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After 20-plus hours, Sen. Cruz still talking in an effort to defeat Obamacare
The Washington Post ^ | Wednesday, September 25, 10:50 AM | Ed O’Keefe and Paul Kane

Posted on 09/25/2013 8:22:39 AM PDT by Tenacious 1

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) sustained a marathon talking attack on President Obama’s health-care law overnight and well into Wednesday morning — a feat of stamina that likely will complicate House GOP efforts to pass a funding bill aimed at averting a looming government shutdown.

The freshman senator took the floor Tuesday afternoon promising to speak “until I am no longer able to stand,” and proceeded to do just that, with occasional assistance from a handful of Republican colleagues.

To most Americans, it looked like a traditional filibuster, fixed in the popular imagination by Jimmy Stewart’s performance in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” But parliamentary procedures already in place dictate that Cruz will have to yield the floor by Wednesday afternoon at the latest so that voting on the funding bill can proceed.

With Senate passage all but certain on a bill that will include funding for the health-care law, commonly known as Obamacare, Cruz’s controversial strategy will give House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and his colleagues only a few hours to respond with a different version of the legislation....

Just before 9 a.m., Cruz told the near-empty chamber — and C-Span II viewers — that he had been reviewing a bit of the libertarian writer Ayn Rand’s literature overnight. He then started reading from “Atlas Shrugged.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atlasshrugged; cruz; cruze; fillibuster; obamacare
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Just before 9 a.m., Cruz told the near-empty chamber — and C-Span II viewers — that he had been reviewing a bit of the libertarian writer Ayn Rand’s literature overnight. He then started reading from “Atlas Shrugged.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3070832/posts

See Post Number 3 from a thread yesterday. Somebody over there might be following FR. Nice. Call your Senators!

1 posted on 09/25/2013 8:22:39 AM PDT by Tenacious 1
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To: Tenacious 1

Just donated to Matt Bevin, Minority Leader Mitch “Pussy” McConnell’s opponent in his primary race.


2 posted on 09/25/2013 8:23:27 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Ted Cruz for President!)
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To: Tenacious 1

Does Dingy Harry play the Hispanic race card and shut Cruz down?


3 posted on 09/25/2013 8:23:54 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Tenacious 1

He has been absolutely amazing and brought tears to my eyes more than once.


4 posted on 09/25/2013 8:23:59 AM PDT by informavoracious (We're being "punished" with Stanley Ann's baby. Obamacare: shovel-ready healthcare.)
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To: Tenacious 1

Apologies....

Maybe this link will work

www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3070832/posts


5 posted on 09/25/2013 8:24:03 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (Waiting for next tagline.)
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To: moder_ator

Please help with the link to previous thread. I suck.

Thanks.

www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3070832/posts


6 posted on 09/25/2013 8:25:07 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (Waiting for next tagline.)
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To: Tenacious 1

Go, Cruz, GO!!


7 posted on 09/25/2013 8:28:27 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: informavoracious

On a thread yesterday, I suggested that I would be reading Atlas Shrugged to the nation. Either by coincidence or by suggestion, Senator Cruze began reading Atlas Shrugged this morning at 9:00 AM.

He’s been on fire.


8 posted on 09/25/2013 8:28:54 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (Waiting for next tagline.)
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To: Tenacious 1

Does he have a catheter?


9 posted on 09/25/2013 8:30:20 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Tenacious 1

Ted looks as fresh as when he started! God Bless him!


10 posted on 09/25/2013 8:31:27 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Tenacious 1

He then started reading from “Atlas Shrugged.”


Ah! Don’t we have laws against cruel and unusual punishment, even for politicians?


11 posted on 09/25/2013 8:31:54 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Tenacious 1

If he only goes this far it will be the 4th longest according to http://www.policymic.com/articles/28858/5-longest-filibusters-in-u-s-senate-history


12 posted on 09/25/2013 8:31:56 AM PDT by posterchild (Can I get me a new Secretary of State?)
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To: Tenacious 1

Cruz will be cut off by Reid in 28 minutes.

Reid is hating every minute of this and won’t give Cruz any more time than he has to.


13 posted on 09/25/2013 8:32:57 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: Jim Robinson

I thank you Ted Cruz for speaking up for the millions of us who agree with you. God has brought in a Special Man at this time in our life of our country. Cruz is a man of honor!


14 posted on 09/25/2013 8:33:02 AM PDT by JFC
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To: posterchild

he’s winding it down, it appears.

making lots of thank yous.

A very gracious man.


15 posted on 09/25/2013 8:33:33 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: Tenacious 1
Working Link
16 posted on 09/25/2013 8:33:46 AM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: freeangel

I am so proud of Ted Cruz, this man needs to be our President.


17 posted on 09/25/2013 8:33:52 AM PDT by Finatic (I ran out of change and have given up on hope. FUBO, I am so sick of your sorry a$$ you effin punk)
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To: Tenacious 1

Cruz just ripped Durbin a new one.......


18 posted on 09/25/2013 8:35:49 AM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: posterchild

This is not technically a filibuster I have been told


19 posted on 09/25/2013 8:36:51 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Tenacious 1
Please help with the link to previous thread. I suck.

Thanks.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Paste the text below and remove the single quotes:

'<'a href=www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3070832/posts'>'link to a previous thread'<'/a'>'

And you'll get a link:

www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3070832/posts


20 posted on 09/25/2013 8:38:15 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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