Sure there were. A budget had to be passed. You don't veto a budget without a replacement that is agreed to by a majority. The Dems and their compliant media fought everything he was trying to do. They trumped up non-budgetary distractions endlessly - Exhibit A: Joe Wilson.
You are blinded by your BDS, no different than Michael Moore's same illness.
Yeah, and the president is sitting in the cat-bird seat. If memory serves, Bill Clinton used vetoing budgets and the consequential government shut-downs as a pretty effective tool for getting what he wanted from Newt Gingrich.
You are blinded by your BDS, no different than Michael Moore's same illness.
And you seem to be suffering from a severe case of BBAS yourself.