WT: President Obama oversaw the deepest legislative malaise in modern political history, according to the Washington Times Legislative Index, which captures his struggles to find ways to work with a Congress that ranged from lukewarm to openly hostile toward him.
Over the course of his eight years, he has signed just 1,227 bills into law — less, even, than one-term Presidents Carter and George H.W. Bush. Digging deeper into the numbers, Congress spent less time in session, handled fewer business on the chamber floors and generally sputtered for much of Mr. Obama’s tenure, according to The Times’ index.
Blame for the poor showing falls across Washington. Some analysts say a Congress with four years of divided control hamstrung Mr. Obama, while others say the president failed to find ways to work with the legislature that voters gave him — particularly after the 2010 elections.
“The president was never good at reaching across the aisle. So when the composition of Congress changed relative to what it was in his first two years, he wasn’t able to accommodate that very well,” said Andrew Busch, a presidential scholar at Claremont McKenna College in California. “He never accustomed himself to operating in a system where he was not the sole player.” MORE
So there is one positive thing to attribute to him after all! The less he “accomplished” the better.
“Over the course of his eight years, he has signed just 1,227 bills into law”
Wow. Some how I think the content was probably more damaging than the volume. We need to pass a law that states “Any New Bill submitted must have two existing laws attached to it that can be deleted.”
“He never accustomed himself to operating in a system where he was not the sole player.”
Sole player? Like when he “wrote” his books? When has he actually ever done anything useful?
He’s a taker, always has been. 1/20/2017 can not come soon enough!
That’s one Bill signed every two days over 8 years. Why in theeeee Fxck are we passing that many laws?
I refuse to measure the success of any president, or any legislative body for that matter on the number of bills/laws passed. I think I could make a case for the fewer the better.
The soft bigotry of low expectations…
OMG!!1! He has the temperament of a dictator! Who could have guessed?
He’s also the WORST president in U.S. history so he can put that on his worthless resume too!
His legacy of failure is history, hopefully not repeated and not rewritten.
He has set the bar for the Presidency at a new low, even the Three Stooges could do better.
My Apologies to the memory of the Three Stooges and their families, as they were just acting as fools, Obama proved he’s the real deal.
Soon Obama will be history!!!
Tomorrow is the 19th, and if I am not mistaken, celebrations start on the mall with great music groups.
Warm up the popcorn poppers! Shop for the last minute food and fireworks.
And party hearty!!! And don’t stop for at least eight years!!!
Thank you, God, and bless Mr. Trump!
Plays well with others–“F”
OK, I am not going to say a negative word about that son of a bitch.
I commented earlier on how I hoped that bastard would run himself over with his own golf cart.
Ten Minutes later I was warming up the Lazlomobile and scraping ice off the rear window when the Good Lord decided to test my agility.
I was ‘a scraping when my own Jeep tried to run me over.
I had to move with alacrity.
Somehow, throwing all my accoutrements into the cockpit had put it into reverse and it waited until I got behind it to go after me.
Or some Imp of Satan was dispatched to torment me.
I got it stopped before mayhem ensued.
So. If that fooking asshole Barak Obama reads this site.
I am sorry for the comment.
Lazlo, glad you are OK, I try to avoid vocalizing my thoughts for that very reason. Just be glad it was only a test.
Thx Joe
I hope that bastard wins the lottery now.
Two glaring omissions which must be added to Zero’s record:
He did legislate via the most Executive Orders (because he couldn’t deal with Congress, chickenshit that he is), and he never submitted, or signed, a federal Budget.
I could make a racist remark about how he was completely irresponsible fiscally, but his historic budgets deficits and national debt say it it spades. (see what I did there?)
I thought someone would tell us what the writing on the pen says.
My Guess
Big Bruce’s Gay Bath House
@Anonymous – he is just completely incompetent to know how to do anything relating to fiscal responsibilty. His sole purpose was destruction.
“Over the course of his eight years, he has signed just 1,227 bills into law”
Yes, but they aren’t counting all the Executive Orders and “regulations” (laws passed by his cronies in the EPA, etc).
They MUST reach at least 100,00 or more.
I can’t believe some of the comments I’m reading. Why do free men need a law passed every two days. Especially when that’s considered sub standard. I dont get it. This is a major problem.
Anybody else invited to Jimmy Carter’s party?
Bwahahahahahahahahaaha!
Barry’s List of Worst Records will be long.