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Ted Cruz Smacks Down Candy Crowley for Saying 'It's Blackmail' to Offer Separate Funding Bills
Newsbusters ^ | October 6, 2013

Posted on 10/06/2013 3:03:28 PM PDT by SMGFan

CRUZ: But Candy, let me press back. It's twice you've said Harry Reid would say it's blackmail. And I want to press back, because I actually -- I think that's a false claim with no basis. The bill that the House passed on the VA simply funds the VA. It doesn't mention anything about Obamacare. It doesn't mention anything about anything else. Now, for hundreds of years, the way Congress is appropriated has been one topic at a time. How is it blackmail to say we think we should fund the veterans? Do you agree? That's a yes or no vote. Now Harry Reid refuses to let the Democrats vote on that. But how is it blackmail to say, we may not agree on everything but is there anything we can agree on? We ought to agree on supporting our veterans.

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KEYWORDS: cruz; shutdown; tedcruz
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To: Blue Turtle

She has a job BECAUSE of her role in the debate.


121 posted on 10/07/2013 2:31:41 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: SMGFan

Candy has always been a liberal but she was not such a total dunce before. Who swiped Candy’s brain?


122 posted on 10/07/2013 7:51:56 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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