Chuck Grassley: “I rise today to make an appeal to our Democratic colleagues to end this obstruction of legislation vital to our Nation.…”

“I rise today to make an appeal to our Democratic colleagues to end this obstruction of legislation vital to our Nation. I am appealing to my Democratic colleagues to abandon this harmful, politically motivated, election year strategy of gridlock, and if I may be so bold, to suggest a different election year political strategy that will not hurt Americans. The Democrats' obstruction strategy is no secret in Washington, although it may not be so obvious to those outside the beltway. We have all heard of the old ``blame game.'' Well now, Congressional Democrats have taken it to a new level and created a new game. I call it the ``Block and Blame Game.'' According to a lobbyist, a few weeks ago one of the Senate's Democratic leaders gave a briefing to campaign contributors. First, all were assured, naturally, that the Democrats would take over the Senate. Second, they were told that to help secure this Democratic victory, they were implementing a strategy to block all major legislation, except for some appropriations measurers. So how does blocking legislation elect Democrats? The answer came within days as a Senate Democrat blasted away, charging that while Republicans control the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives, the GOP is getting nothing done. The block and blame game.…”