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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Paul Ryan’s poor memory fails him again"
Paul Ryans poor memory fails him againBy Steve Benen at MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/paul-ryans-poor-memory-fails-him-again
"SNIP........................
Weve gone to the president and said, Give us time to do immigration reform, to work on the issue this year. We want to get this done. And this is the reaction he has to that? said Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the 2012 vice presidential candidate. He had two years with a super-majority of his own party, and he didnt lift a finger. And now he wont give us a few weeks?
It takes a truly talented individual to pack in this many falsehoods into a single paragraph.
Give us time to do immigration reform? Well, Republicans have controlled the House for four years, during which time they havent even held so much as a hearing on a piece of legislation. More to the point, the Senate passed a popular, bipartisan immigration bill 512 days ago, and soon after, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) promised the lower chamber would act on the issue. The Republican leader then broke his word and killed the reform effort.
In other words, Obama gave Republican lawmakers time to do immigration reform, and the GOP did nothing. Does Ryan not remember this?
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"Paul Ryan’s poor memory fails him again" (Original Post)
applegrove
Nov 2014
OP
getting pretty sick and tired of this lie about a two year super majority
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
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NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)1. getting pretty sick and tired of this lie about a two year super majority
Of course most Americans will never take the time to find out the truth
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)3. that was 6 years ago
and they fought tooth and nail with every procedural trick in the book for those 2 years.
belzabubba333
(1,237 posts)2. 78 days or something like that