Russert: Ted Cruz’s Supporters in the House Will ‘Follow Him to the Gates of Hell’
Luke Russert: Ted Cruz’s Supporters in the House Will ‘Follow Him to the Gates of Hell’ (RealClearPolitics)
ALEX WAGNER, MSNBC: Is the sense that Republicans in Congress will try to unwind this [Obama administration executive action on immigration] in the budget process?
LUKE RUSSERT, NBC NEWS: That is certainly an option, Alex, and it is something that they will address while they are in the lame duck to some capacity. I basically heard three things are a possibility.
That they would actually try to strip the funds available to the president to carry out this executive action within the actual budget bill, of course it is due by December 11th, then that would be sent over to the Senate, Reid would say no, and then they go from there.
The other option I've heard is to pass the budget cleanly, avoid any talk of a shutdown and pass an adjoining bill that will speak out against this in some capacity and prohibit funds or something like that.
The last thing I heard, that I think is gaining a little traction right now, is to try to pursue this legally. You heard Speaker John Boehner say that was certainly a possibility in discussions he had with his members, that perhaps he would direct the House counsel or someone else to see whether or not the president has legality to move forward on this regarding an executive action. That sort of plays into another lawsuit the House has against the administration right now, and they think that may be their best course of action.
But, I say these things now, but we've had these conversations on your show many times, there's one man in the Senate named Ted Cruz and he's got 35 followers in the House of Representatives that will follow him to the gates of Hell, and if he is upset with this in an extreme capacity, it wouldn't shock me if it gets dicey towards the end.
I just want to share with you one thing to show how far apart House Republicans and the White House are: I actually heard a member today say that the negotiating strategy for Republicans should be to trade DACA being okay, which is already law by executive action, in order to get rid of birth-right citizenship.
