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>> in february the department of homeland security which is charged with enforce our immigration laws including the president's recent program will run out of funding. so our hope is when we get back next year we'll unroll a plan to attach a spending limitation to any spending bill we pass for that department that would restrict the president from his ability to engage in this unslawsm executive order. bill: ted cruz says he wants to see what the new leadership will do on this. what do you think mitch mcconnell is prepared to do and the speaker of the house john boehner. >> i don't know. i mak...

Senate floor where lawmakers must pass at least a temporary funding bill in the next few hours. then a procedural vote on the trillion-dollar-plus bill at about 1:00 a.m. and likely final passage on monday unless there's a deal. the house passed a short-term measure through next wednesday to give the senate a little more time. it looked like the senate was heading for a weekend off until some key conservatives objected hoping to stop president obama's action on immigration. >> i certainly don't see any reason why we should agree to move forward then and not have any assurance that we would at ...

Specifically objected to the unanimous consent that harry reid was asking for so they could adjourn this weekend and vote on monday. here are lee and cruz last night trying to make a stand on immigration. >> before the united states senate is a bill that does nothing, absolutely nothing to stop president obama's illegal and unconstitutional amnesty. that's why i rise to speak here today. >> i certainly don't see any reason why we should agree to move forward then and not have any assurance that we would at least have an opportunity to vote on an amendment that would impose a spending limitatio...

For the lobbyists and special interests here in washington. >> i will not be voting for the bill. i am frustrated we've gone through, now, eight years of domination by the majority leader in the senate, denying even simple amendments to be allowed to be voted on. >> i certainly don't see any reason why we should agree to move forward then and not have any assurance that we would at least have an opportunity to vote. on an amendment that would impose a spending limitation on the president's ability to implement his executive amnesty action. >> i'm sorry, that's -- we're in the senate and we're ...

Have to do which is to balance the budget. and without the structural change we are going to keep running up the debt. jenna: balanced budget, you spend what you take in, right? does that mean that you have to raise taxes? because we can cut spending but we'll still need revenue to balance that spending, whatever it is. >> it means you have a debate about how to balance the budget. i believe, quite frankly, we can grow our way out of this mess by having entrepreneural programs in place to grow the economy. now is not the time to raise taxes. if you had a balanced amendment to the constitution ...