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Cruz: GOP Already Compromised By Demanding To Defund, Not Repeal Obamacare
tpm.com ^ | October 4, 2013, 4:42 PM EDT | Igor Bobic

Posted on 10/04/2013 5:23:43 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), or "the joint speaker of the House" as Harry Reid calls him, argued Friday that Republicans have already offered Democrats a concession in their stand against reopening the government by demanding not a full repeal of Obamacare, but merely the defunding of President Barack Obama signature health law.

“The House of Representatives has repeatedly compromised already," said Cruz, who already who spoke against funding the law on the Senate floor for 21 hours earlier this month. "The House began -- it is the view of every Republican in this body, and indeed every Republican in the House, that Obamacare should be entirely and completely repealed. Nonetheless, the House started with a compromise of saying not repealing Obamacare but simply that it should be defunded.”

The White House and Democrats have so far moved in lockstep by refusing to negotiate with Republicans on any bill to fund the government or raise the debt limit that also includes language defunding Obamacare. House Republicans have offered to enter conference committee negotiations, but Democrats say any negotiation must come after the government is funded.

"Shutting down the government and threatening to not pay our nation’s bills when you don’t get everything you want isn’t ‘compromise’- it’s extortion," said Michael Czin, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, in a statement.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told reporters Thursday that Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) expressed his support privately last month for a "clean" continuing resolution to fund the government, a measure without any language affecting Obamacare, but that Boehner couldn't stand up to the conservative wing of his party.

"That was my concession to get this done cleanly," Reid said of the "clean" CR, which includes automatic budget cuts known as sequestration that was signed into law earlier this year.


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1 posted on 10/04/2013 5:23:43 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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2 posted on 10/04/2013 5:26:11 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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3 posted on 10/04/2013 5:38:54 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: SoConPubbie

When he is right, he’s right.


4 posted on 10/04/2013 5:42:33 PM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: SoConPubbie

This is about fairness.

If Big Business, Big Crony, Big Union, and Big Congress can all get special treatment of exemptions, waivers, subsidies, etc., then so can the people.

I want my exemption.

I want freedom of religion.

I want the end of death panels and everything connected to them.


5 posted on 10/04/2013 5:47:58 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: SoConPubbie

This is about fairness.

If Big Business, Big Crony, Big Union, and Big Congress can all get special treatment of exemptions, waivers, subsidies, etc., then so can the people.

I want my exemption.

I want freedom of religion.

I want the end of death panels and everything connected to them.


6 posted on 10/04/2013 5:48:24 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: SoConPubbie

What the h*ll is TPM.com?


7 posted on 10/04/2013 5:51:43 PM PDT by celmak
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To: celmak
What the h*ll is TPM.com?

I'm pretty sure it means "Talking Points Memo", however, I could be wrong.

I also believe it is left-wing in nature, as most of them are.
8 posted on 10/04/2013 5:53:16 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie

I was thinking that all week. We should have started with repeal, then compromised on defunding.

Well, in any event, Ted Cruz is the George Washington of the moment, and I fully support him.


9 posted on 10/04/2013 5:54:55 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Damn ObamaCare, full speed ahead!)
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10 posted on 10/04/2013 8:13:13 PM PDT by Route395
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