For North Texas Freepers, John Cornyn's Dallas office number is 972-239-1310.
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.
A source in Congress tells Breitbart News that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn are using their leadership positions to pressure other Republicans to oppose Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in his campaign to defund Obamacare.
"Right now in the Senate, Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn are actively whipping Senators to shut down debate on the House continuing resolution so that Harry Reid can gut it with just 51 votes,” a senior congressional staffer with intimate knowledge of the situation said in an email to Breitbart News. “Unbelievably, they actually are leading the fight to fully fund Obamacare.”
McConnell and Cornyn stated earlier Monday that they oppose a possible filibuster from Cruz to keep Reid from adding language funding the Affordable Care Act to the continuing resolution passed by the House of Representatives.
As Breitbart News reported on Saturday, McConnell and Cornyn could help Cruz win:
First, when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid brings the House continuing resolution (CR) to the floor next week, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell needs to deliver 41 Republican votes to filibuster it until Senator Reid agrees not to try and restore funding for Obamacare. McConnell has the power to ensure that Reid cannot get an amendment onto the bill that strips the Obamacare defunding language with a simple majority vote. As Breitbart News laid out on Friday, McConnell has closed down one pathway that Reid could use:
If [Reid] introduces an amendment before the Senate votes on cloture for the House CR[, t]hat would require a 60-vote threshold, and McConnell’s spokesman Don Stewart told Breitbart News that if Reid attempted that tactic, all Senate Republicans would stand together to block it.
However, a major avenue is still open through which Reid can get the amendment onto the bill with a simple majority. If McConnell decides Obamacare is worth fighting in earnest on must-pass legislation (ie non-symbolic votes), then he will deliver the 41 necessary votes to filibuster until Reid is forced to agree to a clean up-or-down Senate floor vote on the Obamacare defunding CR the House just passed. There is something McConnell can do using his power that could accomplish this: Filibuster the House CR until there is a unanimous consent agreement that any amendments added to it after cloture is invoked would also each require a 60-vote threshold. The power rests now with McConnell. Delivering the 41 votes is essential to help Ted Cruz.
Instead of helping Cruz with their power as Senate GOP leaders, McConnell and Cornyn are working against him, this senior staffer said. But in the end, they will try to make it appear as though they do not support funding Obamacare by voting against Reid’s amendment after allowing Reid to implement it. “Once it's a 51-vote threshold, both McConnell and Cornyn will hide behind a 'no' vote on Reid's amendment—so they will have yet another show vote,” the staffer said.
“To be clear, nobody is fighting harder to make sure Obamacare is funded than Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn,” the senior staffer added.
Article here:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/23/Exclusive-McConnell-Cornyn-whipping-votes-against-Ted-Cruz#disqus_thread ------
Whoever runs against Cornyn will definitely get MY vote.
Lemme see now:
A.) Shut down the non-essential, spendaholic Federal Government until the sorry spendaholic Federal politicians give up; or
B.) Shut down and destroy America by approving the funding of America’s death knell Obamacare; or
C.) Be very, very fearful of what the Democrat’s Liberal Agenda Media MIGHT say and write about old-style Republicans who have always before caved in to Democrats?
Think, think, think - - - - .
2014 is going to be SO much fun for the New Republican Party!
Sure, we will stop trying and will do it.
Normally I do not answer political telephone calls for donations but I just cannot wait until John Cornholes campaign calls for money. I am just giddy about how I am going to unload on them.
“Sen. Cornyn will not block a bill that defunds Obamacare,” the spokeswoman said. - - - -”
by Graewoulf
The only reason I would waste gasoline to go vote is if I can vote against Cornyn.
Thanks for the ping!
Dwayne Stovall and Erick Wyatt
Don't know much about either, but I sure as heck intend to find out!
Thanks!
BTW, please post Cornyn’s phone number, and/or email addy on this thread.
Huh?
Contact John Cornyn:
http://www.contactsenators.com/texas/john-cornyn
Name: John Cornyn
State: Texas
Party: Republican
Class: Class II
Address: 517 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTION DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2934
Email:
email form:
http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactForm
Per Jane:
Houston
713.572.3337
Harlingen
956.423.0162
Lubbock
806.472.7533
Austin
512.469.6034
Dallas
972.239.1310
Jane had the fax number in DC, also, if you can fax.
Thx, Jane!
both Cornyn’s D.C. and Texas mailboxes are full!
*&$%^#(*^^!!!! So I left some choice words for him on Face book- which of his 2 primary opponents do you think is the best?
Ted Cruz Ping!
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The bastards! Well, if they succeed in their treason and Reid gets his way, we’ve got to pray Boehner’s up for the fight of his life. The house will have to reject what the senate sends back and write a totally new bill. This time they fund all of the legitimate functions of government and cut about 25-30% out of HHS and IRS and from each of the purely political departments and agencies, ie, Commerce, Labor, Energy, Education, Transportation, Agriculture, Housing, Homeland Security, etc, etc, etc. This will cut the funds that would’ve gone for obamacare, plus cut expenses to the point there’s no need to raise the debt limit.
Obama/Reid don’t want to negotiate? Fine. Then go ahead and do your threatened shutdown. The people will know the truth and we will win big in 2014/2016.
Washington DC
Washington, DC 20510
Main: 202-224-2934
Fax: 202-228-2856
Southeast Texas
Houston, TX 77007
Main: 713-572-3337
Fax: 713-572-3777
South Central Texas
San Antonio, TX 78205
Main: 210-224-7485
Fax: 210-224-8569
Central Texas
Austin, TX 78701
Main: 512-469-6034
Fax: 512-469-6020
East Texas
Dallas, TX 75244
Main: 972-239-1310
Fax: 972-239-2110
For North Texas Freepers, John Cornyn's Dallas office number is 972-239-1310.
Cornyn’s statement, on his website, from Aug. 12, 2013:
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