Report: Cruz Meets With House Conservatives In Restaurant Basement

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – OCTOBER 15, 2013, 6:42 AM EDT

With the Senate closing in on a deal to avert default and reopen the shuttered government, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) reportedly huddled Monday night with some of the most conservative members of the House of Representatives.

Citing unnamed sources, Roll Call reported that Cruz and "roughly 15 to 20 House Republicans" met for about two hours in the basement of Tortilla Coast, a Tex-Mex restaurant on Capitol Hill.

According to Roll Call, Cruz and the House members were eventually spotted by House Majority Whip (R-CA), who "seemed particularly interested in what the group was up to."

Attendees reportedly included Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Steve King (R-IA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Raúl R. Labrador (R-ID), Steve Southerland II (R-FL), Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Justin Amash (R-MI).

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/report-cruz-meets-with-house-conservatives-in-restaurant-basement

[Mass]

1. These 20 are not the problem (well they are but there is nothing we can do with them). The problem

is the leadership's lack of courage.

[Sunlei]

2. The basement? Lower deck & bar. spend more of Americas $$ instead of using your offices!

http://www.tortillacoast.com/events_capitolhill.htm

[bemildred]

3. Ah, the Witless Reactionary Tool Caucus. nt

[tanyev]

4. Rat swarm invades DC restaurant! Call the health department!

[Arkana]

5. Holy crap, it's the Congressional Dirty Dozen.

I'm pretty sure your average turnip has more brains than all those guys put together.