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Ted Cruz Tells GOP Leadership What to Do Now That Democrats Have Blocked 'Kate's Law" VIDEO
The Blaze ^ | 10/20/2015 | Jason Howerton

Posted on 10/20/2015 2:12:43 PM PDT by conservativejoy

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called on Republican leadership on Tuesday to attach “Kate’s Law” to “must-pass legislation” if Democrats decided to block the proposed bill to punish sanctuary cities following the death of Kate Steinle — which they did.

Under the bill, sanctuary cities, like San Francisco, that refuse to collect immigration information and refuse to comply with federal authorities would be punished by getting stripped of certain grants and funds.

Cruz told fellow senators that criminal illegal aliens have “a special disregard and disdain for our nation’s law” and, in 2012, “just over a quarter of the illegal aliens apprehended by Border Patrol had prior deportation orders — that’s an astounding 99,420 illegal aliens.”

“So I salute leadership for bringing up this vote, but if a party-line vote blocks it, then the next step is not simply to have a vote. The next step is to attach this legislation to must-pass legislation and to actually fix the problem,” Cruz said.

He said “governing is always set at least and octave lower” in Washington, D.C., and called on Republican leaders to take meaningful action rather than a “show-vote.”

“When it comes to stopping sanctuary cities and protecting our safety, we need some governing. We need to actually fix the problem rather than a show-vote,” he said. “So my first entreaty is to our Democratic friends across the aisle, regardless of areas where we different on partisan politics, this should be an easy vote. Do you stand with the men and women of your state or do you stand with violent criminal illegal aliens? We will find out in just a couple of hours.”

Democrats ultimately blocked the legislation from passing with a 54-45 vote, six votes shy of the 60 required to move to a final vote.

With that being the reality, Cruz’s demand is as follows:

“[I]f Democrats are partisans first rather than protecting the men and women they represent, then it is up to Republican leadership to attach this to a must-pass bill, to actually pass it into law and solve the problem, not to talk about it but to do it. It is my hope that’s what all of us do together. I yield the floor.”


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 2016election; aliens; cruz; election2016; kateslaw; kathrynsteinle; tedcruz; texas
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To: conservativejoy

Just revoke the filibuster rule like Reid did.

Mitch the sissy bitch plays by the old, loser rules, ON PURPOSE.


21 posted on 10/20/2015 2:42:22 PM PDT by onyx ( PLEASE HELP COMPLETE THIS FReepathon THIS MONTH!)
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To: scooby321
scoby321o :" Cruz could never be approved by the Senate
GOP wouldn't even vote for him."

The GOP would vote or him only if they thought they could get him out of the Senate .

22 posted on 10/20/2015 2:49:36 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (The GOPe and Karl Rove got Obama elected twice. .. How'd that work out for ya ?)
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To: scooby321
Cruz could never be approved by the Senate

Then let's just nominate him for president and then fight like mad to win.

23 posted on 10/20/2015 3:19:31 PM PDT by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: onyx

ON PURPOSE.


24 posted on 10/20/2015 3:26:52 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: conservativejoy

I refuse to waste time and bandwidth on Beck’s “blizzard of ads” crap site. Used to actually respect the guy. But I don’t need over-hyped cheap pimps.


25 posted on 10/20/2015 7:37:35 PM PDT by jimt (Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)
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To: conservativejoy

The funding bill Boner is pushing.


26 posted on 10/20/2015 8:12:58 PM PDT by nomad
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