The $1.1 TRILLION continuing resolution omnibus funding bill has passed in the Senate, and it probably won’t be vetoed by the dog-eater in the Oval Office.
Watch below:
Senators had to vote on Ted Cruz’s point of order about the constitutionality of Obama’s illegal amnesty immigration order, and it did not fare well:
The final vote on the #CRomnibus is heading to the Senate floor after Sen. Ted Cruz's point of order objection was rejected, 22 to 74.
— NPR (@NPR) December 14, 2014
56-40 the #CROmnibus has passed.
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) December 14, 2014
The question for the Senate tonight: Is it constitutional to fund DHS to carry out an illegal,unconstitutional amnesty. Yes or no.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) December 14, 2014
.@Steven_Strauss Against Ted Cruz's point of order trying to stop omnibus bill due to President's executive order on immigration.
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) December 14, 2014
It's not every day you see Ted Cruz and Elizabeth Warren vote the same way in the Senate.#CRomnibus
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) December 14, 2014
Some of the tactics employed today will result in numerous Obama nominees – previously blocked – to end up being confirmed.
— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) December 14, 2014
The Surgeon General nominee – previously blocked – will be confirmed due to missteps. He was far to radical to serve.
— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) December 14, 2014
I haven't seen Harry Reid smile like this in years.
I don't like it one bit.
— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) December 14, 2014
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Cruz: "At the end of the day they got nominees we previously successfully blocked and we got nothing"
— Amanda Becker (@AmandaBecker) December 14, 2014
Reid just announced Monday session despite finishing work on budget. So the notion that Cruz enabled him to vote on noms is bunk
— Daniel Horowitz (@RMConservative) December 14, 2014
Sen Reid's office thanks Sen Cruz for procedural delays that will end with Dems confirming 24 nominees that might have otherwise stalled
— carl hulse (@hillhulse) December 14, 2014
It almost seems like people are going out of their way to blame Ted Cruz for Democrats voting on Obama’s nominations, but as far as I can tell, the only reason we believed they weren’t going to is because they said so. Since when did we start trusting Democrats?
The Senate voted 56-40 late Saturday evening to pass a $1.1 trillion spending package that funds most of the government through next September.
The vote culminates a weak of acrimonious sniping and sends the spending bill to President Obama’s desk for a signature.
The debate exposed divisions within the Democratic and Republican caucuses on both sides of the Capitol and sets the stage what could be a year of internecine squabbling in 2015.
The package includes 11 appropriations bills that fund most of the government through Sept. 30 and a continuing resolution (CR) funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through Feb. 27.
It nearly died in the House this week after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a rising star among her party’s liberal base, urged House Democrats to oppose it because of language repealing a key provision of the 2010 Wall Street Reform Act.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) needed dozens of Democratic votes after conservative Republicans revolted en masse because it does not block President Obama’s executive order on immigration and other reasons.