{"id":51156,"date":"2013-09-27T11:18:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T17:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=51156"},"modified":"2013-09-27T11:18:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T17:18:50","slug":"long-game-cruz-and-lee-still-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=51156","title":{"rendered":"Long game: Cruz and Lee still fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Cruz to House Conservatives: Oppose Boehner”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nOn a Thursday conference call, a group of House conservatives consulted with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas about how to respond to the leadership\u2019s fiscal strategy. Sources who were on the call say Cruz strongly advised them to oppose it, and hours later, Speaker John Boehner\u2019s plan fizzled.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the latest example of Cruz leading the House\u2019s right flank.<\/p>\n

The private call came together after Boehner unveiled his strategy at a Republican conference meeting earlier this week. Boehner\u2019s plan \u2014 to focus on a debt-limit package, rather than a drawn-out CR battle \u2014 made many conservatives uneasy. As they mulled a response, they reached out to Cruz.<\/p>\n

On the call, Cruz told them that Boehner was making a mistake, and urged his friends to fight until the end on the CR. The group agreed, and they complained that Boehner\u2019s shift to the debt limit was a diversion. Senator Mike Lee of Utah joined Cruz on the call, and both senators said they\u2019d stand with House conservatives as they opposed the leadership.<\/p>\n

By the call\u2019s end, there was a consensus: until the CR talks are complete, Republicans should whip \u201cno\u201d on Boehner\u2019s debt-limit plan, as a way of preventing the leadership from directing the strategy. And that\u2019s exactly what happened late Thursday afternoon: GOP whip Kevin McCarthy worked the floor, but couldn\u2019t find the votes for Boehner\u2019s debt-limit plan. After McCarthy reported back about the Cruz-inspired uprising, the leadership shelved it.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Leadership sources, for their part, are startled by Cruz\u2019s attempt to shape House strategy and work against the speaker. They knew he\u2019d oppose Boehner\u2019s playbook, but they didn\u2019t expect him to huddle with conservatives and ask them to ignore it. So, Cruz\u2019s meetings have made him a key House player, but they\u2019ve worsened his already-fraught relationship with the leadership.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We’ve reached an existential point: the fight itself is the thing, win or lose.<\/p>\n

At least those of us who take the proper stand will be able to look at ourselves in the mirror, right before we’re given that final dose of morphine to remove us as selfish burdens to the Greater Good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Cruz to House Conservatives: Oppose Boehner”: On a Thursday conference call, a group of House conservatives consulted with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas about how to respond to the leadership\u2019s fiscal strategy. Sources who were on the call say Cruz strongly advised them to oppose it, and hours later, Speaker John Boehner\u2019s plan fizzled. It\u2019s the latest example of Cruz leading the House\u2019s right flank. The private call came together<\/p>\n

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