On a conference call Thursday with reporters, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that the next stage in the fight to defund Obamacare occurs Friday when the Senate votes for cloture on the Continuing Resolution. Cruz says Senate Republicans must unite
Wednesday night, Senators reached a deal to speed up consideration of the House Continuing Resolution, as fears grow that Congress may run out of time to avoid a government shutdown. If Congress doesn’t pass some kind of continuing appropriation by
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke to reporters following his 21 hour and 19 minute speech on the floor of the Senate. Cruz discussed the problems of Obamacare during that time with the intention of convincing his Senate colleagues to vote
In response to Chris Matthews Admits: Cruz has 30%…Harry Reid Doesn’t Have 30% Behind Him: Harry Reid doesn’t need the American people behind him. He has The New York Times. NYT, 6/25/13, on Wendy Davis: ‘The Great Abortion Filibuster.’ NYT,
More GOP senators continue to buck Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s efforts to gain support for a plan that will allow Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to fund Obamacare using a procedural trick in the Senate that Sen. Ted Cruz
On Morning Joe, Chris Matthews made a stunning admission. At the conclusion of a discussion about the Cruz “filibuster”, Matthews said that Cruz was playing to his crowd. He went on to say: We all know this country is balkanized..and
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) dismissed reports that as the Obamacare implementation deadline looms, businesses in the United States are cutting hours for more employees or going through rounds of layoffs. When asked by Breitbart News how these businesses
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to criticize Sen. Ted Cruz’s, tactic to defund Obamacare. McConnell’s remarks came in a argument he made against Cruz’s strategy to defund Obamacare in the Continuing Resolution (CR)
Most of Washington has decided that the ObamaCare defunding debate, led by Sens. Cruz and Lee, is a disaster for the Republican party. It is unlikely to succeed, they argue, and risks a government shutdown, which will be blamed on
There are a couple of recent polls worth mentioning. A recent Gallup poll indicates that “Americans express an increasingly strong preference for their political leaders in Washington to compromise, rather than stick to their principles at the cost of getting
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent out this tweet: Obamacare is the law of the land and it will remain so as long as Barack Obama is President and as long as I am the Senate Majority Leader. Reminds me of a
Fox News host Sean Hannity told Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday evening that the battle he is waging against Obamacare by trying to defund it in the Continuing Resolution (CR) is a nexus point in the grassroots fight against
On Monday, after asking for unanimous consent on a 60-vote threshold for amendments to the House bill that funds the government except for Obamacare, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that if Democrats think Obamacare is working for Americans then they
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid suggested he does not believe Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has ulterior motives in his push to defund Obamacare in Congress’s Continuing Resolution (CR) in a Monday floor speech. “I almost would bet–although I am not
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) had a 45 minute showdown that lasted until procedural motions allowed for Reid to call for unanimous consent to proceed with pending judge nominations on Tuesday. Reid
Late Monday afternoon, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took to the Senate floor to call for unanimous consent to begin consideration of the House-passed Continuing Resolution. The measure funds the government through December 15th, but strips appropriations for ObamaCare. He also
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) called conservatives opposed to funding Obamacare “Tea Party anarchists” and “radical” “extremists” who are trying to take the “federal government and the economy hostage.” Reid made his remarks on the Senate floor
When Establishment Republicans and their Democrat comrades claim there is no path to victory in the fight to defund Obamacare, they are intentionally muddying the waters. Do not confuse blundering political expedience with winning. There is a clear path to
A new Gallup poll has found that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has the lowest net approval rating among those in the House and Senate leadership. The Gallup poll found that “Reid’s approval rating is 33 percent with 53
In an appearance on Fox News Sunday this weekend, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that if Senate Republicans want to stop Obamacare, they need to stick together. Cruz will likely attempt to filibuster the House Continuing Resolution (CR) that defunds
On Tuesday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) indicated on the floor of the Senate he was “open to having a vote” on Senator David Vitter’s (R-LA) amendment to eliminate the Obamacare exemption for members of Congress, according to a
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will not commit to use all the resources available to him and other Republicans to force Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s hand on a vote to fund all of the federal government but the Affordable
The GOP is calling this the #SenateMustAct rally: I thought this was a good presentation by the House GOP which reminded me of the House of Commons a bit. They looked united, cheered one another on and gave a show
In response to Boehner: Defunding ObamaCare Trainwreck ‘A Victory For The American People’ (Video): U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Continuing Resolution that funds the government without
The House voted 230-189 to defund Obamacare in the Continuing Resolution (CR) on Friday morning, a move that puts the ball for a government shutdown in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s court. “The legislation would fund federal agencies at an
