Lee, Cruz, Rubio Praise House Bill to Keep Government Open, Defund Obamacare

www.Cruz.Senate.Gov ^ | Wednesday, September 18, 2013 | Ted Cruz

[Gene Eric]

Go Rubio!

/s

[SoConPubbie]

But will they vote for it? And why didn't Boehner and McConnell say anything?

Because in the minds of Boehner and Cantor, this is a setup.

I believe that both ideologically speaking, and strategically speaking, these two scum-bags, and I use that term, IMHO, in the correct, non-hyperbolic sense, are firmly against defunding Obamacare.

Nevertheless, I also firmly believe, that they will have to succumb, if enough pressure is applied.

[RKBA Democrat]

“I don’t get it! Why would any politician....”

It’s all about power. They crave it. The ability to dictate the most minute details of other people’s lives. It’s a moral and spiritual sickness, really.

[Jacquerie]

Do you agree with the point of his statement, defund Obamacare?

[rrrod]

Correct. Im glad for all the support we can muster. Too many have worked too hard for folks to cull support.

Issue by issue folks.

Like him or not Rubio is a great speaker and Id rather he be on our side for this fight.

[livius]

I’m a little sick of the attacks on Rubio here. Some people evidently disagree with his position on immigration - but in many cases, I think they don’t even know what it is (he wanted a sort of piece-by-piece reform of the system) - but there’s certainly nothing else they could find fault with him on, if they’re honestly examining his positions. And he is an excellent, intelligent speaker who does not talk down to his audience.

Personally, I think the Dems are working hard to sow dislike of Rubio among conservatives, because the Dems perceive him, quite rightly, as a threat.

[rrrod]

I agree. Im surely not in favor of that bill but damn if Im not going to take his support on getting rid of 0bamacare.

[COBOL2Java]

Weepy: "I promise! I will do everything in my power!"
Cruz: "I'll keep an eye!"

[COBOL2Java]

I’m a little sick of the attacks on Rubio here. Some people evidently disagree with his position on immigration - but in many cases, I think they don’t even know what it is...

Three words: Gang of Eight

[RetSignman]

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Bye Rubio. No vote from this FL gal ever again.

[Rome2000]

Sure I do
He’s as phoney as a three dollar bill however, and can’t be trusted

[HenryArmitage]

why are some House republicans see this speech as a surrender? -
“House agrees to send #CR to Senate that defunds Obamacare. @SenTedCruz & @SenMikeLee refuse to fight. Wave white flag and surrender,” tweeted Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.).

“So far Sen Rs are good at getting Facebook likes, and townhalls, not much else. Do something...,” tweeted Rep. Tim Griffin (R-Ark.).

these establishment men?

[SoConPubbie]

So Senators Cruz and Lee state the obvious, and the so-called conservative patriots in the House take him to task?

What a bunch of girlie-men.

Senators Cruz and Lee are correct that where this gets stopped is in the House.

Lest we forget, they control the purse strings, the Senate doesn’t.

Furthermore, instead of attacking Senators Cruz and Lee, maybe these House members could focus on not capitulating under any circumstances and forcing Boehner to refuse to surrender as well.

Nawwwww. That would be too simple and straightforward, right?

[HenryArmitage]

can’t cruz and lee filibuster any attempt to detach the defunding language from the CR the house passes?

[Blackyce]

I don’t believe that you can filibuster a budget resolution in the senate.

[HenryArmitage]

I don’t believe that you can filibuster a budget resolution in the senate.

Cruz seems to think so

Fellow Republicans have spent a few days battering the "defund" movement, insisting that it's a waste of time—no way you get the Senate to agree to it, no way you get the president to sign it. Cruz's first strategic answer to this was insisting that the CR could be filibustered, "if we hold 41 Republicans." They didn't need a majority. "The model I would turn to is the battle over guns," said Cruz, a battle that ended in a Republican victory even though most senators voted for a background checks bill.

[Sal]

“these establishment men?”

I wondered too so I went to http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/sean_duffy/412488 and also the same site for Tim Griffin.

Tim Griffin shows up pretty far right while Duffy shows just a little bit better than Collins. That site is pretty interesting as they place red dots in a cluster on the right and blue ones on the left so you get a visual of where each one is relative to the rest. The dot placements are based on all of each person’s votes.

I found it interesting that Duffy (Wis.) personally attacked Cruz and Lee (but NOT Rubio) in his twitty tweet while the much more conservative Griffin complained about “Sen Rs” in general not doing much.

[Sal]

I should have added that if you let your cursor hover over a dot, the name for that dot shows up so you don’t need to do separate searches.

[HenryArmitage]

thanks for the link, bookmarked for the future.