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Presidency of president obama? >> first of all, it makes him look like an activist. he's not passively dealing with a house and senate that is not passing his legislation, but it actually puts him at a tradition, because 1917, woodrow wilson was about to become a wartime president. he did not look with great favor on the idea of having to deal with senate filibusters while trying to conduct that war. he referred to the filibuster as a little group of willful men who render the united states government helpless and contemptible, a phrase that probably could be used nowadays. so what did wilson ...

Congress. how does this change the presidency of president obama? >> first of all, it makes him look like an activist. he's not passively dealing with a house and senate that is not passing his legislation, but it actually puts him at a tradition, because 1917, woodrow wilson was about to become a wartime president. he did not look with great favor on the idea of having to deal with senate filibusters while trying to conduct that war. he referred to the filibuster as a little group of willful men who render the united states government helpless and contemptible, a phrase that probably could be...

Tradition, because 1917, woodrow wilson was about to become a wartime president. he did not look with great favor on the idea of having to deal with senate filibusters while trying to conduct that war. he referred to the filibuster as a little group of willful men who render the united states government helpless and contemptible, a phrase that probably could be used nowadays. so what did wilson do? went to the leaders o. senate and said, this really can't happen. why don't we find a way of shutting down filibusters. that's when they came up with cloture. the idea that if you had two-thirds, yo...