I wonder why Marco Rubio gets a pass on this.
All I know is that it really should have been Ted Cruz sounding the alarm on this stinker. Instead, after the fact, I hear Gomert of Texas and also a representative from Kentucky on the House floor, following the vote, saying that the voluminous bill was UNFINISHED on its face, chucked full of asterisks indicating that this or that point was still being negotiated, and also that up the president would have carte blanche to add approximately 20% more to the dang thing.
An UNKNOWN 20%.
WTH votes for something like that? What could be done historically as a matter of course, under this president, can never be and should not be even considered. The creep has nearly two years left to further “fundamentally transform”.
I feel like Cruz should have considered the present reality and not the historic practice of old, back when representatives still had the best interests of the United States at heart.
I even think Cruz owes his supporters an apology. I honestly don’t think he read it, or else he missed the gaps big as a barn door, for a dirty president to run through.
“I wonder why Marco Rubio gets a pass on this.”
I don’t know that he will (I assume from what you say Rubio was for the agreement?). The vote was only a few house ago, maybe give it time to surface.
My concern is twofold: 1) After obamacare the Congress should have zero tolerance for anything but full and timely disclosure on all matters pertaining to the people’s business, and 2) What’s the hurry? Is waiting until Feb 2017 going to make that much difference? Let’s wait until we have a CIC we can trust.
“I wonder why Marco Rubio gets a pass on this”
It’s news because Rubio is known “establishment”.
Because everyone already knows what he is.
We always knew Rubia was going to vote with his corporatist party bosses.