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s0nicfan posted...

Presumably you didn't see the entire second half of my post where I go on to say that signing ceremonies are only a small part of the picture and then linked to govtrack statistics on total bills passed? Like... if the argument was "Obama didn't get as many bills passed that fit his personal agenda" then sure, I agree. I was specifically debunking the "Congress kept obama from getting anything done by not passing bills" meme.

I just don't see the need to be pedantic here. At least from my perspective most people who talk about legislation like that aren't talking about every single thing that might need a law. Like there's this topic on the front page asking whether Sander's biggest accomplishment is naming one building or naming another. To the extent people even recognize that requires legislation, that's not what they mean when they say a president couldn't pass anything. So bringing up the total number that includes things like that doesn't seem to help illuminate anything imo

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