When are you talking about? If it's Obama's first term, "complete" control would be a bit off – only 56 Dems in the Senate, and two left-leaning independents. Some aisle-crossing Republicans were needed for major legislation to pass.
And major legislation certainly did pass:
- Obamacare
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the stimulus package)
Dodd-Frank = "Here, take my taxes and bail out the country. After that, create PMI. Even though I didn't cause the problem, in order to buy a house I now need to piss away 200-300 bucks a month that goes towards _NOTHING_ making it even harder to afford to own my own home." (Fuck yeah)
"Fair Sentencing Act. In 2010, Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), which reduced the sentencing disparity between offenses for crack and powder cocaine from 100:1 to 18:1" (Thank Christ POTUS spent his valuable time analyzing the ratios of crack and coke, fuck yeah)
And major legislation certainly did pass:
- Obamacare
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the stimulus package)
- Dodd-Frank
- Fair Sentencing Act
- Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
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