{"id":74610,"date":"2015-09-21T18:08:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T22:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=74610"},"modified":"2015-09-21T18:08:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T22:08:57","slug":"mccain-vows-not-shut-government-cruz-blasts-weenie-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mccain-vows-not-shut-government-cruz-blasts-weenie-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain vows not to shut down government; Cruz blasts &#8220;weenie&#8221; approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/mairead-mcardle\/mccain-defunding-planned-parenthood-through-cr-i-will-not-vote-shut\">gone on the record<\/a> against using the continuing budget resolution due on September 30 to defund Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will not vote to shut down the government. I will not vote to shut down the government,&#8221; McCain told a reporter from CNS News. &#8220;I\u2019ve seen that movie before and what it did to Arizona\u2019s&#8211;the people of Arizona&#8211;and so I can\u2019t. I will not vote to shut down the government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The 2008 Republican presidential nominee was referring to the sixteen-day government shutdown of October 2013 following congressional Republicans&#8217; initial refusal to fund Obamacare. Critics objected that the temporary suspension of some government functions harmed both federal employees and Americans who rely on public services.<\/p>\n<p>But shutdown defenders <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wheres-sense-of-crisis-in-a-17-government-shutdown\/article\/2536862\">noted<\/a> that it left 83% of federal spending uninterrupted, and <a href=\"\/news\/elizabeth-warrens-dangerous-attacks-religious-freedom\/\">argued<\/a> that because the House sent the Senate numerous spending bills to reopen the government, the blame rested with then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama for refusing to agree to them.<\/p>\n<p>Republican presidential candidates Sen. Lindsey Graham and Gov. John Kasich have <a href=\"\/news\/gop-presidential-candidates-stop-funding-abortion-giant-planned-parenthood\/\">echoed<\/a> McCain&#8217;s position, while on Friday one of their competitors, Sen. Ted Cruz, <a href=\"http:\/\/politistick.com\/cruz-missile-ted-cruz-crushes-rino-leaders-as-weenies-and-gives-scathing-response-to-kelly-ayotte\/\">denounced<\/a> GOP leadership as &#8220;weenies&#8221; for their reluctance, characterizing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s view as &#8220;I will only do what Harry Reid agrees because I need 67 senators \u2014 I need Democrats \u2014 so I will hand over my vote to Harry Reid.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has gone on the record against using the continuing budget resolution due on September 30 to defund Planned Parenthood. &#8220;I will not vote to shut down the government. I will not vote to shut down the government,&#8221; McCain told a reporter from CNS News. &#8220;I\u2019ve seen that movie before and what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":74694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[4241,403,4176,131,2804,4671,2554,14,615,1156,3908],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>McCain vows not to shut down government; Cruz blasts &quot;weenie&quot; approach<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"GOP presidential candidates Graham and Kasich have echoed McCain&#039;s position; Sen. 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