Roll Call: Cruz: Obama is No ‘Monarch,’ Pushes Short-Term Government Funding
Sen. Ted Cruz doesn't know if his effort to push off the debate on funding the government into next year will prove successful, but the Texas Republican is sure making an effort.
"Time will tell," Cruz said when asked if he thought momentum was building behind using a short-term stopgap spending measure next month. "I think a long-term omnibus or CR makes no sense. It hands over the decision-making authority of Congress to the president. I think what makes sense is a simple short-term CR to get out of the lame duck and into early next year."
Cruz said the Republican wave was a referendum on the expected executive actions on immigration policy by Obama.
"We'll have a new Congress that was just elected in November to take up the issues of the day, and in particular, to stand strong and united against the president unilaterally and illegally trying to extend amnesty to millions who came here illegally," he said.
