He gave aid to the enemy, and Harry Reid is laughing. Had this not happened, the GOP controlled Senate in January would have been able to STOP these liberal nominees who will do (have no doubt about this) lasting DAMAGE to our nation.
Who is being obtuse?
Yeah, Harry Reid would’ve just given up and let the GOP block them, which, by-the-way, is a huge assumption. Have you ever heard of Mitch McConnell? John McCain? Lindsey Graham? And on and on....
The only way to stop Obama amnesty is to shut down the government until Obama caves. Obamacare would be dead and buried by now if the GOPe had not sabotaged Ted and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory during last year’s government shutdown.
The hatred of Ted Cruz is truly beyond the pale.
Follow along for a basic explanation of what has transpired.
Cloture votes occur in the order they are filed, but after disposition of each bill or nomination that is the subject of the cloture petition.
For example, if Reid files cloture on bill A and bill B, one after the other, cloture on B only occurs after both cloture and passage of A.
Cloture, remember, is the procedure to cut off debate — not a vote on actual passage.
Last night Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) filed cloture on the CROmnibus.
-Today he is going through procedural votes to file cloture on a number of nominations.
Under Senate rules though, both cloture and final passage of the CROmnibus must occur before the cloture votes on nominations can happen.
Therefore, we will be in the same place by Monday as we would be if Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) hadn't objected to Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV).
A Senate source outside the Cruz and Lee offices with direct knowledge of the behind the scenes conversations tells me, “GOP leadership knew Reid was going to file cloture on up to 20 controversial nominations yesterday afternoon before they tried to move CROmnibus votes to Monday. They told us the process to clear non-controversial nominations had broken down because Reid was going to file cloture on these nominations. So they knew this was going to happen regardless.”
Another Senate source outside the Cruz and Lee offices tells me, “These guys are using Manu (a Politico reporter) as their stenographer. They’re really just pissed they have to work this weekend and that’s it. You can certainly tell who their friends are out in pundit land.”
You are drinking right from the media lip-service if you beleive that Harry was going to wait for presentation of the liberal nominees.
This excuse presented by the media was , and is subtrefuge.
Do you honestly believe that Harry, inventor of "THE NUCLEAR OPTION" to violate tradition Senate rules, plays by the rules ?
Harry , the keeper of the pocket veto , who then lambastes Congress for not passing many bills, when in fact he sits on them.
A cheat always cheats ! A liar always lies ! You can't be that niave,.. or else , you are purposely obtuse
What you said is exactly what Pat Robertson said on the 700 Club today. I was bitterly disappointed to hear Pat bashing him on national TV. Ted is the best hope we have, and Christians should be thanking God for him, not bashing and bad-mouthing hi. GO TED!!