he loaned himself $25 million, but the money was the usual suspect. the same money that defeated richard lugar. it was the club for growth, 80% of his outside funding came from the club for growth. they spent $5.5 million in the race. and you know the club for growth, as your viewers know, is an anti-growth, anti-government, you know, funding operation that has been doing this across the country. and that they could do it against a candidate as, you know, the establishment favorite, in a really conservative state is truly remarkable. lou, i quote earlier an anonymous and reportedly nationally known republican consultant talking to texas monthly earlier this month saying, if ted cruz wins, texas
huge deal. set the scene. reporter: this is a big deal, wolf. a trip by the president of the united states to a war zone like afghanistan is extraordinary and this is only the third time that president obama has made this trip. it s been over a year. the last time he was there was in december 2010 and furthermore, at the presidential palace which is where he is right now for brief remarks with president hamid karzai and to sign the strategic partnership agreement with afghanistan to talk about the u.s. relationship with afghanistan beyond 2014. that s extraordinary. the last time the president was in afghanistan in december of 2010 he could not make that trip from bagram air force base which is about 30 miles or so north of kabul to the palace because of weather concerns, and certainly security is always a concern as the president is in the comfort of the air force base. if you look at past trip, wolf, the last one only lasted four hours and it s very late at night in afgha
obama karimovment which led to the shut down and you are proud of it. you don t think this partial shut down is a bad thing? it is unfortunate we had to get to the shut down in the first place. we should never be in a position you have to fund all of government in order to fund any of government. it shouldn t be an all or nothing proposition. historically it hasn t been. for the last four and a half years we have been operating on the basis of continuing resolutions which is an all or nothing funding operation which kept the government running. it makes no sense to do it that way especially in a time we are extending government. it is hurting americans. i don t want to talk about
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the war powers act is the law of the land. if we don t stand up for it now, when we will. lawmakers trash the claim the president doesn t need operation because the soldiers are not engaged in hostilities. i believe that argument shows contempt for the constitution and executives coequal branch of government. the united states congress. it s a blow to the commander in chief clout beyond halls of congress. then came a bill to limit the funding for u.s. operations in libya backed by house speaker john boehner. when the president chooses to challenge congress, i as speaker to the house will defend the constitutional authority of the legislature. then staunch warnings that the funding operation would put the military operation at risk with nato and the libya people. america has a responsibility to finish this through and stand with the