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Sen. Orrin Hatch scolds Sen. Ted Cruz for saying Senate leader lied about Export-Import vote
Wash Times ^ | 7/26/15 | Tom Howell

Posted on 07/26/2015 12:48:37 PM PDT by VinL

Without invoking his name, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah scolded fellow Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday for publicly accusing their party leader of lying about a deal to revive an obscure government agency, saying comity in the august chamber is both tradition and simply “the honorable thing to do.”....

“We’re not here on some frolic or to pursue personal ambitions,” Mr. Hatch said, adding that he worries for the future of the institution.

He said bonds of trust are essential when lawmakers of differing parties and backgrounds come together to debate the hot topics of the day.

“But we do not become enemies. We remain colleagues, and colleagues treat each other with respect,” the longtime senator said.

Mr. Cruz shocked Capitol Hill on Friday when he said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lied to him... He doubled down on his position Sunday, saying that while he agrees with Mr. Hatch on decorum, he feels lawmakers should be truthful with each other.

Mr. McConnell hasn’t responded to Mr. Cruz directly. But he justified himself on the floor Sunday...

“When there is overwhelming bipartisan support for an idea, even if I oppose it, it doesn’t require some ‘special deal’ to see a vote occur on that measure,” he said. “This is the United States Senate, after all, where we debate and vote on all kinds of different issues.”

Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, said Mr. McConnell never sought to revive the bank.

“I’d have to say he’s mistaken,” Mr. Cornyn said of Mr. Cruz. “I hear no one else making such a similar accusation.”

He also opposed Mr. Cruz’s proposals to open up the amendment process, saying it would lead to chaos and bad policy.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, said that: "He also opposed Mr. Cruz’s proposals to open up the amendment process, saying it would lead to chaos and bad policy."

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Right John, amendments concerning (1) defunding Planned Parenthood; (2) repealing the Congressional exemption for Obamacare; (3) ending Sanctuary cities; (4) enacting Kate's Law; and rejecting the Iran deal-- "would led to chaos and bad policy".

But mostly, it would upset the Dems and Rino's, right John? Now, we couldn't have that.

1 posted on 07/26/2015 12:48:37 PM PDT by VinL
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To: VinL

Cruz takes no prisoners, and is one of the most articulate ones there... Don’t bandy wits with him.


2 posted on 07/26/2015 12:50:22 PM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: VinL

Ted Cruz is a real Patriot.


3 posted on 07/26/2015 12:52:49 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: VinL

Is Hatch the designated McCain this week?


4 posted on 07/26/2015 12:53:24 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: VinL

In office since 1977.

5 posted on 07/26/2015 12:54:52 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: VinL

It just shows what pansies, weaklings and frauds the RINO right is/are. Total cowards and owned charlatans they are.


6 posted on 07/26/2015 12:55:12 PM PDT by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
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To: VinL

“Senate fails to get 60 votes to advance amendment to repeal health care law; vote was 49-43 - @ChadPergram”

Republican majority strikes again. Who were the chickens that didn’t vote?


7 posted on 07/26/2015 12:55:49 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Life is good.)
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To: VinL

Uhhh....isn’t lying to some one to reach an agreement the ultimate form of disrespect?.


8 posted on 07/26/2015 12:55:54 PM PDT by grania
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To: VinL

Look at the RINOs, all in a row.

McConnell is a liar and cheat. We all know that. He is a go along to get along, country club “Republican”.

End of story.


9 posted on 07/26/2015 12:56:34 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
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To: VinL
Mr. Hatch needs a serving of Green Eggs and Ham with a side of Whoppass...

What a friggin RINO Maroon he turned out to be.

10 posted on 07/26/2015 12:57:17 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Leave the Gun, take the Cannoli...)
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To: VinL
Yeah Orrin, how'd that comity thing work out when Reid, Durbin, and Schumer ran things?

Just shut up you bloviating POS.

11 posted on 07/26/2015 1:00:48 PM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: VinL

Usual RINO suspects.


12 posted on 07/26/2015 1:08:17 PM PDT by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: VinL

Senator Hatch: Wasn’t Senator McConnell being disrespectful to Senator Cruz when he lied to him? Wasn’t Senator McCain being disrespectful to Cruz and others when he called them “wacko birds”?

RINOs only apply the unwritten rules to others not themselves.


13 posted on 07/26/2015 1:12:07 PM PDT by Harris ((optional, printed after your name on post))
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To: EagleUSA

Well some of us tried getting voters to understand that but they just had to elect them because they were gonna hold their feet to the fire to. Many freepers lied like Mitch about that.


14 posted on 07/26/2015 1:12:34 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: VinL
I admire you Ted Cruz. As suspected, the two parties have an “agreement”. The friction and mutual opposition is just for public consumption, as each party wants their base satisfied. But in the closed door sessions, they are really one team, dependent on the other, in order to maintain perpetual monopoly of the political system.

Anyone who attempts to pull back the screen on their shenanigans is hunted and surrounded like a rogue malignancy that must be eliminated.

15 posted on 07/26/2015 1:13:08 PM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: VinL

That’s Orin “Ted Kennedy’s Doormat” Hatch


16 posted on 07/26/2015 1:13:35 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: VinL

OK, but did McConnell lie? Yes, he did. But to the GOPe, the sin is in calling him out for his lies, not in his lying.


17 posted on 07/26/2015 1:14:16 PM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: VinL

Hatch, ....Hatch? Wasn’t he a co-star in that movie about drug addicts?


18 posted on 07/26/2015 1:15:45 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else)
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To: VinL

Thanks for posting this VinL.

So, let me analyze this; Hatch sees much more value in being “honorable” than being truthful. I was taught by my parents, and taught my children, that honor comes from being a truth teller even when it’s uncomfortable.

I’ve known for a few years, but now it’s confirmed in my mind. Hatch, Alexander, and Cornyn are cronies along with McConnell, McCain, Graham, Murkowski, Flake, Coats, Roberts, Collins, Cochran, Blunt, Ayotte, Portman, Corker, and Barrasso, to name a few.


19 posted on 07/26/2015 1:17:26 PM PDT by gwjack (May God give America His richest blessings.)
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To: VinL

Hatch (aka Hatchet-job)is an Establishment/Globalist Rat....

Go Senator Cruz!


20 posted on 07/26/2015 1:18:16 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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