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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by nostromo on Thursday July 09, 2020 @02:22PM (#23783338)
Because they knew most things they wanted to do would be vetoed. As such, the bills that went forward had Obama's support from the get go.

This is separation of powers at work and is a good thing.

Edit: the comment above was edited to change the congress and dates in question

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by SubiculumCode on Thursday July 09, 2020 @02:55PM (#23783710)
If you look at the our American history, you will find that changes in party power happen much more frequently than it had in the first two centuries of the U.S. For many epochs of a decade or more, one party tended to hold sway in both houses of congress and the presidency, allowing much to get accomplished. Switches in party control of government usually followed rises in corruption/ineffectiveness that can happen to those who remain in power too long. In the last several decades, party control switches back and forth rapidly.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by busterarm on Thursday July 09, 2020 @02:45PM (#23783587)
In 2017, Trump was President...They didn't get voted out in the House until 2018.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by nostromo on Thursday July 09, 2020 @02:56PM (#23783723)
The 114th congress served entirely under Obama. Please read the comment I responded to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by busterarm on Thursday July 09, 2020 @03:15PM (#23783937)
Typo. 115th. Still Republican/Republican. I gather you know this but are splitting hairs.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by nostromo on Thursday July 09, 2020 @03:21PM (#23783998)
Unfortunately I haven't developed the ability to read minds just yet.
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