Political Factoid
The Democrats did not have control
of the 112th Congress (2011-2012).
- The Republicans had absolute control
over the House of Representatives.
- The Republicans had effective control
of the Senate through a constant
filibuster process.
- In addition, most of the time the
Republicans had the support of the
right-leaning (5-4) Supreme Court.
Likewise for the 114th Congress (2013-2014)
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