Half of what?
"In the history of the Republic, there have been 168 filibusters of executive and judicial nominees. Half of them have occurred during the Obama administration -- during the last four and a half years," Reid said.
Democrats vote to curb filibusters on appointees
by Alan Fram and David Espo, Associated Press -- November 21, 2013
And Dems took concrete steps today to undo this GOP tyranny of "Just Say Hell No to Everything!"
Finally!
So what does "Almost Half" actually look like?
Major, Huge, Breaking, Groundbreaking News on the U.S. Senate Filibuster’s Rule
Senate Filibuster’s Rule
by Greg Diamond, The OC -- November 21, 2013
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In fact, here’s a nice graphic ... [to help make their Hate-Government point.]
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[...Post continues with Reid's Take-Democracy-Back floor speech today.]
And that's to say nothing about the GOP abuse with all those "run of the mill" filibusters too. They have accomplished
next to nothing, with all their
Just Say No to Obama posturing.
They no doubt set some Governing Incompetence records in their GOP-invented Obstruction Dept too. Nearly 400 Bills BLOCKED by the GOP, for no good reason -- except to thwart the will of the majority.
It's the only way, they can get their way. ... Well maybe their bullying days are finally drawing to an end?