Coolidge/Dawes '24
12-13-2014, 08:37 PM
Article here. (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/12/13/Harry-Reid-Keeps-Senators-In-Washington-To-Uphold-Obama-s-Executive-Amnesty-Force-Nominees-Through)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is keeping senators in Washington for a rare Saturday session — and risking a government shutdown — after he went to extraordinary lengths to block Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) from forcing a vote to block President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty.
"While the Senate considers the CRomnibus spending bill, all we've done was simply request to hold a vote on a measure to stop President Obama's amnesty," Cruz said in a Facebook post about his and Lee's efforts on Friday evening. "Instead, Majority Leader Harry Reid is holding a series of votes today for the sheer purpose of blocking that vote on Obama's amnesty."
Gregg Phillips, founder of the conservative group the Voters Trust and someone who's spent three decades in state parties, campaigns, PACs and more, said this is a time for choosing for Republicans in Congress.
"It's gut check time for many of the Republicans - either they support the Constitution or they support Obama's illegal amnesty," Phillips said. "The lack of backbone will be on display for all America to see. Sen. Cruz was brilliant in his maneuver."
Many establishment Republicans, however, have openly opposed Cruz's and Lee's efforts to force a vote on this.
"I fail to see what conservative ends were achieved," Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), a supporter of amnesty and original member of the Senate.
Flake was apparently upset he has to work on the weekend. "Sen. Flake opposes keeping Senate in session over the weekend," tweeted CQ with his quote.
Nonetheless, as some establishment Republicans scream and moan about having to work on Saturday, those who break with Cruz and Lee will be in big trouble with the grassroots moving forward.
"We strongly support Sens. Sessions, Cruz, and Lee as they fight to insure that the Congress does not appropriate funds for an unlawful, unconstitutional order," Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin told Breitbart News. "We urge their colleagues to join them in that fight. This is not a fight about amnesty; this is a fight over whether or not America will remain a Constitutional Republic."
http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Government/2014/Congress/Senate-Republicans/mike-lee-ted-cruz-ap.jpg
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is keeping senators in Washington for a rare Saturday session — and risking a government shutdown — after he went to extraordinary lengths to block Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) from forcing a vote to block President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty.
"While the Senate considers the CRomnibus spending bill, all we've done was simply request to hold a vote on a measure to stop President Obama's amnesty," Cruz said in a Facebook post about his and Lee's efforts on Friday evening. "Instead, Majority Leader Harry Reid is holding a series of votes today for the sheer purpose of blocking that vote on Obama's amnesty."
Gregg Phillips, founder of the conservative group the Voters Trust and someone who's spent three decades in state parties, campaigns, PACs and more, said this is a time for choosing for Republicans in Congress.
"It's gut check time for many of the Republicans - either they support the Constitution or they support Obama's illegal amnesty," Phillips said. "The lack of backbone will be on display for all America to see. Sen. Cruz was brilliant in his maneuver."
Many establishment Republicans, however, have openly opposed Cruz's and Lee's efforts to force a vote on this.
"I fail to see what conservative ends were achieved," Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), a supporter of amnesty and original member of the Senate.
Flake was apparently upset he has to work on the weekend. "Sen. Flake opposes keeping Senate in session over the weekend," tweeted CQ with his quote.
Nonetheless, as some establishment Republicans scream and moan about having to work on Saturday, those who break with Cruz and Lee will be in big trouble with the grassroots moving forward.
"We strongly support Sens. Sessions, Cruz, and Lee as they fight to insure that the Congress does not appropriate funds for an unlawful, unconstitutional order," Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin told Breitbart News. "We urge their colleagues to join them in that fight. This is not a fight about amnesty; this is a fight over whether or not America will remain a Constitutional Republic."