Honest is the best policy

Tinker

Is telling the truth not the right way to talk in Washington DC? And is not fighting back right away just another way to bind the hand of the American people preventing them from really changing how the U.S. Government of the United States is run.

Ted Cruz has their political number and the media and Washington DC establishment don't like it. So that is exactly why I do like Ted Cruz and hope he can be the right person to make Washington DC work for the American people at last.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/13/ted-cruz-spending-bill_n_6320228.html

Ted Cruz Mocks GOP Leaders, Sparks Marathon Weekend Session On Spending Bill

Posted: 12/13/2014 2:51 pm EST

WASHINGTON -- The Senate is all but guaranteed to pass a $1.1 trillion grab-bag funding bill to keep the government open. But the effort to pass the bill has been fraught with drama, as a simmering feud between Republican leaders and the conservative wing of their party led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sparked an unusual weekend voting marathon Saturday.

It all started Friday evening when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) rejected an offer from Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to push ahead with the funding bill, as well as measures that extend expiring tax breaks and the federally backed terrorism insurance program. 

Reid objected because he also wanted to approve about 20 of President Barack Obama’s nominees before the Senate left session.

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