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by ta75757 4123 days ago

    the Left had the House, Senate, and President and 
    could have passed anything they wanted for two years
You're forgetting about the filibuster. And the Democrats only had a filibuster proof Senate for less than half of only one of those two years. I don't remember the history exactly but I'm guessing that's when they passed Obamacare.