6 Responses to “Seantor Cruz stands up for us, American Citizens against total lawlessness. Thank you, Senator Ted Cruz!”

1. Joe Smith
   April 23rd, 2015 @ 3:26 pm

   He never voted. He pontificated but never voted.

2. Analyst...
   April 23rd, 2015 @ 3:48 pm

   Well, here’s what happened (after) the senate leader, McConnell, voted for Lynch:…

   https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2015/04/23/developing-loretta-lynch-confirmation-n1989585?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

   She won with less than 60-count vote! And no (R) had the guts to stop this!

   McConnell, you are directly responsible for not seeing to it that the vote should’ve been to the # of 60…instead of a 51-vote majority!

   You are useless and totally worthless to America!!!!! G.D.!

3. Sandy Beach
   April 23rd, 2015 @ 3:56 pm

   Cruz, vocal Lynch critic, skips confirmation vote
   Sen. Ted Cruz skipped the vote to confirm Loretta Lynch as attorney general on Thursday — just three hours after he took to the Senate floor to rail against her nomination.
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   The Senate later voted 56-43 to confirm Lynch. Cruz was the only member of the chamber not to vote. He did participate on a procedural vote earlier, opposing clearing the path for final confirmation.

   A spokeswoman for Cruz’s presidential campaign said he missed the vote because he had to fly home to Texas for a fundraiser.

   Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/ted-cruz-skips-loretta-lynch-nomination-vote-117288.html

   Why Ted Cruz Missed the Loretta Lynch Vote
   https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/why-ted-cruz-missed-loretta-lynch-vote-n347196

   Senate confirms Loretta Lynch as next U.S. Attorney General
   https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-senate-lynch-confirmed-20150423-story.html

   Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch as Attorney General After Long Delay
   https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/politics/loretta-lynch-attorney-general-vote.html

   Loretta Lynch makes history
   https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/23/politics/loretta-lynch-attorney-general-vote/

4. Kevin J Lankford
   April 23rd, 2015 @ 3:59 pm

   If he will not stand up for our Constitution by admitting he can not be a “Natural Born” citizen, and declaring obama is a lying fraud and not a “Natural Born” citizen, then he really can not be standing up for this country.

5. Judy
   April 23rd, 2015 @ 4:03 pm

   good video!! Cruz knew there were 10 scumbags voting for scumbag lynch, so he chose to fly to texas to raise cash to try to defeat the commies in 18 months. Good choice by Cruz!

6. Sandy Beach
   April 24th, 2015 @ 9:36 am

   RE: “the vote should’ve been to the # of 60…instead of a 51-vote majority!”
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   Report: McConnell Helped End Lynch Filibuster to Avoid Nuclear Option

   Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell secured more than 60 votes to end a filibuster that eventually led to Loretta Lynch being confirmed as attorney general, according to a report.

   The Hill reports that McConnell, who leads the Republican-controlled Senate, was trying to avoid debating whether to erase the so-called “nuclear option” from Senate procedure.

   In 2013, then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid changed Senate rules to allow what has been called the nuclear option, which reduced the number of votes needed to end a filibuster from 60 to 51.

   In the Lynch case, The Hill reports McConnell was able to gather upwards of 60 votes to put an end to the filibuster to bring Lynch’s confirmation vote to the floor.

   If the motion to break up the filibuster would have garnered fewer than 60 votes, McConnell could have been forced to revive the debate about ditching the nuclear option and returning to the 60-vote minimum to end filibusters, a long-standing practice.

   “He wanted to avoid the conundrum for having to decide whether to overturn the nuclear option,” a Republican senator told The Hill.

   “It would have taken just one person to object to the ruling of the chair. It would have been very clumsy.”

   Twenty GOP senators voted to end the filibuster, a group that included McConnell, Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn of Texas, and Senate GOP Conference Chairman John Thune of South Dakota.

   The motion to end the filibuster passed 66-34, while Lynch was confirmed by a 56-43 vote.

   A Senate aide, meanwhile, told The Hill McConnell’s goal of securing 60 votes to end the filibuster was less about returning to the debate over the nuclear option and more about not giving “credence” to Reid’s decision to bring it back in 2013.

   “He’s doing this because he does not want to give credence to the Reid position that you ought to be able to get these people confirmed with less than 60 votes,” the aide told The Hill.

   [more at the link]

   https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/mitch-mcconnell-ends-filibuster-loretta-lynch/2015/04/23/id/640475/

   60 votes are required to end the debate (filibuster).
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option

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