Obama the Obstructionist

- February 18, 2016


Feb. 18, 2016
Good morning from Washington, abuzz with the rhetorical standoff between President Obama and Senate Republicans over filling Antonin Scalia's Supreme Court seat. It turns out that as a Democrat senator, Obama sought to block a Republican president's nominees. Democrats also were more than happy to stall federal judgeships until after the 1992 election. Plus: What the FBI-Apple showdown means. A House report says the EPA deceived the public. College kids don't recognize Ronald Reagan. And guess how many Americans pay no income tax?
Commentary Obama the Obstructionist President Obama didn't have a problem blocking judicial nominees when he was a senator. Watch the Video
News Report Exposes EPA's 'Pattern of Deception' in Colorado Mine Spill Two federal agencies put out misinformation and inconsistent explanations of the government's role in the Gold King Mine blowout and water contamination in Colorado last summer, a congressional report says. Read More
Commentary The Shockingly High Number of Americans Who Don't Pay Federal Income Tax In 1969, the percentage of people who did not pay federal income taxes themselves and who were not claimed as dependents by someone who paid federal income taxes stood at 12.6 percent. It's grown significantly since then. Read More
News Flashback to 1992: When Democrats Halted a Republican President's Judicial Nominees In 1992, Senate Democrats had no problem blocking Republican President George H.W. Bush's judicial nominees in hopes of giving Democrat Bill Clinton an opportunity to fill court vacancies. Read More
News Apple Fight With FBI Raises Questions About Balancing National Security With Privacy "This is the ultimate technological Catch-22," Cully Stimson, senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, said. "On the one hand, we want this privacy, we want this encryption, we want this security—but we also want to be safe." Read More
News There They Go Again: College Students Can't Identify Photo of Ronald Reagan Shown a picture of Ronald Reagan, one student said, "I've seen that guy before" before giving up. Read More
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Feb. 18, 2016

Good morning from Washington, abuzz with the rhetorical standoff between President Obama and Senate Republicans over filling Antonin Scalia's Supreme Court seat. It turns out that as a Democrat senator, Obama sought to block a Republican president's nominees. Democrats also were more than happy to stall federal judgeships until after the 1992 election. Plus: What the FBI-Apple showdown means. A House report says the EPA deceived the public. College kids don't recognize Ronald Reagan. And guess how many Americans pay no income tax?

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