"Obscure Procedural Fights" Does it Get Any Better?

Yes. Obscure procedural fights, the stuff blogs dream about. Remember when the Democrats were in the minority in Congress? They used every little thing they could muster to limit what went through. The minority party in the House has a microscopic amount of power, so they had to get creative. Check out this article on procedural motions sending bills back to committee. The same Republicans that decried this as "silly" now use it as a tool at their disposal against the Democratic majority. To be fair, a number of Democrats need to cross-over and vote with the Republicans on certain issues for this to work.