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In the history of the United States, presidential nominees had been filibustered total, with blocked under President Obama alone—half of all cloture motions in Senate history.
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Reid's numbers: 168 total filibusters in U.S. history, 82 under Obama. From George Washington through George W. Bush, 86 nominees were filibustered. In Obama's first 4.5 years alone, Republicans filib...
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