Posted on 12/16/2014 1:29:01 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Ted Cruz privately apologized to GOP senators Tuesday for interrupting their holiday schedules by his surprise tactics that effectively brought the Senate into session over the weekend.
According to five senators who attended Tuesday’s caucus lunch, Cruz offered the apology in unsolicited remarks, saying that he regretted if any of his colleagues’ schedules were ruined by his maneuvering. He didn’t say whether he would do something similar again, senators said.
And unlike a contentious lunch last year after GOP senators pointedly blamed Cruz for prompting the government shutdown, no sharp words were directed at the Texas freshman at Tuesday’s lunch, according to the attendees. Republicans do not expect Cruz to prevent the Senate from finishing its work promptly this week.
The comments cap a tumultuous several days for Cruz, who, along with his counterpart, Utah Sen. Mike Lee, suddenly scuttled a bipartisan deal Friday that would have prevented weekend votes in the Senate. After Lee objected to the agreement, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) brought the Senate back into session Saturday and began to advance nearly two dozen of President Barack Obama’s stalled nominees.
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Amen.
Bttt
Antics?
Sounds like another looney liberal headline editor is trying to throw mud.
Yawn. Get used to it. Ted will be targeted by every liberal wack-job for the rest of his life.
(Before during and after his successful 8 year term as president!)
Why should he apologize?
Ya gotta love it! Hell, up till this past session, they’ve only worked 16 days since August.
Like
way to go Ted.
screw up their weekend.
offer private apology with no promise you won’t do it to them again.
Though I wish he could have a few heads off brick walls as he did so.
Cruz has my vote.
RE: Why should he apologize?
It says in the article: “for interrupting their holiday schedules”
The sharp knives are out for Cruz. They fear him and what he represents: Constitutionality, Rule of Law, Conservatism, etc. Go Ted! Too bad a few of his traitorous colleagues had to actually “work” rather than take off on vacay.
And people wonder why Congress has an approval rating in the teens.
I’m not concerned at all about what holiday plans of theirs were ruined - for the millstones they’ve tied around American’s necks they can holiday in hell. Cruz needn’t apologize to those traitors.
Except millions of frustrated and unrepresented voters.
For exposing 23 of them as having contempt for the Constitution.
I’m hoping this was said sarcastically! Not sure about the rest of you but not many real tax payers get a month off for “the holidays”.
I could see it being more like a boss coming in on Monday and telling you “Hey - sorry for making you come in over the weekend. But that report HAD to get out - it was critical. I sure appreciate it - and I know you understand the importance of it.”
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