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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTed Cruz: New budget must defund Obamacare
Ted Cruz: New budget must defund Obamacare
by Joan McCarter
Sen. Ted Cruz is once again doing Texas proud. If Obamacare isn't defunded by the spending bill, he'll block it, which could mean shutting down government. Cruz is going to offer an amendment to the Senate's continuing resolution to cut funds, but whether he actually blocks a bill without it will depend on whether his caucus can rein him in.
Even the House Republicans decided to skip on this fight, and left Obamcare defunding out. (They made up for that by giving the long defunct ACORN another kick in the nonexistent shin). So yes, Ted Cruz is more of a wingnut than the teabagger caucus in the House. And he's there for the next six years. Yeehaw.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/06/1192086/-Ted-Cruz-New-budget-must-defund-nbsp-Obamacare
by Joan McCarter
Sen. Cruz: "I intend to object to consideration of any Continuing Resolution that does not include a vote to delay funding of Obamacare."
@nielslesniewski via TweetDeck
Sen. Ted Cruz is once again doing Texas proud. If Obamacare isn't defunded by the spending bill, he'll block it, which could mean shutting down government. Cruz is going to offer an amendment to the Senate's continuing resolution to cut funds, but whether he actually blocks a bill without it will depend on whether his caucus can rein him in.
"I believe we should continue to delay such funding at least until economic growth returns to historic averages, and I intend to object to consideration of any Continuing Resolution that does not include a vote to delay funding of Obamacare," Cruz said in a statement.
Cruz has already ruffled some feathers within the GOP with his acerbic style. And by demanding a provision to defund the healthcare law, he would be picking a fight that most of his Republican colleagues don't seem eager to wage.
Even the House Republicans decided to skip on this fight, and left Obamcare defunding out. (They made up for that by giving the long defunct ACORN another kick in the nonexistent shin). So yes, Ted Cruz is more of a wingnut than the teabagger caucus in the House. And he's there for the next six years. Yeehaw.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/06/1192086/-Ted-Cruz-New-budget-must-defund-nbsp-Obamacare
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Ted Cruz: New budget must defund Obamacare (Original Post)
ProSense
Mar 2013
OP
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)1. He can go
schtupp himself.
spanone
(135,844 posts)2. yet the media refuses to call them obstructionists.....hey cruz IT'S THE LAW.
ruffburr
(1,190 posts)3. Op Yours Ted Cruz
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)4. Catch 22 we won't get to historic grow numbers
until the government spends money to create jobs. But Repubs don't want to spend money until we get historic growth figures.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)5. Kick! n/t