CBS News and other sources report that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz latest parliamentary maneuver has backfired yet again.  The Senate’s leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell had reached an agreement to let the clock run over the weekend without the Senate being in session and vote Monday on the appropriations bill to keep the government functioning.  Cruz had another idea and objected to the spending bill which required the Senate to hold a Sunday session.  Cruz’s maneuver was clearly intended to play to his base by highlighting his claim of illegal action by Pres. Obama on immigration.  Such tactics will obviously play well in the Republican primaries but his colleagues in Washington on both sides of the aisle were unimpressed. They were understandably upset with losing a weekend at this time of the year, but the bigger problem for Cruz was the unintended consequences of his action.  The extra days of session allowed the Democrats to move forward with 24 of Pres. Obama’s nominees for judicial and administrative posts before the Republicans take control of the Senate in January.  These included at least four controversial nominees who will now likely be confirmed thanks to Cruz’s ploy.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/three-obama-nominees-who-may-now-be-confirmed-thanks-to-ted-cruz/

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