Posted on 09/23/2013 5:20:28 PM PDT by Nachum
The Senate plunged into debate over legislation to fund the government while cutting of money for the new health-care law, with both sides accusing the other of threatening to bring about a government shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) opened debate by denouncing the bill passed by the House Friday that embodies conservatives’ campaign to “defund Obamacare,” as the health law is known.
“Inside the House Republican bubble, the crowd cheered a plan to deny health insurance to tens of millions of Americans or else shut down the government,’’ Mr. Reid said at the outset of a debate that is expected to stretch into next weekend before any significant votes are taken. ‘President Obama has been clear. I have been clear. Any bill that defunds Obamacare is dead on arrival in the Senate.’’
Legislation to fund the government, at least on a short term basis, needs to pass by Oct. 1 when the new fiscal year begins.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) the leading proponent of the bill, set a confrontational tone by quickly proposing two motions he knew would be rejected — one to pass the House bill by voice vote, and another to block any amendments that do not command a super-majority of 60 votes.
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Cruz has balls like church bells. If we had a few more like him, we’d have a fighting team.
Its way past time for a “confrontational tone” in Washington......
so WHAT!?
so Odumbo and Holder’s peeps haven’t dig up dirt on him yet?
At this point, who cares what “dirt” they dig up. Go Senator Cruz!!!!!!!
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The dirt is on Dirty Harry.
France has opposition parties and media. Italy does too. So does Hungary. Do we? Or is Cruz alone?
The dirt is on Dirty Harry.
“Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) the leading proponent of the bill, set a confrontational tone by quickly proposing two motions he knew would be rejected — one to pass the House bill by voice vote, and another to block any amendments that do not command a super-majority of 60 votes.”
Yet Harry often demands both or either condition for bills!
I saw the exchange, which was very polite, Harry excoriated Cruz for asking for the 60 vote amendment level- yet in Cruz’s remarks he pointed out Harry had demanded a 60 vote level for one of his amendments just this session!
I hate our lying liberal media.
In the picture at the article the ‘reporters’ appear to be staring daggers at Cruz LOL!
Janet Hook is a longtime Washington establishment type who represents everything that has gone wrong with news reporting in this country.
“Confrontational tone”?
WSJ needs to check in on Dingy Harry.
What? Its Reid & Mccain calling Conservatives anarchists & whackobirds!
Cruz did not set a confrontational tone , he asked for fair play.
Since when is that confrontational?
Not only is the dirt on him but he walked out and refused to listen to the man.
Similar to the rude walk out of Democrats on the parents of those killed in Benghazi.
Democrat cowards do a lot of walking out.
If the title is true, it is about time we have some honest confrontation in DC. Reid is a crook and if Cruz can confront Reid into acting like a US Senator, all the better.
I’m behind Cruz all the way, as long as it takes.
Absolutely correct, if not actually understated.
It appears that the WSJ has pronounced jihad on Senator Cruz. I wonder what Murdoch’s angle is. Payoff or pressure (perhaps both) from the regime?
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