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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Obama blames 'structural' design of Congress for gridlock

President Obama is taking a swipe at the Founding Fathers, blaming his inability to move his agenda on the “disadvantage” of having each state represented equally in the Senate.

At a Democratic fundraiser in Chicago Thursday night, Mr. Obama told a small group of wealthy supporters that there are several hurdles to keeping Democrats in control of the Senate and recapturing the House. One of those problems, he said, is the apportionment of two Senate seats to each state regardless of population.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well since the 17th amendment, that is not the case. We no longer have the states themselves represented, just two chambers that are both voted in by the people. That should be repealed, and Obama and the rest of them should work within the confines of the constitution. Tom

Anonymous said...

Watch for Executive Orders that allow King Barry to do what ever he wants...

The president also blamed “demographics” for the inability of the Democratic Party to gain more power in Congress, saying Democrats “tend to congregate a little more densely” in cities such as New York and Chicago.

The cities filled with those who take and do not give...

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“So there are some structural reasons why, despite the fact that Republican ideas are largely rejected by the public, it’s still hard for us to break through,” Mr. Obama said.


Largely rejected by the "PUBLIC" that being the freeloaders who support this socialist...

Anonymous said...

I BLAME HIM FOR EVERYTHING that has been happening to my country.map