It's Been A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week For Ted Cruz
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz is having a rough week.
The Texas firebrand and potential presidential candidate had two wishes for his Republican colleagues: Stand firm against funding the Department of Homeland Security without immigration restrictions, and reject the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be the next U.S. attorney general, whom he lambasted as a "rubber stamp" for President Barack Obama's "lawlessness."
Both gambits are failing.
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) cut a deal with Democrats to fund DHS without the immigration restrictions. Although Cruz quickly decried it as a "mistake," the first stage of the plan easily cleared the Senate the following day, and the bill is on track to pass the chamber.
Then on Thursday, the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Lynch nomination, sending it to the full Senate for final confirmation. The vote was 12-8, winning Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch (UT), Jeff Flake (AZ) and Lindsey Graham (SC).
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Poor Ted
