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something unprecedented in U.S. history Hardly. For 10 such examples, see: http://thefederalist.com/2016/02/16/10-times-democrats-vowed-to-block-republican-no

• hackuser 10y ago
  Those aren't examples. One politician vowing to do it and the entire Senate actually doing it are entirely different; Congress had never done it before this year. And that assumes you believe the Federalist, a highly partisan source.