Posted on 07/22/2015 10:07:08 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
On post #23, Erik Latranyi wrote, "Instead, Walker wants the illegals to apply for legal citizenship and naturalization, get the background checks (eliminate criminals) and learn the language....if they want to stay. Walker also opposes giving out H1-Bs and granting citizenship while so many Americans are unemployed."
“I voted yes on final passage because it may delay, slightly, President Obama’s ability to lift the Iran sanctions and it ensures we will have a Congressional debate on the merits of the Iran deal.”
Debate the merits? There are no merits. When Obama vetoes their rejection, which the bill gives him the right to do, the debate will have been completely worthless.
I hope you know that Erik Latranyi supports Scott Walker. He has been attacking Ted Cruz with unfounded accusations since Ted Cruz announced.
Ted Cruz is the only Constitution Conservative in the race.
Cruz, Toomey file amendment to give Congress more power over Obama’s Iran deal
April 24, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, have filed an amendment (#1152) to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which would require affirmative Congressional approval of any Iranian nuclear deal before sanctions relief can occur.
"The Constitution makes clear that Congress must approve international agreements like the one President Obama is negotiating with Iran," said Sen. Cruz. "A nuclear Iran is the single greatest threat to our national security and also poses an unacceptably high risk to Israel. Reviewing this deal and deciding whether or not to consent to it may well be the most important function of this Congress. It is not something that should be rushed, and it is imperative that, at the very least, the President obtain majority support for his deal from both Houses of Congress before moving forward."
As currently written, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 would first require Congress to pass a resolution of disapproval and then require Congress to muster votes from two-thirds of each chamber to override a Presidential veto. What's more, if Congress failed to act within a set timeframe, the deal would go into effect by default. This process gets the Constitution's allocation of authority precisely backwards.
The Cruz-Toomey amendment would remove these options and restore a more proper process for Congress to exercise its Constitutional power. It would require President Obama to persuade a majority of Senators and Representatives to approve his deal before it goes into effect.
Full text of the amendment can be viewed here.
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I agree with Ted Cruz that he’s the most consistently conservative and I love him to death. I’m concerned as to why he’s not polling better though. Maybe the TPA vote and a lot of people don’t like his idea about the H1-B visas. Or maybe he’s just not on most people’s radar yet.
I’m in agreement and prefer Cruz.
I do suspect polls are manipulated to ignore and marginalize the most constitutional candidate out of the field.
Trump hype may have squelched Cruz’s voice and momentum for the time being.
Trump may also self destruct, and maybe Cruz is preserving his political capital, by quietly letting The Donald’s loud mouth hang himself.
I hope Trump doesn’t turnout to be 2016’s Ross Perot 2.0.
I agree. Our country won't survive with another socialist/Marxist administration.
It is still subject to to the same veto. Useless. The Republicans can spin that vote until they are blue in the face; they can’t cover themselves. Mark Levin still rants about that vote. There is absolutely no excuse, ever. It is inconceivable that the Republicans did that. They handed Obama power to evade the treaty provision protection of the Constitution. In other words, they handed him more in power, just like they did with the TPA vote. The 125 billion dollar release back to Iran would, percentage wise, be equivalent to the American government receiving 8 trillion dollars.
As per the word of McConnell, the TPA bill transfers massive powers to Obama. Who, in their right mind, would want to trust Obama, a man who hates America, with more power?
Senator Cruz entirely understands the widespread suspicion of the President. Nobody has been more vocal in pointing out the President’s lawlessness or more passionate about fighting his usurpation of congressional authority.
Senator Cruz would not and will not give President Obama one more inch of unrestricted power.
How can Senator Cruz trust Obama?
He doesn’t. Not at all. No part of Senator Cruz’s support for TPA was based on trusting Obama. However, under TPA, every trade deal is still subject to approval by Congress. If the Obama Administration tries to do something terrible in a trade agreement, Congress can vote it down. And most congressional Democrats will always vote no—because union bosses oppose free trade, so do most Democrats—which means a handful of conservative congressional Republicans have the votes to kill any bad deal. That’s a serious check on presidential power.
Trumps enemies should be serious conservatives
He is doing a fine job of making this about himself and soaking up all the of the MSM attention. The media loves it and the Jebster loves it.
There is a lot of time for Cruz to catch up.
I think I heard there are 2 debates ? each with some of the candidates, with highest in polling going first ?.
Would it be good and on purpose to have Cruz NOT in same group as Trump. So he can be the highlight of the 2nd one.
I had to read up on what the deal was with Cruz and the work permits.
It was a proposal added on to a bill that would have granted citizenship to illegals. So it was a compromise - don’t give them citizenship, but do give them work permits.
“It got no support from Democrats in Washington, but it goes further than many on the far right want to go by offering leniency to undocumented immigrants here already: A path to legal status, but not to citizenship. A green card with no right to naturalization.
Immigration-reform legislation from the Senate’s so-called Gang of Eight passed that chamber in June and includes a 13-year path to citizenship. Mr. Cruz pushed unsuccessfully for amendments that would have, among other things, eliminated the citizenship component....
He said he was against naturalization because it rewarded lawbreakers and was unfair to legal immigrants. It also perpetuates illegal crossings, he added.”
Which is what the Chamber of Commerce and big business is all about.....creating a permanent working underclass of citizens with no rights.
Then, after a few years, some judge will arbitrarily rule that if you lived in the US for X number of years on a work permit that you are automatically a citizen.
Cruz's proposal would be de-facto amnesty.
At least with Walker's proposal, forcing illegals to go through the naturalization process, we can weed out the criminals and keep only those who actually want to be US citizens.
Cruz himself gave a speech saying TPA gave Obama “dangerous powers”.
Cruz introduced an amendment to “fix” that flaw and remove those powers from the TPA bill.
The amendment failed.
Cruz voted for TPA anyway, giving Obama the “dangerous powers”.
This is a pattern with Cruz. He speaks out against a bill, offers an amendment he knows will fail, then votes for it anyway.
He did that with the Corker Iran bill. Cruz & Toomey offered an amendment to the bill. It failed. Cruz voted to give Obama the power anyway.
Ironically, both bills were heavily supported by the US Chamber of Commerce, which donated big money to Senators who supported the bills.
Thank you for those kind words.
And again:
Ted Cruz: Why I voted YES for Corker Iran bill
May 7, 2015 - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement regarding votes on the Iran Nuclear Review Act:
“This bill was a missed opportunity. If Congress had acted to defend our constitutional authority – if Congress had adopted the Cruz-Toomey amendment – then we would be able to stop a bad Iran deal. Instead, the odds are now overwhelming that under these ground rules President Obama will negotiate, and Congress will acquiesce to, a terrible deal that allows Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and will endanger the lives of millions of Americans and our allies.
“I voted no on cloture because we should have insisted on amendments to put real teeth in this bill. Ultimately, I voted yes on final passage because it may delay, slightly, President Obama’s ability to lift the Iran sanctions and it ensures we will have a Congressional debate on the merits of the Iran deal. I will continue to lead the fight to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and to protect the national security of America and our allies.”
Cruz was wrong. It delayed nothing. Cruz did what the US Chamber wanted him to do.
Cruz said TPA gave Obama "dangerous powers" and offered an amendment to "fix" it. The amendment failed yet Cruz voted for TPA anyway.
This is a pattern in Cruz. Say one thing, vote a different way.
That is not a reliable conservative.
Only if you believe our legal naturalization process is the same as granting amnesty....which only a dishonest person would say in a desperate attempt to defend his candidate's inexcusable actions.
One thing about Walker, you cannot criticize one action he took as governor as anything other than conservative.
But you do not want to talk about Walker's RECORD because it makes Cruz look like a conservative Obama (good speeches, no actions)
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