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Ted Cruz: Republicans Shouldn't Fear a Government Shutdown Over Immigration
National Journal ^ | November 23, 2014 | Dustin Volz

Posted on 11/23/2014 4:48:16 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Sen. Ted Cruz is threatening to reprise his role as a catalyst to a government shutdown, arguing on Sunday that Congress should use spending bills to block President Obama's recent executive action on immigration.

Cruz rebutted suggestions that holding government funding hostage in order to prevent Obama's plan halting the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants from taking effect would hurt the GOP.

"At the time you and a lot of folks in the press said what a disaster it was to stand up to Obamacare," Cruz told Fox News' Chris Wallace. "Let me point out, we just had a historic election where we won nine seats in the Senate, we retired Harry Reid, we just got the biggest majority in the House since the 1920s, and the biggest issue we campaigned on was Obamacare."

Cruz added: "Republicans need to actually do what we say we'll do.… It was not a mistake for Republicans to stand up and fight Obamacare."

Cruz specifically is advocating for Congress to refuse to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the agency charged with immigration enforcement. Obama may veto any funding bill that omits DHS, which would potentially set up another partisan clash that could spiral into another shutdown.

Some Republicans see such a tactic as foolhardy. Republican strategist Charlie Black told National Journal last week that a government shutdown would be a waste of time.

"It does not accomplish anything. You cannot get the president to make a concession," Black said. "Why even take a political risk if there is no achievable goal?"

Cruz is widely considered a chief architect of the shutdown last year, which lasted 16 days and prompted an indefinite furlough of some 800,000 federal employees after Congress failed to pass legislation appropriating funds for fiscal 2014.

Cruz also told Wallace incoming Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should refuse to consider any of Obama's executive nominations "other than vital national security positions," which would include his new attorney general nominee, unless the executive action is rescinded.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amnesty; cruz; immigration; tedcruz
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To: JRandomFreeper; Blackirish

Is this like the last shut down scam where the government employees got more vacation time off, all paid?


21 posted on 11/23/2014 5:46:06 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: iowacornman

             

22 posted on 11/23/2014 5:47:31 PM PST by tomkat
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To: dragnet2
If they aren't jacking with my freedoms, I'm ok with that. It's not like I expect work out of government employees anyway.

/johnny

23 posted on 11/23/2014 5:47:53 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Workers to get $2 billion in back pay after government shutdown

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mo-shutdown-back-pay-furlough-workers-white-house-20131107-story.html


24 posted on 11/23/2014 5:50:16 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: JRandomFreeper

They “jacking” with your freedom anyway, but they’ll just get more time off paid...

All on you.


25 posted on 11/23/2014 5:51:45 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
Yep. Governments are pretty much shakedown/protection rackets. You just figuring that out?

/johnny

26 posted on 11/23/2014 5:51:57 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: dragnet2
Nah. I make sure I don't make enough to have to pay for them.

/johnny

27 posted on 11/23/2014 5:52:50 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The government never really shuts down. In fact, a so called government shut down is nothing more than a weekend or holiday.


28 posted on 11/23/2014 5:53:42 PM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. President zero gave us patient zero.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Ya mean we’re being con’d again? What a shocker.


29 posted on 11/23/2014 5:54:30 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Principled

I don’t know about everyone else, but I vote for candidates on the hopes that they PERMANENTLY shut down the federal monster. THAT IS THE GOAL.


30 posted on 11/23/2014 6:05:15 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: JRandomFreeper
Can anyone identify any Representative or Senator that was NOT elected because of the earlier shutdown? Before the cause of the shutdown was ambiguous. This time it will be clearly Obama. Let him veto numerous appropriation bills and the Democrats be on record not to override the veto. Let Obama and the Democrats clearly shut down the government.
31 posted on 11/23/2014 6:18:19 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good for Ted.

I stand with Ted


32 posted on 11/23/2014 6:34:34 PM PST by Nifster
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Where is the proof that the shutdown hurt the Repubs?

Pray America is waking


33 posted on 11/23/2014 6:36:41 PM PST by bray (Palin/Perry 16 two Ps in a pod)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Government shutdown = Government paid vacation


34 posted on 11/23/2014 6:44:52 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Paladin2

2 years - I’m with Paladin2.


35 posted on 11/23/2014 6:48:55 PM PST by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fear a government shut down? Hell I’d welcome it!!!


36 posted on 11/23/2014 6:58:00 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Paladin2

NO!!!! kittens will die!!! grandma will starve I tell ya!!!! puppies will drown, junior wont get broccoli at school, your women will get attacked, the city will burn down, war, famine, natural disasters...SHUT IT DOWN and save me some money.


37 posted on 11/23/2014 7:16:37 PM PST by dp0622
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To: bgill

Ya, I’d bet there are probably a million biggov employees hoping it happens....Additional paid time off?

Who wouldn’t want that?


38 posted on 11/23/2014 7:16:53 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The satellite delay on the interview was horrible, almost like a double loop. It made the questioning chaotic and badly interrupt Sen. Cruz’s presentation. Fox could easily have set up a terrestrial fiber connection (VOIP). This makes me suspect some hanky panky.


39 posted on 11/23/2014 7:37:56 PM PST by Praxeologue
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To: Kennard

Most of them were no friend to Gov. Sarah Palin, despite her being on the payroll there, so does that surprise you?


40 posted on 11/23/2014 7:40:37 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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