Ted Cruz Ping! If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!
CRUZ or LOSE!
Posted on 05/27/2015 2:54:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Ted Cruz is warning he might seek to compel testimony from the Treasury Department about the Affordable Care Act.
The Texas Republican presidential candidate, who has the gavel of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, said his staff had been informed by the Obama administration that witnesses would not be available to testify about the rule-making process for providing subsidies under Obamacare because of ongoing litigation.
“For two main reasons, this excuse is entirely invalid,” Cruz wrote in a new letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew. “First, Congress retains its right to conduct oversight of the executive branch at all times, regardless of any perceptions of poor timing by, or inconvenience to, the executive branch. The Senate Judiciary Committee has obligations to ensure the proper functioning of the federal government at all times, and not just during windows of convenience for political officials. Second, your Department’s pending litigation justification is without basis, particularly given how you have provided at least one Department witness for the exact same topic during the pendency of other litigation over the last few years.”
In the letter, Cruz said if three tax policy officials at the Treasury Department are not made available on a voluntary basis, he may pursue other methods to get them to appear. The subcommittee had been planning to hold the hearing on June 4.
The Senate Finance Committee has primary jurisdiction over tax issues, but other committees have been holding hearings about the health care law’s implementation.
“If you do not opt to assist Congress and make all three individuals available voluntarily, I may have no choice but to pursue other options, including compulsory process, to make them available for testimony,” Cruz wrote in the missive to Lew. “Please note, in the event we are compelled to use compulsory process to ensure the attendance of these witnesses, the two-week courtesy notice prior to testimony is no longer applicable, and these individuals can be summoned for testimony at any time deemed convenient for the Committee.”
LOL...Gowdy is the new word for wobbly ;-)
One has to wonder if Cruz has caught the DC plague.
Bookmark to come back at the nay sayers; Cruz means what he says, he always has and will demonstrate again this time; and I intend to soon rub the nay sayers noses in it.
As far as McConnell stopping him; if it were anyone else I would believe it but with Cruz go ahead Mitch bring it on.
Threatened to subpoena the IRS...never did.
Threatened to subpoena DHS....never did.
Threatened to nullify courts...never tried.
Lots of talk....little substance.
Describes your posts on every Cruz thread.
Ted Cruz Ping! Enough already. Go support him if you choose, no one's stopping you, but please stop the circular firing squad BS.
I’m not trying to help anyone. Cruz gives great speeches and makes many threats.....but doesn’t follow-through.
That is a legitimate point to keep in mind.
Lastly, if Cruz wind the nomination, I will happily support him. I simply think we can do better.
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