The Washington Examiner
by Byron York
May 22, 2013

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, whose immigration reform proposal would grant far-reaching powers to the Secretary of Homeland Security and other top administration officials, says he does not trust Washington DC to make critical decisions about the nation’s future.

Rubio made the comment Wednesday during a debate on the budget and the debt limit. He opposes including an increase in the debt limit in the new budget and wants to make sure that no increase comes out of a House-Senate conference committee. The problem, Rubio said in an impassioned floor speech, is that there has been in the past a bipartisan consensus to increase federal spending, and the debt limit along with it.

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http://washingtonexaminer.com/rubio-i-do...article/2530346

Jim DeMint: Immigration Reform Will Cost U.S. Trillions

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Is he trying to channel Cruz with this?

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Is he trying to channel Cruz with this?

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The Washington Examiner
by Byron York
May 22, 2013

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, whose immigration reform proposal would grant far-reaching powers to the Secretary of Homeland Security and other top administration officials, says he does not trust Washington DC to make critical decisions about the nation’s future.

Rubio made the comment Wednesday during a debate on the budget and the debt limit. He opposes including an increase in the debt limit in the new budget and wants to make sure that no increase comes out of a House-Senate conference committee. The problem, Rubio said in an impassioned floor speech, is that there has been in the past a bipartisan consensus to increase federal spending, and the debt limit along with it.

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http://washingtonexaminer.com/rubio-i-do...article/2530346

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Is he trying to channel Cruz with this?

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A day late and a dollar short.

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And on the issue being discussed in that article: I knew that there was something behind the Senate agreeing to produce a budget this time, didn't know what at the time, but this is it. The plan was/is to get the debt ceiling raised "quietly" within the conference and not allowing it to get all of the attention the last time. All of these bastids are devious. Earlier this year they include a provision in some bill, maybe it was the CR, to magically "suspend" the enforcement of the debt ceiling for a period of time. Now they want to have it raised magically through the creation of a "budget" (that merely locks in the obscene baseline increases ov the past 5 years) that barely serves as a loose reference to how they will spend money we don't have. These bastids gall me.

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And on the issue being discussed in that article: I knew that there was something behind the Senate agreeing to produce a budget this time, didn't know what at the time, but this is it. The plan was/is to get the debt ceiling raised "quietly" within the conference and not allowing it to get all of the attention the last time. All of these bastids are devious. Earlier this year they include a provision in some bill, maybe it was the CR, to magically "suspend" the enforcement of the debt ceiling for a period of time. Now they want to have it raised magically through the creation of a "budget" (that merely locks in the obscene baseline increases ov the past 5 years) that barely serves as a loose reference to how they will spend money we don't have. These bastids gall me.

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The Washington Examiner
by Byron York
May 22, 2013

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, whose immigration reform proposal would grant far-reaching powers to the Secretary of Homeland Security and other top administration officials, says he does not trust Washington DC to make critical decisions about the nation’s future.

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Well Rubio, I agree with you, I don't trust them either. But newsflash...since you are one of them....I don't trust you anymore than I trust them!

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Though 24 hours tardy and 100 pennies deficient, applaude this and all other attempts to triangulate against liberal/moderate Republicans and isolate the likes of McCain.

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Is he trying to channel Cruz with this?

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A day late and a dollar short.

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and actions speak louder than words.

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