Posted on 02/12/2014 12:09:57 PM PST by cotton1706
Updated 3:05 p.m. | The Senate voted to advance a one-year debt limit hike Wednesday, after a cliffhanger vote ended with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, voting “aye.”
The Senate voted 67-31 to end a filibuster on the legislation threatened by tea party firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in a vote that took nearly an hour to complete as senators wrestled with their decision. The Senate is proceeding to a vote on final passage with a simple majority threshold.
McConnell and Cornyn voted when the measure appeared stuck just short of the 60 votes needed.
A dozen Republicans voted with Democrats in all, most in a clump after McConnell and Cornyn led the way: John Barrasso of Wyoming, Susan Collins of Maine, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Jeff Flake of Arizona, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Mike Johanns of Nebraska, Mark Kirk of Illinois, John McCain of Arizona, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John Thune of South Dakota.
Cruz forced the 60-vote threshold, putting his fellow Republicans on the hot seat as they had to choose between a filibuster — potentially leading to the nation’s first ever default and a government shutdown — and putting the issue behind them ahead of the midterm elections.
Cruz had argued Republicans should stick together to extract spending cuts from Democrats and President Barack Obama, but McConnell privately had counseled against another shutdown showdown.
Kirk said his party had been sharply divided over strategy behind the scenes, including a dispute between McConnell and Cruz.
Kirk told reporters why he planned to vote to advance the debt limit bill: ”I just want the orderly administration of the U.S. debt,” he said.
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” - - - A dozen Republicans voted with Democrats in all, most in a clump after
*McConnell and
*Cornyn led the way:
*John Barrasso of Wyoming,
*Susan Collins of Maine,
*Bob Corker of Tennessee,
*Jeff Flake of Arizona,
*Orrin Hatch of Utah,
*Mike Johanns of Nebraska,
*Mark Kirk of Illinois,
*John McCain of Arizona,
*Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and
*John Thune of South Dakota. - - - “
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Traitor List by State:
Arizona……………..……………2
Kentucky………………….…….1*
Texas……………………………1*
Alaska……………………………1
Illinois……………………………1
Maine………………….….……..1
Nebraska………….……….…….1
South Dakota………..….……….1
Tennessee……………………… 1
Utah……………..……...………1
Wyoming……………………….1
I'll ping Jim Robinson to any GOPe RINO jerk that tries it.
It is time to cull the herd.
Liberty or Death!
Good. But it’s been going on for a while now. And the more people that finally say they’ve had enough, the louder they will scream.
They have not tolerated the turning away from the GOP well thus far. So I doubt they’ll suddenly start giving people breaks. But if you miss out on their venom, all the better.
“mcconnell and cornyn will need to have their lips surgically removed from dingy harry reid’s azz.”
Surgery would be needed, since they’ve been there so long that they’ve taken root!
I’m in the Austin area, we have saturation commercials about how conservative Cornyn is- he is running scared. He must be looking at a nightmare of polls.
Same in Houston last week when I visiting on business. To hear the ads? You’d think Cornyn was more conservative than Rush!
What about challenger ads/commercials? are they hitting back?
I have not seen any.
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