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What means does he use to pressure senators, or are Republicans agreed on the obstruction strategy?
Part of what makes the obstruction strategy so appealing to Republican leaders, along with its supposed ability to kneecap opponents, is that it fits perfectly with the right's ideas about the role of government.
As I explain in the National Law Journal and in prior posts, the congressional pro forma obstruction strategy is based on the specious premise that there exists a three day recess minimum to trigger the president's Article II, Section 2 recess appointment authority.
But the problem is not just the Republican obstruction strategy – it is also because members of Congress need to raise staggering amounts of money in order to get elected - so much time and effort is spent raising this money that members of Congress literally do not have the time to do their jobs.
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That's a sharp contrast with the strategy of obstruction.
All of this only validates the Republican strategy of obstruction, and invites more.
"The strategy of obstruction, gridlock and delay was soundly rejected by the American people.
McConnell's strategy of obstruction had once again come close to succeeding, Dodd said, but he knew that a "shrinking number" of Republicans were frustrated.
He was the one who announced in 2010 that his first priority was to deny President Obama a second term, and backed that up with a strategy of obstruction that was truly breathtaking to watch.
First, as Carl Hulse explained in The Times, last night's outcome – the defeat of the Republican standard-bearer, the failed dream of taking the Senate – is bound to make Republicans in Congress question their strategy of obstruction and ideological purity.
The incidence of infected urolithiasis is unknown, and evidence describing the optimal management strategy for obstruction is equivocal.
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