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Barack Obama: Follow @GutCheck, according to CNN. Pelosi sidestepped a question about whether race has contributed to the icy relationship between congressional Republicans and Attorney General Eric Holder, but said Hill Republicans "generally speaking are disrespectful to the representatives of the President's administration, very disrespectful."- Deirdre Walsh I M OF LBJ Joined by three former presidents Thursday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, President Barack Obama honored Lyndon Johnsons Great Society and the historic measures that helped pave his way to the White House. "New doors swung open for everybody. Not all at once, but they swung open," Obama said. They "swung open for me" and "that's why I'm standing here today." Kevin Liptak GOP UP DUE TO House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi suggested Thursday that Republicans are blocking action on immigration reform because of racial issues. "I think race has something to do with the fact that they're not bringing up an immigration bill," Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference. I've heard House Republicans say to the Irish, 'If it was just you, this would be easy.'" (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.