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During the first two years of his presidency his party controlled both houses of Congress. He didn't need Republicans to get it done.
by rhapsodic 10y ago
During the first two years of his presidency his party controlled both houses of Congress. He didn't need Republicans to get it done.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> During the first two years of his presidency his party controlled both houses of Congress. Not with the votes to break a Senate filibuster, but it's worth noting that something of an infrastructure bill was passed at that time (as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which also included non-infrastructure stimulus), with no Republican votes in the House and exactly the number (3) of Republican votes minimally necessary to break a filibuster in the Senate.