Cruz went on to specifically back a detailed plan from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), which Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)—the incoming chairman of the Senate Budget Committee—and Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) have both backed. Lee’s plan is to have the House Republicans block funding for Obama’s amnesty now, and then force Reid to either shut down the government or take up the House bill blocking the funding for Obama’s amnesty and try to pull that language out. If Reid does have the votes to strip the language under Lee’s plan, the new Republican-controlled Congress can block the funding for Obama’s amnesty in early 2015. If Reid doesn’t have the votes, Obama can either veto the bill—as he has threatened to do—or sign it into law. If Obama vetoes the bill, he will have, by himself, shut down the government in contravention of what several Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted for right before Christmas—something that would be a political disaster for a President still reeling from his party’s horrendous showing in the 2014 midterm elections. “We should pass a short-term continuing resolution that includes language defunding the implementation of the President’s executive action on amnesty, Cruz said in his statement. Cruz argued the reason why all Republicans in the House should pursue this strategy, instead of Boehner’s efforts to work alongside Nancy Pelosi and outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid—who has endorsed Boehner’s strategy—is because the Democrats cannot legitimately defend Obama’s executive amnesty. Boehner does not have the votes to pass his plan to fund Obamas amnesty, and he may have to turn to Pelosi for help from her Democratic conference.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 04:52:58 +0000
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