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Speaker Cruz, Tea Party Extremists Unsatisfied with Mr. Boehner, GOP Leaders

December 3, 2014
Blog Post
Mr. Boehner, Speaker Cruz has some words for you:

Ted Cruz won't be satisfied by any spending legislation this month that doesn't zero out funding for President Barack Obama's immigration policies.

…"We should pass a short-term continuing resolution that includes language defunding the implementation of the president's executive action…"

The same message was echoed earlier today at an anti-immigrant bashing press conference against President Obama's strongly supported first immigration step where House Anti-Immigrant Spokesman Steve King and Tea Party Members…

advised GOP leaders to "do what you said you would do…" on immigration  –Speaker Ted Cruz

questioned "how [any Member] can take an oath of office" in 2015 having voted to fund President Obama's executive order  –Rep. Steve King

questioned whether "members of this body [have] forgotten the message voters sent on November 4?"  –Rep. Michele Bachmann

said there's "no reason we should be voting for any part of a budget that funds" the President's actions  –Rep. Randy Weber

but assured us that they're very "kind to foreigners.."  –Rep. Louie Gohmert

as they riled up a crowd that chanted "shut it down."