Coolidge/Dawes '24
02-06-2015, 08:27 AM
Article here (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/20053-republicans-oppose-cruz-quest-to-block-loretta-lynch-confirmation).
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Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a steadfast opponent of the Obama administration's use of executive actions to grant amnesty to illegal aliens, is facing opposition from members of his own party in his attempt to delay a Senate vote to confirm Loretta Lynch — President Obama's nominee for attorney general — until the White House reverses itself on the executive actions.
Cruz explained his position in a statement made to Politico in the Capitol on February 3:
"For several months now, I have called on the Senate majority leader to halt confirmations of every nominee executive and judicial, other than vital national security positions, unless or until the president rescinds his unconstitutional amnesty. We have an opportunity in front of us right now with Loretta Lynch — a nominee for attorney general — who has fully embraced and flat-out promised to implement the unconstitutional amnesty."
Politico reported the following day that Cruz's proposal has been rejected by several influential GOP senators, including his Texas colleague, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn.
"I don't think [the Lynch nomination and the Obama executive actions] should be coupled together, no," he said.
McConnell has said that Lynch will "absolutely" get a vote in the Senate, but declined to comment further.
Other influential Republicans are also opposed to Cruz's plan. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who is the president pro tempore of the Senate, has said he intends to vote to approve the Lynch nomination, offering justification for his position based on the "at least she’s not Holder" argument.
When Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), was asked about Cruz's strategy, he responded: "That's not my position."
Like Hatch, Flake has also said that he will support Lynch's confirmation, saying: "The president ought to get his people as long as there's no disqualifying substance there, and I don't think there is with her."
Flake's stand is not surprising, considering that he was one of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" that drafted Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 that passed the Senate but was never voted on by the House.
Not surprisingly, McCain also opposes Cruz's strategy, saying: "I don't think [Cruz's plan] works. I don't think [Lynch's confirmation and the Obama executive orders are] connected. I think we have an advise and consent role, and she should be judged on her merits or demerits."
With Cruz's proposal meeting so much resistance from members of his own party, it is apparent that the GOP lacks the unified resolve necessary to stop the Obama program to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
http://i.picresize.com/images/2015/02/06/1MCW.jpg
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a steadfast opponent of the Obama administration's use of executive actions to grant amnesty to illegal aliens, is facing opposition from members of his own party in his attempt to delay a Senate vote to confirm Loretta Lynch — President Obama's nominee for attorney general — until the White House reverses itself on the executive actions.
Cruz explained his position in a statement made to Politico in the Capitol on February 3:
"For several months now, I have called on the Senate majority leader to halt confirmations of every nominee executive and judicial, other than vital national security positions, unless or until the president rescinds his unconstitutional amnesty. We have an opportunity in front of us right now with Loretta Lynch — a nominee for attorney general — who has fully embraced and flat-out promised to implement the unconstitutional amnesty."
Politico reported the following day that Cruz's proposal has been rejected by several influential GOP senators, including his Texas colleague, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn.
"I don't think [the Lynch nomination and the Obama executive actions] should be coupled together, no," he said.
McConnell has said that Lynch will "absolutely" get a vote in the Senate, but declined to comment further.
Other influential Republicans are also opposed to Cruz's plan. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who is the president pro tempore of the Senate, has said he intends to vote to approve the Lynch nomination, offering justification for his position based on the "at least she’s not Holder" argument.
When Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), was asked about Cruz's strategy, he responded: "That's not my position."
Like Hatch, Flake has also said that he will support Lynch's confirmation, saying: "The president ought to get his people as long as there's no disqualifying substance there, and I don't think there is with her."
Flake's stand is not surprising, considering that he was one of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" that drafted Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 that passed the Senate but was never voted on by the House.
Not surprisingly, McCain also opposes Cruz's strategy, saying: "I don't think [Cruz's plan] works. I don't think [Lynch's confirmation and the Obama executive orders are] connected. I think we have an advise and consent role, and she should be judged on her merits or demerits."
With Cruz's proposal meeting so much resistance from members of his own party, it is apparent that the GOP lacks the unified resolve necessary to stop the Obama program to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.