Posted on 09/23/2013 7:37:48 PM PDT by Qbert
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will not join an effort in the Senate to block a House-passed spending bill that defunds Obamacare, a spokesman for McConnell said Monday.
“Sen. McConnell supports the House Republicans’ bill and will not vote to block it, since it defunds Obamacare and funds the government without increasing spending by a penny. He will also vote against any amendment that attempts to add Obamacare funding back into the House Republicans’ bill,” said Don Stewart, a spokesman for the Republican senator.
The statement represents a divergence from the approach favored by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), who want Republicans to oppose a procedural vote on the House bill before Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to strip out the Obamacare defunding provision by a majority vote.
“If and when the majority leader goes down that path, Washington Democrats will have to decide — without hiding behind a procedural vote — whether or not to split with their leadership and join Republicans and their constituents in opposing the re-insertion of Obamacare funding into the House-passed bill,” Stewart added.
A spokeswoman for McConnell’s top lieutenant, Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, said that Cornyn too will break with Cruz and Lee.
“Sen. Cornyn will not block a bill that defunds Obamacare,” the spokeswoman said.
That's a tactical victory in itself. As Palin has said, "Moose season is over." RINO season is starting…
Oooh, I like that!
Sending that to these loser RINO’s!!
Senator TARP rides again.
"If they want to take the Senate in 2014 they have to force a 60 vote requirement on the Dems so those vulnerable Dems have to vote for Obamacare.
That would make too much sense for the Stupid Party.
Please do!!
Frankly, this was expected. No surprise here for these creepy crawlers. What any have ever seen in Cornrolls is a mystery unto itself. And the chinless wonder, Mr. Whipple’s got nothing on him.
How? Isn’t Cornyn thus far unopposed? Has Cruz endorsed Cornyn as Paul did McC?
Still, I wonder if much of anything would sour Texans and Kentuckians on Cornyn and McC.
I reserve judgement until the vote.
I don’t think the Kentuckians are smart enough to dump McC, but I wish I were wrong.
Cornyn has two opponents. They are Dwayne Stovall and Erick Wyatt. Both have signed the pledge to Defund 0Care. Cornball Cornyn has not.
Surrender.
But Cruz and Lee will filibuster. Lee hinted at it today.
They are tone deaf for not realizing this.
Whatever their reasons are, however convoluted, they are very unwise to go against Cruz. They’ll never be able to get out of this.
He will come out ahead, one way or the other.
Whoever doesn’t back Cruz had better have a better idea, because it is time now to get back on track.
No one is surprised by this. I’ve voted against Cornyn every chance I’ve had.
” - - - - “Sen. Cornyn will not block a bill that defunds Obamacare,” the spokeswoman said. - - - -”
Time to crank up the TEXAS PING list!
-PJ
BTW, if you know Cornyn’s phone # and/or email addy, please post it on this thread.
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