Sessions said Cruz lobbied congress members to defeat the bill.
Those are Jeff Session’s own words!
Nevertheless the fact is that the House had the votes. Both Boehner and McCarthy counted—two counts in all. The votes were there. This was a Monday. The question was, schedule the vote for Thursday or Friday? Before Boehner made that decision, Cantor’s loss to Brat rattled the House like a magnitude 8 earthquake.
Immediately afterward Reps began contacting Boehner to say their yes vote had become a nay. Mercifully, we were spared this country-ending piece of legislation.