Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had to keep senators in Washington for a rare weekend session in an attempt to prevent recorded votes on Obama’s executive amnesty sought by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). Cruz sought a vote on a constitutional point of order to challenge the constitutionality of Obama’s executive amnesty, while Lee demanded a vote on his amendment to the House-passed “cromnibus” spending bill that would have blocked funding for implementing Obama’s amnesty.
Cruz said: “Harry Reid’s last act as Majority Leader is to, once again, act as an enabler for President Obama, by blocking this vote on the President’s amnesty. He is going to an embarrassing length to tie up the floor to obstruct debate and a vote on this issue because he knows amnesty is unpopular with the American people, and he doesn’t want the Democrats on the record as supporting it.”
Posted 12/13/14 by Andrew Lewis