Democrats Laud Senator Cruz's Bluster

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What happened was that when Cruz and Lee scuttled a deal between Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that would have allowed lawmakers to leave Washington D.C. for the weekend and come back Monday they gave Democrats a chance to advance Obama's presidential appointees by having to stay in D.C. to deal with the spending bill.

The extra time over the weekend gave Reid the opportunity to, through the Senate's executive session, file cloture on the nominations and move them sooner than they would have under the deal Reid and McConnell had planned on and that Cruz and Lee blocked. Under the original deal Reid would have had to schedule votes on the nominees later in the upcoming week, when Democrats may not have wanted to stick around to vote.

Dems: Thanks Ted Cruz And Mike Lee For The Extra Help Advancing Nominees

Thanks Senator Teddy Cruz for exercising a complete lack of sagacity in knowing the proper time to bloviate. Smart timing!

 

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Thanks Senator Teddy Cruz for exercising a complete lack of sagacity in knowing the proper time to bloviate. Smart timing!

LOL ... a blatant lie foisted on low-information voters by some of Ted Cruz's detractors ...

The Purveyors of Ted Cruz Derangement Syndrome | ConservativeHQ.com

Reid announced back on December 1 that he was going to push through Obama’s stalled nominees along with other so-called must pass legislation. “We have a lot to do and not a lot of time to accomplish it,” Reid said. “We might have to be here the week before Christmas, however Mr. President, not into the Christmas holiday.”

Among the remaining “must pass” business on Reid’s agenda were bills funding the government, reauthorizing defense spending, extending tax deductions and clearing nominations.

And back on December 13 Reid’s spokesman Adam Jentleson tweeted that “Sen. McConnell has known for weeks if not months that Sen. Reid planned to move forward on these noms. Maybe he failed to inform his caucus.”

But everyone in Washington was on notice, because up until the “CRomnibus” passed the House Reid had spent much if not most of the Senate floor time voting on Obama’s nominees – and according to our review of the Congressional Record, to little or no opposition from establishment Republicans.​