How can Obama be responsible for the economy when House Republicans refuse to pass his economic policies?

FYI - No Democrat has voted in favor of an Obama (swt) budget.

The Democrats in the Senate (i.e., Harry Reid) refuse to even put the Republicans' plans up for a vote.

I noticed quite a few responses are sill under the media fed delusion that both the house and senate had filibuster proof majorities.

If that were in fact the case, how come it's only taken one opposition member of the senate to block legislation when the democrats had a simple 51 vote majority, it's because unless the senate is held by 60 or more members of one party, there is no filibuster proof majority unless a bipartisan agreement is struck where republicans agree to support a bill by voting for it in sufficient number that their vote attains the 60 vote threshold necessary to block any filibuster.

The house may have had enough votes prior to 2010 to pass legislation out of the house regardless of GOP opposition, but that doesn't mean it ever got past the obstructionist GOP which refused to support any legislation that wasn't designed to restrict women's reproductive rights back to the stone age of regressive politics.

Something in this debate is always neglected. We have a representative government. People tell their representatives how they feel about an issue and the representative votes accordingly. If not, then we get bills such as the Affordable care act. Republicans are citizens as well and just because we have a president of one party or the other does not mean the whole country must fall in line with his goals just because 52% of the nation voted for him. That would mean we live in a pure democracy, which we do not. We live in a representative government.

Arguing totally on what the president wants or does not want is beside the point. This president totally bypasses congress which is against the law. He has usurped powers he does not possess. Frankly, I don't know how anyone in this country can defend that.

From 2009 until 2011 Obama and the Democratic super majority could pass what ever they wanted. They did just that. Right now the policies they put in place have done nothing for the economy and nothing for deficit reduction. If what they passed in 2009 was any good we should be on great shape now.

he is responsible because he had his first two years as president with Democrats in full majority/filibuster-proof control of the House of Representatives AND the US Senate.

he could have implemented ANY policy he wished, but did not.

that's on HIM and no one else.

That's how.

~A filibuster is the successful use of 41 or more votes to prevent the closing of debate. There wasn’t a single filibuster in 2009. Not one.

The president will say anything to advance a narrative that makes him a victim of obstruction.~

EDIT/ADD: A MAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES IS A MAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES. HOW ELSE DID THAT TRAVESTY 'OBAMACARE' GET PASSED?

Chewy, I asked the same question. I really just don't get their reasoning on this one. Maybe because they are not using reason...

Two other points: Their supports say it because of the debt slash deficit. NOt one of them can or has explained how the national debt/deficit will hurt us in the short term. They are obviously too busy wondering when their predictions of runaway inflation are going to come true.

The other point is that the Senate has every right to block the House bill that are hilariously called jobs bills. The members of the House refuse to negotiate so what is the point of taking up their bills?

In other words....."Waaaaaaa!!!, It's the Republican's fault that Obama has been a failure....Waaaa!!!

Are you libs ever going to hold Obama accountable for anything?

The right really loves to ignore the record number of filibusters the GOP has done in the past 3 1/2 years.

That is the trick. You say somebody's polices have failed but you don't try it to see if it fails.

Just like now, they vote to end medicare and cut payment to doctors who see medicare patients....then turn around and say they are trying to save Medicare.

http://demock.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/27/395781...

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/senate-...

No one, republican or democrat, voted in favor of Obama budget because he is so outlandish with his ideas.

But I would ask you why there are hundreds of house bills sitting on Harry Reids as he refuses to read them let alone put them up for discussions or votes in the senate. You are a hypocrite when you dont condemn Harry Reid and blame the house republicans for doig nothing as you say