Posted on 09/23/2013 2:54:24 PM PDT by HenryArmitage
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) broke with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday, revealing that he won't filibuster legislation to fund the government in service of conservative goals to defund Obamacare.
The Republican leader's decision is a major blow to the push by Cruz and powerful conservative activist groups, who wanted Republicans to unite and filibuster a continuing resolution until Democrats caved agreed to gut funding for the Affordable Care Act.
"Senator McConnell supports the House Republicans' bill and will not vote to block it, since it defunds Obamacare and funds the government without increasing spending by a penny," McConnell spokesman Don Stewart told TPM in an email Monday. "He will also vote against any amendment that attempts to add Obamacare funding back into the House Republicans' bill." The decision clears a path for Democrats to pass a continuing resolution that funds Obamacare. Procedurally, Democrats need 60 votes (they have 54 members) to advance the House-passed continuing resolution. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) can strike the language defunding Obamacare with 51 votes, which frees up McConnell and every other Republican to vote against such an amendment. This way he never has to actually vote to fund Obamacare but doesn't force a shutdown over an unachievable goal.
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Get rid of him, Kentucky.
I left the Republican Party today and registered as an Independent. Mitch McConnell has confirmed that my decision was the correct one.
Thanks, Mitch. We knew you'd somehow clear a path for the Dims.
Cornyn is also pro obamacare:
Cornyn opposes government shutdown over defunding Obamacare
Doesn’t matter. The non-conservatives are being smoked out!
Just sent McConnell a love letter. Its very obvious which way he would probably vote just looking at a photo of him alone. Definitely a RINO in appearance at least.
Primary him out.
Ted Cruz is the real GOP leader right now
Sure looks that way to me.
I’ll second that
Calls and emails folks.....
Calls and emails folks.....
Calls and emails folks.....
McConnell and his family and his staff are not under
this SELECTIVE “law”. That is treason.
The GOP — having installed RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE
and begun this — must now take the entire blame.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/canary-coal-mine_756591.html
Support for exemptions of DeathCare by DC vermin will cost them in 2014!
How do we get millions of calls into this gonadless jerk’s office?
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