But even significant concessions
by leadership weren't enough to secure support from a small band of tea
party lawmakers reluctant to give money to President Barack Obama
without taking steps to rein in his executive authority on immigration.
Those
lawmakers were goaded on by firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who
summoned them for pizza Wednesday evening to strategize against the
bill.
Faced with weak
conservative support for the $659 million border bill, GOP leaders
agreed late Wednesday to schedule a second vote on legislation to block
Obama from extending deportation relief to more immigrants here
illegally, beyond the 500,000 that have already benefited from a program
he created.
So "Batboy Cruz" had the gall to come down to the House so that they will do nothing on a bill to appropriate emergency money? Even that paltry amount could not be appropriated from the "do-nothing" House. Now they go on a 5-week vacation so they can raise money to go back.What a joke.
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