In this Nov. 21, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. As Democrats watched Senate Republicans use filibuster powers to thwart more and more of Obama’s agenda and nominees, they asked themselves, How much worse can it get? Last week they reached a breaking point. GOP obstruction had made a mockery of democracy, party leaders concluded. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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