Posted on 07/26/2015 1:53:15 PM PDT by jimbo123
In a pair of losses for conservatives, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Sunday to revive the Export-Import Bank while failing to overcome a filibuster of an attempt to repeal Obamacare with more fireworks to come.
The rare Sunday votes set the stage for the Senate to send a long-term highway bill tied to the Ex-Im Bank to the House later this week, but not before facing other gambits by conservatives, including a procedural vote forced by Sen. Ted Cruz regarding the Iran deal and an effort to deploy a maneuver akin to the nuclear option.
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Maybe? I've already started running into it. Again.
My two Senators are Cruz and Cornyn. My House rep is Pete Sessions.
Only one of those three gives a damn what I think -- guess which one?
Interesting tweets from pundits:
Senator Ted Cruz @SenTedCruz
The American people elected a Republican majority believing it would somehow be different from a Democratic majority.
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Burgess Everett @burgessev
Asked to comment on Cruz v. McConnell feud earlier today, several Republicans up for reelection this year told me they have to go vote
Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter
But let’s be honest. Even in the minority Reid is a far more effective leader than McConnell has ever dreamed of being. He has balls.
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Steven Dennis @StevenTDennis
If Harry Reid was leader today, Senate would probably be attaching Ex-Im to highways and having failed vote to repeal Obamacare.
[Just what happened today]
Mitch is getting egged by the pundits! The pundits who hate Cruz!
No I was thinking about our buddy that wants us purists shot for refusing to back liberals.
They were 2 elections ago. But people wanted them anyway.
Wait just one minute here...
I thought everyone on here was so happy that Trump was doing a MAGNIFICENT job of exposing RINO’s and their hypocrisy.
How, if this was the case, could they VOTE for this monstrosity? I guess Trump talking didn’t do anything?
Cruz gave it his best too...but we need change from the inside I guess.
Cruz was right, as usual. McConnell lied to us. The solution is obvious, and those who see themselves as our ruling class doesn’t have much time to avoid watching us fix their mess.
Obama’s butt boys.
Mitch McConnell, liar, fraud, traitor, crony capitalist ally. If you are living in Kentucky AND THIS Creep Runs again, VOTE DEMOCRAT TO FLUSH THUS OLD TURD!!!!
You see to these people crunching babies to death and lying to your colleagues and to the American people are not the problem, the problem is lack of decorum, the problem is not the problem but talking about it out loud in public is the problem.
When will we ever get someone other than a Demoncrat or Republicrat to vote for. Both are heavily polluted.
Thankfully, I haven't been forced to cross swords with that one lately, though I did run into one of his posts yesterday. It was a mild half endorsement of Trump.
But he's a classic 'lesser evil' type who will revert to form if a RINO like Jeb gets the nomination. As sure as night follows day, he'll come on here screaming at anyone who even thinks of not voting for him.
We had the chance. A number of Freepers determined that a liberal republican ruling the Senate was better than a freshman dem with no power.
They then went on to berate and disparage anyone that stood on principle and refused to empower liberals. Recently on FR (July 14) one of them suggested that purists like us should literaly be shot for it. And I quote...”Every. One.”
So thats what we are dealing with. The enemy within.
Trump is about as conservative as Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Beats what we have in the Senate, certainly today.
Everything you elected them to get rid of. They betray us to our face and laugh at us. Everyone I know is expressing a total loathing of the Republican party at this point.
I will never vote for either of our two RINO senators again. There would be little to no difference if those senate seats were Democrats. So sad.
If we don’t nominate someone like Trump or Cruz there won’t be enough of the republican base to turn out to elect anybody.
You left the United States, right?
Can’t say I blame ya.
They NEVER learn.
I loathe these people more than I loathe libs.
You gotta give the Democrats props for one thing: They state what they are about, and they stick to it.
The Republicans can’t even get a merit mark for THAT.
Right now, I have more respect for Democrats than Republicans.
Of course, I’d never vote for either one.
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