Thread: Cornyn’s fight to cut debt carries political price

Cornyn’s fight to cut debt carries political price
By STEWART M. POWELL
Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Dec. 23, 2009, 9:05PM

WASHINGTON — When Texas Sen. John Cornyn recently voted against legislation funding NASA, with its thousands of jobs at Houston’s Johnson’s Space Center, it caused a bit of a stir back home.

After all, the Republican senator always prided himself on being a champion of home-state interests.

Even Cornyn readily admits that his vote is an about-face. But there’s a clear explanation for the change: Cornyn says he’s trying to strike a balance between his dual roles as a senator seeking federal spending in Texas and as an emerging GOP congressional leader fighting to cut government expenditures.

Cornyn, the chairman of the Senate Republicans’ 2010 campaign committee, says his recent vote does not signal opposition to spending federal money in Texas — just his growing disillusionment with the deepening federal deficit.

“I am a fiscal conservative, so I approach all of this from that perspective,â€

Cornyn was active in failed reform efforts in 2005 and 2007. He says he will press for inclusion of the pathway to citizenship requiring illegal immigrants to return to their home countries to obtain legal entry into the United States.

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It's stupid to think they will temporary uproot, and go home just to come back. They will just stay here and keep gaming the system.

Dixie

Originally Posted by Dixie

It's stupid to think they will temporary uproot, and go home just to come back. They will just stay here and keep gaming the system.

Dixie

Agreed! Plus, there is no reason to make a law to give these criminals a pathway to citizenship. They already have one. Go back home and get in line like everyone else does.