Topic: Republican obstructionism

Barack Obama; Joe Biden (Getty/Salon)

Former Obama aides: Biden "delusional"

Igor Derysh
Donald Trump shakes hands with Neil Gorsuch, his choice for Supreme Court Justice, at the White House, Jan. 31, 2017. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump's "easy" SCOTUS win

Simon Maloy
(Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/AP/Evan Vucci/Reuters/Gary Cameron)

Democrats finally fight back

Amanda Marcotte
Chris Murphy speaks on the floor of the Senate, June 15, 2016, where he launched a filibuster demanding a vote on gun control measures. (AP/Senate Television)

Applause for Chris Murphy

Amanda Marcotte
Cassandra Butts, Tom Cotton (YouTube/TV2Africa/AP/Danny Johnston)

Chair of the imbecile caucus

Gary Legum
Chuck Grassley (Reuters/Aaron P. Bernstein)

GOP's obstructionist long game

Simon Maloy
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan looks past Trump

Simon Maloy
In this Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, smiles and speaks to reporters as he is joined by, from right to left, Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., following a closed-door policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Before President Barack Obama has chosen a nominee, nearly all the Senate’s majority Republicans seem dug in against even meeting that person. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

GOP try SCOTUS scare tactics

Sophia Tesfaye
Mitch McConnell (AP/Susan Walsh)

Why are we paying McConnell?

Jim Hightower