Senators ask John Boehner to help block Obama recess appointments
5/25/11 Jonathan Allen – POLITICO
Senate conservatives asked House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday to try to block President Obama from making recess appointments for the remainder of his presidency.
In a letter, the group of 20 senators implored Boehner to refuse to adopt any resolution that would allow the Senate to stand in recess for more than three days.
Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55723.html
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Fact Check: The Real Reasons Republicans in Congress are Blocking Richard Cordray at CFPB
Posted by Stephanie Cutter on October 06, 2011
In his press conference on October 6, the President spoke primarily about what we can do to create jobs and boost the economy right now, but he also took some time to discuss his efforts to fix the problems in our financial sector that precipitated this economic downturn:
And what we’ve seen over the last year is not only did the financial sector — with the Republican Party in Congress — fight us every inch of the way, but now you’ve got these same folks suggesting that we should roll back all those reforms and go back to the way it was before the crisis.
As he also explained, his nominee to be the first head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, former Ohio Treasurer and Attorney General Rich Cordray, is being blocked from office, noting that “Republicans have threatened not to confirm him not because of anything he’s done, but because they want to roll back the whole notion of having a consumer watchdog.”
Not surprisingly, those Republicans in Congress have looked for any excuse to avoid admitting that they are seeking to weaken these consumer protections
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/10/06/fact-check-real-reasons-republicans-congress-are-blocking-richard-cordray-cfpb
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Senate Republicans’ Vote to Block Job Growth Through U.S. Infrastructure Development
Posted by DNC Press on Thursday, November 03, 2011
Following today’s vote by Republicans in the U.S. Senate to block legislation that would create jobs and grow the economy through the development of our nation’s infrastructure, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement:
“It’s almost hard to believe: This is now the third time in a matter of weeks that Republicans in the Senate have voted in unison to block part or all of the American Jobs Act, which would create jobs and strengthen our economy. First, Republicans filibustered the President’s jobs bill in its entirety—then, when President Obama and Democrats tried to move forward with legislation that would prevent hundreds of thousands of teachers and first responders from losing their jobs, the Senate GOP shot that down, too.
“Today, they did it again—voting to block legislation that would make an immediate $50 billion investment in America’s roads and bridges and a $10 billion investment to create a bipartisan National Infrastructure Bank. This bill would create hundreds of thousands of jobs for construction.
Source: http://www.democrats.org/news/blog/dnc_chair_debbie_wasserman_schultzs_statement_on_senate_republicans_vote_to
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GOP senators block bill to put teachers, first responders back to work
Posted by Elizabeth Chan on Friday, October 21, 2011
Last night, Republican Senators stood unanimously to block the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act, a stand-alone piece of President Obama’s jobs bill that would put Americans back on the job teaching our children and keeping our communities safe.
The GOP is putting politics ahead of country yet again.
Source: http://www.democrats.org/news/blog/gop_senators_block_bill_to_put_teachers_first_responders_back_to_work
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DREAM Act dies with rejection of defense bill when Republicans blocked a defense spending bill in the Senate
9/21/2010 By SUZANNE GAMBOA- AP
WASHINGTON—The chance for hundreds of thousands of young people to legally remain in the U.S. evaporated Tuesday when Republicans blocked a defense spending bill in the Senate.
Democrats failed to get a single Republican to help them reach the 60 votes needed to move forward on the defense bill and attach the DREAM Act as an amendment. The vote was 56-43. Arkansas Democratic Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor voted with Republicans. Majority Leader Harry Reid also voted to block the bill in a procedural move that allows the defense bill to be revived later.
Source: http://bit.ly/cmoUNn
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Republicans block bill to lift military gay ban
9/21/10 By ANNE FLAHERTY, AP
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats and the White House to lift the ban on gays from serving openly in the military, voting unanimously against advancing a major defense policy bill that included the provision.
The mostly partisan vote dealt a major blow to gay rights groups who saw the legislation as their best hope, at least in the short term, for repeal of the 17-year-old law known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
Source: http://yhoo.it/9VEMT9
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