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applegrove

(118,665 posts)
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 06:49 PM Nov 2014

"Paul Ryan’s poor memory fails him again"

Paul Ryan’s poor memory fails him again

By Steve Benen at MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/paul-ryans-poor-memory-fails-him-again

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We’ve 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 didn’t lift a finger. And now he won’t 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 haven’t 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 #1
that was 6 years ago WhiteTara Nov 2014 #3
78 days or something like that belzabubba333 Nov 2014 #2

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
1. getting pretty sick and tired of this lie about a two year super majority
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 06:51 PM
Nov 2014

Of course most Americans will never take the time to find out the truth

WhiteTara

(29,716 posts)
3. that was 6 years ago
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 07:26 PM
Nov 2014

and they fought tooth and nail with every procedural trick in the book for those 2 years.

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