'Tell that lie to the dead babies': Cornyn was against vote on defunding @PPact because WHY?

Sarah D. | 3:23 PM on July 27, 2015

The Senate doesn’t take a break from shaming itself, not even on Sundays:

Cornyn warning Republicans will lose all control over the schedule if Cruz is successful.

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 26, 2015

John Cornyn on the Senate floor: if Cruz's effort succeeds, "we will lose all control of the Senate schedule." Will be "chaos."

— Aaron Kessler (@akesslerdc) July 26, 2015

Unbelievable, right? Except it really happened:

https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/625412518597398528

From Politico:

So when Cruz came to the floor looking for at least 11 senators to agree to hold a roll-call vote, only three raised their hands. McConnell, sitting at his desk, turned around and peered at Cruz, who looked stunned at what had just happened. The Senate dispensed with his effort by a voice vote and quickly moved on, doing the same to Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), a Cruz ally who sought to use arcane procedures to force a vote on defunding Planned Parenthood.

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“To see the so-called Republican leader whip against allowing a vote to defund Planned Parenthood … makes clear that the McConnell-Reid leadership is united in favor of Big Government,” Cruz charged.

We expect this kind of crap from guys like McConnell. Good to know Cornyn can be just as spineless:

“If the rule that the junior senator from Texas is arguing for is embraced, we will lose all control of the Senate schedule. There will be chaos,” Cornyn said. “Any senator who wants to get a vote on an amendment will be entitled to do so and that can’t be the rule. It’s not the rule. It’s never been the rule.”