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McConnell after the loss of the House last fall asked for Dems to be bipartisan for the good of the country. I wondered if Obama, who both Trump and the GOP seem to hate, ever tried to be bipartisan during the period of time that the Dems controlled the House and the Senate. What I found really amazed me. It seems that the major accomplishment of the Obama administration included GOP amendments as can be seen in the article above. In fact at least 160. I do remember that several times when the ACA was working itself through congress the GOP promised GOP votes if they just got this in or out of the bill. Even after getting the public option removed, the GOP never gave the ACA a single vote. Of course after taking over the Senate, McConnell said his aim was to make Obama a one term president and made sure the GOP just said no. So even though his party controlled both house of our legislature, Obama did try at least once for bipartisanship and got a negative response. Has the GOP done the same on any major bill since they have controlled the legislative and executive branch over the past two years?
McConnell after the loss of the House last fall asked for Dems to be bipartisan for the good of the country. I wondered if Obama, who both Trump and the GOP seem to hate, ever tried to be bipartisan during the period of time that the Dems controlled the House and the Senate. What I found really amazed me. It seems that the major accomplishment of the Obama administration included GOP amendments as can be seen in the article above. In fact at least 160. I do remember that several times when the ACA was working itself through congress the GOP promised GOP votes if they just got this in or out of the bill. Even after getting the public option removed, the GOP never gave the ACA a single vote. Of course after taking over the Senate, McConnell said his aim was to make Obama a one term president and made sure the GOP just said no. So even though his party controlled both house of our legislature, Obama did try at least once for bipartisanship and got a negative response. Has the GOP done the same on any major bill since they have controlled the legislative and executive branch over the past two years?