Senate Passes Spending Bill In Spite Of Ted Cruz
Click here for reuse options!The Senate voted 56-40 for the long-term funding bill, the main item left on Congress’ year-end agenda. The measure provides money for nearly the entire government through the end of the current budget year Sept. 30. The sole exception is the Department of Homeland Security, which is funded only until Feb. 27…
Several Republicans blamed tea party-backed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for giving the outgoing majority party an opportunity to seek approval for presidential appointees, including some that are long-stalled.
“I’ve seen this movie before, and I wouldn’t pay money to see it again,” said Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., recalling Cruz’ leading role a year ago in events precipitating a 16-day partial government shutdown that briefly sent GOP poll ratings plummeting…
Despite the opposition from liberals, the package won a personal endorsement from Obama and was brought before the Senate. The legislation locks in spending levels negotiated in recent years between Republicans and Democrats, and includes a number of provisions that reflect the priorities of one party or the other, from the environment to abortion to the legalization of marijuana in the District of Columbia.Despite protests from the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, more than 70 House Democrats supported the measure, and Obama made clear that he didn’t view the provision as a deal-killer. Obama acknowledged that the measure has “a bunch of provisions in this bill that I really do not like,” and said the bill flows from “the divided government that the American people voted for.”
Obama has sided with old-school pragmatists in his party like Reid, but split from liberals such as Pelosi and Warren. Warren blasted the measure in a Senate speech for the third straight day, saying it was a payoff to Citigroup, whose lobbyists helped write a provision that significantly weakens new regulations on derivatives trading by Wall Street banks.
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allison1050 December 14th, 2014 at 11:05
Senator Warren counted off 10, count ’em 10, Citigroup appointees so what does that tell ya?
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 10:11
The DC Marijuana initiative passed with 69% of the vote. But the will of the people is ignored thanks to the usual hypocrisy of the “limited government” right wingers.
They were all applauding local law enforcement officers around the country who threatened to not enforce gun control laws. Something tells me they would have the exact opposite reaction if the DC mayor and city council decided to do the same with the Congressional mandate on pot.
http://www.wusa9.com/elections/
edmeyer_able December 14th, 2014 at 10:15
The fact that they allowed a less restrictive gun policy to stand but disallowed the pot law really makes me sick.
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 11:11
The DC Marijuana initiative passed with 69% of the vote. But the will of the people is ignored thanks to the usual hypocrisy of the “limited government” right wingers.
They were all applauding local law enforcement officers around the country who threatened to not enforce gun control laws. Something tells me they would have the exact opposite reaction if the DC mayor and city council decided to do the same with the Congressional mandate on pot.
http://www.wusa9.com/elections/
edmeyer_able December 14th, 2014 at 11:15
The fact that they allowed a less restrictive gun policy to stand but disallowed the pot law really makes me sick.
Red Eye Robot December 14th, 2014 at 10:14
Oh dear! Lizz was fighting against Obama And Harry Reid?….her own party? but the big loser is Ted Cruz?
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 10:32
Legislation written entirely by corporate interests to return to practices that crashed our economy and cost millions of jobs, is passed into law, and all you can respond with is idiotic partisanship.
Never in my life have I seen a group of people so ignorant as the right wing base, that you will vote to cut your own throat and then gloat about it.
edmeyer_able December 14th, 2014 at 10:37
And they have the added benefit that if risky investments fail and are backed up by the feds they can point to the fact that dems and Obama voted for and signed the bill……smdh
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 10:41
well that is a given. we have already seen what happens when right wingers’ policies blow up in their faces.
drill baby drill gave us the gulf oil spill. right wingers blamed the Sierra Club and the environmental movement.
the fiscal policies of Gov. Brownback in Kansas resulted in historic budget shortfalls and a lowered state bond rating. Brownback blamed the President.
blaming the opposition for the failure of policies for which they are the primary advocates, is the prime directive of the GOP.
fahvel December 14th, 2014 at 13:01
do you take pride in exposing yourself as a mouth piece rather than a thinker?
greenfloyd December 14th, 2014 at 21:17
Essentially “Yes!” Cruz and Miller were both thrown under not a bus but something more like a hungry Bull Elephant raiding a banana plantation. The results are not pretty. Sen. Warren, DC’s most dangerous woman, eloquently defines crazy, but even that is not enough to get in the way of all that direct-contribution money, playing the market at tax payers’ risk, gutting EPA. Immigration – fur-get about it!
Red Eye Robot December 14th, 2014 at 11:14
Oh dear! Lizz was fighting against Obama And Harry Reid?….her own party? but the big loser is Ted Cruz?
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 11:32
Legislation written entirely by corporate interests to return to practices that crashed our economy and cost millions of jobs, is passed into law, and all you can respond with is idiotic partisanship.
Never in my life have I seen a group of people so ignorant as the right wing base, that you will vote to cut your own throat and then gloat about it.
edmeyer_able December 14th, 2014 at 11:37
And they have the added benefit that if risky investments fail and are backed up by the feds they can point to the fact that dems and Obama voted for and signed the bill……smdh
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 11:41
well that is a given. we have already seen what happens when right wingers’ policies blow up in their faces.
drill baby drill gave us the gulf oil spill. right wingers blamed the Sierra Club and the environmental movement.
the fiscal policies of Gov. Brownback in Kansas resulted in historic budget shortfalls and a lowered state bond rating. Brownback blamed the President.
blaming the opposition for the failure of policies for which they are the primary advocates, is the prime directive of the GOP.
fahvel December 14th, 2014 at 14:01
do you take pride in exposing yourself as a mouth piece rather than a thinker?
floyd[@]greenfloyd.org December 14th, 2014 at 22:17
Essentially “Yes!” Cruz and Miller were both thrown under not a bus but something more like a hungry Bull Elephant raiding a banana plantation. The results are not pretty. Sen. Warren, DC’s most dangerous woman, eloquently defines crazy, but even that is not enough to get in the way of all that direct-contribution money, playing the market at tax payers’ risk, gutting EPA. Immigration – fur-get about it!
Red Eye Robot December 14th, 2014 at 10:50
Oh darn! this from Huffpost: “But the language in the omnibus blocks both Ex-Im and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S.’s development finance institution, from using any funds in the bill to enforce these new restrictions on coal projects.”
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 10:57
so you get black lung disease, suffer in agony and have no access to Medicaid or assistance with private insurance to access the care to ease your suffering.
right wing utopia.
thanks for confirming the point of my post of a half hour ago.
at least abroad, they have universal health care so the damage done by this idiotic policy will be mitigated.
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 11:08
you spend a lot of time gloating. but nowhere do you tell us how any of these right wing shenanigans help the ordinary American trying to put a roof over their families’ heads and food in their stomachs.
looks like even you cannot defend the obscenity unfolding in DC as anything that actually benefits working Americans.
neworleans878 December 14th, 2014 at 12:45
naw
Red Eye Robot December 14th, 2014 at 11:50
Oh darn! this from Huffpost: “But the language in the omnibus blocks both Ex-Im and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S.’s development finance institution, from using any funds in the bill to enforce these new restrictions on coal projects.”
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 11:57
so you get black lung disease, suffer in agony and have no access to Medicaid or assistance with private insurance to access the care to ease your suffering.
right wing utopia.
thanks for confirming the point of my post of a half hour ago.
at least abroad, they have universal health care so the damage done by this idiotic policy will be mitigated.
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 12:08
you spend a lot of time gloating. but nowhere do you tell us how any of these right wing shenanigans help the ordinary American trying to put a roof over their families’ heads and food in their stomachs.
looks like even you cannot defend the obscenity unfolding in DC as anything that actually benefits working Americans.
nola878 December 14th, 2014 at 13:45
naw
mea_mark December 14th, 2014 at 11:06
Citigroup is a monster that needs to be slain. To see how big, look at this list of subsidiaries … http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831001/000119312507038505/dex2101.htm I bet it is a lot bigger than you think it is.
mea_mark December 14th, 2014 at 12:06
Citigroup is a monster that needs to be slain. To see how big, look at this list of subsidiaries … http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831001/000119312507038505/dex2101.htm I bet it is a lot bigger than you think it is.
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 11:17
We have truly jumped through the looking glass. At this point, I will take any good news we can get.
http://www.vox.com/2014/12/13/7388109/cromnibus-senate
Ted Cruz just did a huge favor for Democrats
.
The Senate unexpectedly stayed in session for several hours on Saturday before voting on a bill to fund the government through next September (the “CRomnibus”).
The Saturday session was forced late Friday night by Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, who are upset over the Obama administration’s executive actions on immigration. They refused to allow Congress to go into recess without a vote on the constitutionality of Obama’s actions.
The Senate voted down Cruz and Lee’s motion on immigration — with several Republicans joining Democrats — before it passed the CRomnibus.
Because of the extra time, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was able to move closer to votes on 24 Obama administration nominees — including nominees for Surgeon General, the head of the country’s chief immigration enforcement agency, and twelve federal judgeships — who Republican senators have been blocking.
arc99 December 14th, 2014 at 12:17
We have truly jumped through the looking glass. At this point, I will take any good news we can get.
http://www.vox.com/2014/12/13/7388109/cromnibus-senate
Ted Cruz just did a huge favor for Democrats
.
The Senate unexpectedly stayed in session for several hours on Saturday before voting on a bill to fund the government through next September (the “CRomnibus”).
The Saturday session was forced late Friday night by Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, who are upset over the Obama administration’s executive actions on immigration. They refused to allow Congress to go into recess without a vote on the constitutionality of Obama’s actions.
The Senate voted down Cruz and Lee’s motion on immigration — with several Republicans joining Democrats — before it passed the CRomnibus.
Because of the extra time, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was able to move closer to votes on 24 Obama administration nominees — including nominees for Surgeon General, the head of the country’s chief immigration enforcement agency, and twelve federal judgeships — who Republican senators have been blocking.