WASHINGTON, D.C. – After speaking on the Senate floor today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement:Posted on 07/26/2015 4:28:53 PM PDT by Isara
American people elected a Republican majority believing it would somehow be different from a Democratic one
Video of Sen. Cruz’s floor speech today
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After speaking on the Senate floor today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement:
“We’ve just seen something extraordinary on the Senate floor. The American people elected a Republican majority believing that a Republican majority would be somehow different from a Democratic majority in the United States Senate. Unfortunately, the way the current Senate operates, there is one party, the Washington party.
“Senate leadership consists of the McConnell-Reid leadership team. They operate as a team. They support the same priorities. If you look at what has occurred in the United States Senate since the Republicans took a majority, we immediately returned after winning a historic majority to pass a trillion dollar ‘cromnibus’ bill filled with corporate welfare and pork. Then, the so-called Republican majority voted to fund Obamacare. Then, the so-called Republican majority voted to fund President Obama’s unconstitutional executive amnesty. Then, the so-called Republican majority voted to confirm Loretta Lynch as attorney general. Then, just moments ago, the so-called Republican majority voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, an egregious example of cronyism and corporate welfare.
“Every one of those is the priority of the Democratic leader Harry Reid. Every one of those is the priority of the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell. They operate as a team, expanding Washington and undermining the liberty of the people. What we just saw a moment ago is unprecedented in the annals of Senate history. It consisted of the majority leader and the minority leader denying members the ability to have votes on their amendments and indeed the ability even to have a roll call vote. The denial of a second, as you just saw a moment ago, which was aggressively whipped by the majority, is an extraordinary measure designed to gag Senators and enforce the will of the McConnell-Reid leadership team.
“It saddens me as a Republican to see Republican leadership lead the effort to kill an amendment that would have prevented lifting sanctions on Iran unless and until Iran recognizes Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state and unless and until Iran releases American hostages. Make no mistake – granting a sufficient second for a roll call vote is done customarily in the United States Senate. Denying it is extraordinary, and it is done as a consequence of the majority leader Mitch McConnell being afraid for his members to be on record on this issue.
“We then, subsequently, saw Senator Mike Lee from Utah bring up his amendment to defund Planned Parenthood. We have seen in recent weeks gruesome videos of senior officials of Planned Parenthood discussing the selling of body parts of unborn children. These videos are horrifying, and yet it saddens me greatly that the Republican leader led the effort to continue the taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.
“Make no mistake — when the majority leader whipped Republicans to vote alongside Democrats, it was no surprise that Democrats did not want to vote on that because Democrats in this chamber do not purport to support the right to life. But to see the so-called Republican leadership whip against allowing a vote to defund Planned Parenthood — it has the virtue of clarity. It makes clear that the McConnell-Reid leadership team is united in favor of big government spending and debt and power.
“The McConnell-Reid leadership team has no interest in cutting off one penny of funds to Planned Parenthood, which is why leader Mitch McConnell just blocked a vote on defunding Planned Parenthood. To the millions of Americans who rallied in November believing if only we got a Republican majority in the Senate something would be different, this was a clarifying and a sad moment.”
Video of Sen. Cruz’s floor speech today can be found above.
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Ok. Going by Mitt's record alone, tell me what policies he would have advanced during his presidency, that would have substantially differed from what Obama has advanced during his.
Make me a believer. Going by his record alone, show me even one conservative policy position or executive action that Mitt would have taken, had he won the race.
And please don't regurgitate any of his campaign promises. You and I both know those aren't worth the hot air it takes to produce them. Base your answers on his record, as that is the only reliable indicator of what any candidate will do, once in office.
I think Mitt’s record exists as it is because he chose Mass as the state to use to establish a foundation, that is an office, of high enough stature to run for the presidency. If he had lived in another state his record would have been different. His is a record of expediency nothing more nothing less. I think his record is essentially meaningless as a forecaster for how he would have governed. You and many others use the record argument as an excuse to walk away from bad choices. Your right of course, but don’t believe it is anything noble.
By your logic, the folks in Ohio may as well vote for John Boeher in the next election. Why bother with his record? It's meaningless as a forecaster for how he'll perform in office --- right?
And how about that guy who wants to date your daughter? Never mind the fact that he never went to high school, never held a job for more than a couple months, has been in and out of drug rehab half a dozen times, and has a lengthy criminal RECORD.
I'm suuuure he's A-OK, because he told you he's "severely" responsible. I'll bet you're ready to give him your vote of confidence right now. You'd never judge a man by his past performance, right?
My friend, yours is about the worst case of logic fail I've seen in a while.
No my friend. Boehner has an actual record to judge him by. We are simply trying to prognosticate whether Mitt would have been a better president than 0. In this reply your logic is flawed.
Are you seriously arguing that Mitt Romney has no record in political office by which to judge him? Seriously?
Mitt was Governor of a U.S. state for a full term, ergo, he's got a record of accomplishment/failure that anyone can check, if they want to take the measure of the man.
Speaking of that...I just happen to have it right here:
Mitt Romney’s Dismal Liberal Record
"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.
* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.
* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.
* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.
"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.
In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal."
[Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]
Romney's "accomplishments".
1. Implemented/created Gay Marriage in MA
2. Supported and forced Gay Adoption in MA
3. Supported Abortion wholeheartedly
4. Raised taxes/fees over 300% while being Governor of MA
5. Implemented a state-level Cap and Trade system.
6. Supported Man-Made Global Warming
7. Supported the Brady Bill
8. Implemented a state level “Assault” Weapons Ban after the Federal AWB was allowed to expire.
9. Supported TARP
10. Supported Amnesty for Illegal Aliens (Citizenship for those already here)
11. Supported McCain-Kennedy (Amnesty)
12. Implemented a socialized medicine program in MA called RomneyCare, complete with an Individual Mandate and $50 abortions.
13. Nominated 27 Democrats (out of 36 nominations) for judgeships in MA, many of them extreme left-wingers.
Good grief. Are you so dense that you fail to see that Mitt has a record as chief executive of a U.S. state - which is much the same job as president, but on a smaller scale?
He was a Governor. He governed, i.e., we can draw forecasts as to how he would have governed, had he been elected to be the chief executive of the United States, based upon his prior record of governing.
If this is all over your head, please stop wasting your time attempting to engage in adult conversation on this site. Enough, already.
I’m dense? What is it going to take to keep you from turning this country of to democrats? I honestly believe we are not far from the socialist for life situation Venezuela is in. The dim’s will move to dictatorship. I don’t believe the Pubbies will, at least not soon. So what is it going to take to admit you are wrong and that you shouldn’t ever turn the country over to a marxist muslim.
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