# When does the congressional obstructionism stop?

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**Created:** [November 23, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-the-congressional-obstructionism-stop/603826 "2011-11-23T01:18:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inbred_Mm_domesticus)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-the-congressional-obstructionism-stop/603826/171 "2011-11-28T04:04:41Z")

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> [@Magiver](#):
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> Again, Congress creates the budget and that was a Gingrich product. A President can only accept it or reject it.

So by your logic regarding Obama, it must have been Clinton’s leadership that got Gingrich to back that budget. Now I get why you think Obama is not leading because you remember how good it was when Clinton was leading.

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