Posted on 09/26/2013 11:56:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Republican tensions grew Thursday as Tea Party-aligned senators rejected a bid to speed up the vote on a bill to fund the government while defunding ObamaCare, with one senior lawmaker accusing his colleagues of posturing -- as the chances of a government shutdown increased.
The flurry of activity occurred late Thursday afternoon on the Senate floor. With lawmakers facing a Sept. 30 deadline to pass a spending bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried to get approval to hold key votes on Thursday, in order to give the House more time to consider the legislation.
But Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, objected, along with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. That puts off the next vote until Friday.
Their complaints prompted a tense encounter on the floor with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who suggested the only reason they want to wait until Friday is because they want to turn the vote into a show for supporters.
"This is confusing to me," Corker said. "I'm understanding the reason we're waiting is that y'all have sent out releases and emails and you want everybody to be able to watch. It just doesn't seem to me that that's in our nation's interest."
Cruz later said: "I think it is unfortunate that any member of the United States Senate should want our votes to occur outside of the view of the American people."
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Thanks JimRob:
Boehner: No Funding Bill Without 1-Year Obamacare Delay
NewsMax | 26 Sep 13 | AP
Posted on Thu Sep 26 15:45:56 2013 by xzins
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3071654/posts
Boehner: House won’t accept ‘clean’ funding bill
News10/ABC News | Sept 27, 2013 | By Susan Davis
Posted on Fri Sep 27 03:36:24 2013 by Jim Robinson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3071842/posts
Liberal talker Mike Malloy offers weapon to murder Sen. Ted Cruz
The Examiner | 9/26/13 | Staff
Posted on Thu Sep 26 11:31:44 2013 by MissTed
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3071541/posts
-— What going to happen if October 1st arrives, there is not CR...and the sky doesn’t fall?
The RINOs will be in a very awkward position! -—
I pray that the collaborators don’t snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.
Let’s start that conversation by acknowledging we aren’t going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants... bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society. Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors. [but he’s not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said.
Real GOP vs fake, poser GOP, Round 2!
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