Posted on 12/13/2014 10:27:19 AM PST by Jim Robinson
WASHINGTON – Republican aren’t mincing words about some in their own party as the political divide grows and the deadline to pass a spending bill nears.
Heading into a rare Saturday session, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told Fox News he was surprised that GOP Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah went over his head Friday night and help up a vote on the $1.1 trillion spending bill.
A senior GOP source lashed out at Cruz and Lee, calling the move “hamfisted” and “amateurish.”
Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters that he was surprised by Cruz and Lee.
On Friday night, the two Republican lawmakers demanded a vote on a proposal to cut funds from the bill that could be used to implement President Obama's new immigration policy, ending any chance the measure could clear the Senate and be sent to the White House with a minimum of fuss.
Officials in both parties said the bill remains on track for clearance by early next week. Even so, the move led Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to abandon plans to adjourn the Senate for the weekend, and raised the possibility of a test vote on the spending bill shortly after midnight on Saturday.
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It IS theater, plain and simple...and we Taxpayers should ALL feel like President Lincoln.
Grrrrrrrr!
I really see no way in which I can vote republican again.
And since I”ll NEVER vote democrat, guess I’m out of the voting picture until conservatives take over.
Sorry, but holding my nose and voting for a RINO just slightly delays the inevatable CW-II.
May as well wait and watch the upcoming carnage.
Better the ham-fist than the reach-across
Call Mitch by the millions 24/7 so he’s not surprised and clueless:
202-224-3121
Kill the ROMNEYBUS!!
If they worked 1/10th as hard against Democrats as they do against the Tea Party, we would see progress.
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The GOPe would rather lose and let the Democrats grow the government than to have a conservative win and bring the government under control.
Hate to say this, but I think this controversy is all staged theater. In the end, the bill will pass.
I want to believe Cruz, and Lee are the real deal, but I can’t fight the cynical side of me that thinks this is all brinksmanship theater. Wait until the very last minute, just as panic sets in to provide cover from the fallout.
I say yay for Cruz, Sessions & Lee. They are among the very few who have principals and a spine.
Sure it is, it us funny as hell to watch the likes of McCobbell, McCain, Ayotte have their Authiritaaay challenges.
Bunch if freaking turn coat cowards.
” The GOPe would rather lose and let the Democrats grow the government than to have a conservative win and bring the government under control.”
Of course. See Romney, see McCain
If the GOPe is in the minority, they still get half the pork, with no political pressure.
McConnell actually stuck it out of its shell?
-PJ
Half, no way, they are perfectly happy to get half of a half of a half from Boss Hawg
If what Senators Cruz and Lee did is within the rules of the Senate, then sit down and shut up, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Reid, et al. McConnell is having dry heaves because his leadership is being challenged by some in his own party.
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Ole Senator Byrd KNEW those Senate rules backward and forward.
Byrd stopped an early attempt at amnesty on a technicality in 2002 during GWB’s first term.
I remember an interview he had, it is seared in my memory, wherein he was weeping about what a great country this is and how he wanted to give the best future possible for the children. Now we know exactly which children he was concerned about. ILLEGAL ALIEN CHILDREN - SCREW AMERICAN CHILDREN. Right Boehner?
Congressman Stutzman has openly called Boehner a liar for assuring him that the Crimnebus bill would be pulled after the "rule" passed. How does Stutzman feel now, knowing that with premeditation and calculated cynicism, Boehner casually threw away Stutzman's career, just as the Democrats threw away the career of Judith Margolis Mezvinsk during the Clinton crime spree. Here's hoping that things get so furballed up that Stutzman, and perhaps other "conservatives" get a do over and will promptly throw Boehner and his Obama boot licking shenanigans in history's trash can.
Well, I’m an old grouch. I see nothing funny about it.
It’s all staged to make us think there are some members of Congress who actually care about us, but they only care about themselves. In this case, they’re all so eager to get out of Washington for the holidays, they’d pass a ham sandwich.
We elected our representatives to represent us, not to be actors in some mediocre play.
More like Boss Tweed.
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