Coolidge/Dawes '24
11-12-2014, 08:36 PM
Article here (http://www.wnd.com/2014/11/cruz-camp-scorches-garbage-politico-article/).
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Aides to conservative senators are debunking a Politico article titled, "An army of one," which claims Sen. Ted Cruz "is leading the charge against Obamacare but no one is following."
The article states Cruz wants all Republicans to declare "all-out war" but portrayed his colleagues as hesitant because the downside, according to Politico, would divide the GOP and become a "PR disaster."
"That whole story is total garbage," one aide to a senator told WND.
Specifically, the article contended Cruz was "still ready to use any means necessary to repeal Obamacare," particularly the budget reconciliation process to get a simple majority vote to repeal the health-care law (which Politico termed "draconian").
Politico reporter David Nather cited what he saw as less than enthusiastic support for using budget reconciliation to repeal Obamacare from such stalwart conservatives as Sens. Rand Paul, Jeff Sessions, and Mike Lee.
"They wrote the story they wanted to write, which is that Ted Cruz is on an island," the aide said of Politico.
An aide to Rand Paul told WND, "Senator Paul supports repealing Obamacare fully. He supports whatever strategy would accomplish that goal including using reconciliation or funding riders on appropriations bills. Clearly, this is not an easy task, yet conservatives need to figure out how to continue a short- and long-term strategy that repeals Obamacare."
And just last week, Lee wrote, "The whole point of reconciliation is that it allows the majority one chance to pass something with only simple majorities. For Republicans in 2015 – not as a matter of ideological purity but of practical coalitional unity – that one thing has to include repealing Obamacare."
The current continuing resolution, or CR, that temporarily keeps the government funded in lieu of an actual budget is due to expire on Dec. 11. Some conservatives, such as Rush Limbaugh, have strongly urged the GOP not to pass a CR that funds Obamacare for the rest of the fiscal year, ending on Sept. 30., and then dare President Obama to defund the government by not signing the CR.
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Aides to conservative senators are debunking a Politico article titled, "An army of one," which claims Sen. Ted Cruz "is leading the charge against Obamacare but no one is following."
The article states Cruz wants all Republicans to declare "all-out war" but portrayed his colleagues as hesitant because the downside, according to Politico, would divide the GOP and become a "PR disaster."
"That whole story is total garbage," one aide to a senator told WND.
Specifically, the article contended Cruz was "still ready to use any means necessary to repeal Obamacare," particularly the budget reconciliation process to get a simple majority vote to repeal the health-care law (which Politico termed "draconian").
Politico reporter David Nather cited what he saw as less than enthusiastic support for using budget reconciliation to repeal Obamacare from such stalwart conservatives as Sens. Rand Paul, Jeff Sessions, and Mike Lee.
"They wrote the story they wanted to write, which is that Ted Cruz is on an island," the aide said of Politico.
An aide to Rand Paul told WND, "Senator Paul supports repealing Obamacare fully. He supports whatever strategy would accomplish that goal including using reconciliation or funding riders on appropriations bills. Clearly, this is not an easy task, yet conservatives need to figure out how to continue a short- and long-term strategy that repeals Obamacare."
And just last week, Lee wrote, "The whole point of reconciliation is that it allows the majority one chance to pass something with only simple majorities. For Republicans in 2015 – not as a matter of ideological purity but of practical coalitional unity – that one thing has to include repealing Obamacare."
The current continuing resolution, or CR, that temporarily keeps the government funded in lieu of an actual budget is due to expire on Dec. 11. Some conservatives, such as Rush Limbaugh, have strongly urged the GOP not to pass a CR that funds Obamacare for the rest of the fiscal year, ending on Sept. 30., and then dare President Obama to defund the government by not signing the CR.