| They should crusade for changes in Senate procedures that would prevent an obstructionist minority from delaying action indefinitely. |
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| An aggressive, obstructionist Duma dominated by Communists blocked any attempt at reform. |
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| While in the council, he tried his level best to make a success of the obstructionist Swarajist program. |
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| At that point, House Republicans just might look obstructionist if they fail to go along. |
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| If one wants to be an obstructionist, then of course one can prevent anything from taking place. |
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| There is a historical precedent for why they are used, but now they are being used as a technique to slow things down and just be obstructionist. |
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| If they want to talk about obstructionist behaviour, I would like to talk about prorogation. |
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| Some would say that they are obstructionist by playing politics, political ideology. |
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| There was only one teensy-weensy problem: The president is weak and House Republicans are obstructionist. |
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| It has been weakened by the turmoil in Syria, hitherto its chief obstructionist sponsor. |
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| The opposition parties, the Liberal Party, the Bloc Party and the New Democratic Party have been obstructionist in committee. |
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| Bishop Henry, I'm listening to you and you're finding it, in my words, obstructionist and inappropriate for you. |
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| The country has soured on obstructionist politicians and the Tea Party in particular. |
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| An obstructionist Duma that is in the hands of reactionaries and special interests like the kleptocrats was of benefit to no-one except those parties. |
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| The press coverage evoked memories of the inglorious end to Sanford's two terms as an obstructionist governor. |
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| The reason lies in the spirit of the negative power politics, the obstructionist politics, that have been standing in the way of teamwork on both sides for decades. |
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| Perhaps the opposition is being obstructionist more than seldom. |
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| In particular, the group supported the Government decision to apply the law in the firms which do not comply with the new deadline, by imposing fines, and to use other remedies such as removing obstructionist managers. |
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| When will the government bring its members into line, put an end to their obstructionist tactics and allow the committee to study the allegations against the Conservatives? |
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| The reality, of course, is that the Conservative Party has sabotaged global environmental progress through its obstructionist tactics at the Copenhagen climate summit and completely failed to address this issue in Canada. |
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| Thus, in order to stop the work of the other parties, and not just the three parties but by this very Parliament itself, the NDP has put forward this ancient parliamentary tactic, I believe, just to be obstructionist. |
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| I ask him to please tell Canadians what they stand to lose by the obstructionist tactics that are being employed by the opposition in the House today. |
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| Once again, we have an obstructionist, defensive government that, when asked a pointed and direct question, skates around the issue, filibusters the question and does not answer it. |
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| Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister had the weekend to reconsider the obstructionist tactics of his parliamentary secretary blocking the Subcommittee on Food Safety from doing its work. |
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