012-11-15T02:14:00Z Obama did the right thing defying the Rice-hating obstructionists to appoint it. Susan Rice 1, Rand Paul 0 2013-06-05T17:41:00Z Winner – the status quo: Two billion dollars bought America the same President, the same obstructionist House and same sclerotic Senate it had already. The Winners and Losers of Election 2012 2012-11-13T10:50:20Z The leading inside candidate is thought to be his chief of staff, Jack Lew, whom Republicans saw as obstructionist during previous negotiations. The budget deficit: To the cliff, and beyond 2012-11-08T16:00:19Z Arizona views the Holbrook Basin a as a potential economic growth engine and is not looking to be obstructionist. How Arizona Is Helping America Reduce Dependence On Foreign Natural Resources 2012-11-06T16:43:07Z Democrats were obstructionist when George W. Bush was in office, but he eventually prevailed in winning confirmation of three of his nominees. High & Low Finance: Circuit Court Needs to Let the S.E.C. Do Its Job 2012-09-20T22:42:02Z Congress party leaders, for their part, called the BJP's tactics obstructionist and undemocratic. India Ink: Parliament's 'Monsoon Session' Ends In Washout 2012-09-07T15:00:24Z From the start, Representative Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia and now the majority leader, is painted as the biggest obstructionist. Woodward Book Details Battles Over Deficit 2012-09-06T23:34:25Z Mrs. Gandhi's remarks were part of a coordinated public relations effort by Congress to put the B.J.P. on the defensive over its obstructionist tactics in Parliament. India Ink: Sonia Gandhi Accuses Opposition of 'Blackmail' 2012-08-28T07:27:21Z “European leaders believe Samaras will be far easier to negotiate with than Tsipras, whom they feared as an even bigger obstructionist,” Emmanoulidis says. How Is Samaras Doing? So Far, the Euro Zone Likes the New Greek Leader 2012-08-27T10:35:27Z |
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