Open email to Sen. Cruz (Texas):
Dear Sen. Cruz,
I have read your newsletter.
Immigration Bill
You said, “One of the most egregious aspects of the Gang of Eight bill [Senate Immigration] is its intersection with Obamacare, which penalizes businesses that hire a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident over an illegal immigrant".
I'm glad you picked that up. However this is only one aspect of several ridiculous portions of the Senate immigration bill. The favorable aspect is that the House leadership said that they would start from a completely different viewpoint. I don't know what you can do with Senate members. I suppose the basic problem with the so-called Democrats is how deeply they are convinced of the need for, socialism/communism tied into big government. I can only encourage you to keep pounding the drum for small government and free markets.
Obamacare You said, "Obamacare harms economic growth, disrupts the doctor-patient relationship and tramples on our liberties. But it doesn't end there. We must guarantee that American taxpayers do not spend one more dime to implement Obamacare". You followed up on that by introducing a bill to permanently defund the law.
Congratulations for your approach, but I'm a bit surprised. I thought that all funding matters should be originating from the House. I'm glad to see that you are using innovative procedures and techniques to accomplish your purposes, which are consistent with the benefits to the country and its people.
Packing the Washington DC Circuit Court The court, as presently constituted, does not judge favorably on many of Pres. Obama's cases. The president wants to change the composition of the court so that the judges will decide more favorably to his desires.
You are opposed to that meddling, and I appreciate your bringing it to public attention. I'm not sure what you can do about it, but you have accomplished the first step which is at least to recognize the danger.
Senate Approval of Pres. Obama's Nominees Homeland Security Sec. Janet Napolitano has resigned. Excellent! She is a poor administrator.
The Senate also approved four of Pres. Obama's nominees, which it previously questioned. The approval was granted as a blackmail payment with Harry Reid's threat to apply a vote against Senate filibustering. I previously recommended that the Senate Republicans face the filibuster threat, by not agreeing to the blackmail payment, but that went unheeded.
As long as the Senate agrees to be blackmailed by the filibuster issue, you and the Senate will not have a meaningful role in confirming the next DHS Secretary and that the President's nominee will be dedicated to actually enforcing the law as written, rather than catering to the political agenda of the White House.
Dear Sen. Cruz,
I have read your newsletter.
Immigration Bill
You said, “One of the most egregious aspects of the Gang of Eight bill [Senate Immigration] is its intersection with Obamacare, which penalizes businesses that hire a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident over an illegal immigrant".
I'm glad you picked that up. However this is only one aspect of several ridiculous portions of the Senate immigration bill. The favorable aspect is that the House leadership said that they would start from a completely different viewpoint. I don't know what you can do with Senate members. I suppose the basic problem with the so-called Democrats is how deeply they are convinced of the need for, socialism/communism tied into big government. I can only encourage you to keep pounding the drum for small government and free markets.
Obamacare You said, "Obamacare harms economic growth, disrupts the doctor-patient relationship and tramples on our liberties. But it doesn't end there. We must guarantee that American taxpayers do not spend one more dime to implement Obamacare". You followed up on that by introducing a bill to permanently defund the law.
Congratulations for your approach, but I'm a bit surprised. I thought that all funding matters should be originating from the House. I'm glad to see that you are using innovative procedures and techniques to accomplish your purposes, which are consistent with the benefits to the country and its people.
Packing the Washington DC Circuit Court The court, as presently constituted, does not judge favorably on many of Pres. Obama's cases. The president wants to change the composition of the court so that the judges will decide more favorably to his desires.
You are opposed to that meddling, and I appreciate your bringing it to public attention. I'm not sure what you can do about it, but you have accomplished the first step which is at least to recognize the danger.
Senate Approval of Pres. Obama's Nominees Homeland Security Sec. Janet Napolitano has resigned. Excellent! She is a poor administrator.
The Senate also approved four of Pres. Obama's nominees, which it previously questioned. The approval was granted as a blackmail payment with Harry Reid's threat to apply a vote against Senate filibustering. I previously recommended that the Senate Republicans face the filibuster threat, by not agreeing to the blackmail payment, but that went unheeded.
As long as the Senate agrees to be blackmailed by the filibuster issue, you and the Senate will not have a meaningful role in confirming the next DHS Secretary and that the President's nominee will be dedicated to actually enforcing the law as written, rather than catering to the political agenda of the White House.
One positive note is that the blackmail
situation is still on the table, and Senate Republicans can vote at any time to
not approve of a Pres. Obama nominee and then face the music of seeing what
happens in a Senate vote to remove filibustering. It's not a foregone conclusion
that such vote will pass, because many Senate Democrats recognize they may also
need the filibustering option in future business.
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