Posted on 09/23/2013 2:03:45 AM PDT by TexGrill
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Friday that he opposes shutting down the government over defunding Obamacare.
I know that some people are discussing filibusters, but I actually think were at the point now where we cant shut down the government. Its like burning down the house to get rid of the mice or rats, said Cornyn, the number two Republican in the Senate.
I dont think very many think that a government shutdown is in the best interests of the economy and will actually accomplish the goal thats set out, said Cornyn.
Chief among those contemplating a filibuster is Cornyns Republican Texas colleague, Sen. Ted Cruz.
After the House Friday approved a continuing resolution stripped of funding for the Affordable Care Act, Cruz issued a statement saying: I hope that every Senate Republican will stand together and oppose cloture on the bill in order to keep the House bill intact and not let Harry Reid add Obamacare funding back in. Now is a time for party unity; Senate Republicans should stand side-by-side with courageous House Republicans.
The fight to save America from Obamacare is just beginning it may well go back and forth from the House and Senate several times and a united Republican front means that Harry Reid and the President cannot ignore the American people, Cruz said.
Asked how he saw the fight over the continuing resolution playing out, Cornyn said: The first vote will probably be on Wednesday. There will be some procedural votes and what I expect will happen is Sen. Reid will try to strip out the language to defund Obamacare and send it back to the House and, of course, the fiscal year ends on Monday (Sept. 30).
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(Metaphorically) Burning down that house to get rid of rats like Cornyn would be a worthwhile exercise.
I don’t think the Senator understands the threat to the republic posed by Obamacare.
And the idea that shutting down non-essential services for a brief period until Democrats thirst for the funds their allies receive from the public treasury overcomes them would amount to “burning down the house,” is specious.
No one but Reid and Obama have said they would shut down the government over this issue.
John Cornyn is a moron.
Texans need to make their senior senator understand, pronto.
He thinks the economy needs the government, he should not be a Senator.
I didn’t see a quote in that blurb from Cornyn where he mentioned Obamacare.
Cruz isn’t advocating a government shut down, is he? Nope. And neither is the House. The House, as a matter of fact, is FUNDING the government fully with the one exception of the much-hated-by-most-Americans Obama’s Death Panel Law.
The ones advocating the shutdown are the Demon Rats.
In other words, I am willing to accept anything and everything the Democrats want.
Cornie, shut yer pie hole!
That cowflop you’re peddling isn’t worth the stink it’s printed on!
At this point, shutting the beast down would minimize the injury that idiots like you cause us!
Not only is he wrong but his reasoning shows that he is unqualified to hold his position.
Exactly.
Shut it down with NO RETROACTIVE PAY!!!
OK, we need to send this guy home and elect a new Senator. If he really believes that the economy requires non-essential government drones to be at their desk to function, then he is an even bigger ignoramus than I imagined.
Doesn't he mean "burning down the House and Senate"?
Fine. Cruz has stated he will send piecemeal budgets one by one to the Senate. Take it or leave it.
He starts with the military.
Harry Reid & Co. can get bent.
The man thinks the economy needs non-essential government drones to be at their desk or it will crash.
After we absorb that, why is anything he says or thinks worth debating?
Cruz is in the Senate, how does he send things to the Senate?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Considering how much government spends that we don't have, on a daily basis, every day they aren't pi$$ing away a little more of my great grandkids' future is a blessing.
My bad. He is working with the house to proffer a plan to shut down obamacare. One by one the various departments will get funding as passed by the Senate from the House.
If Harry Reid chooses to not fund the departments one by one, he will be the villain. Obamacare is last on the list.
Watch Obama and Socialists squirm.
Is he changing his first name to Lindsey?
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