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  • Senate Reaches Cloture, 79-19, on House-Passed Spending Bill

    09/27/2013 11:04:31 AM PDT · by Servant of the Cross · 106 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | 9/27/2013 | Daniel Doherty
    Senator Ted Cruz and the rest of his “defund” crew have consistently said that a vote for cloture on the House-passed spending bill is akin to a vote for Obamacare. But unfortunately for them, the much-anticipated votes are in and the news isn’t great. As it happens, the Senate voted, 79-19, to end debate on the spending bill all but guaranteeing that the provision explicitly defunding Obamacare will be stripped -- and the amended bill eventually kicked back to the House of Representatives. Twitchy breaks down what just happened in simplistic and easy-to-understand terms: There were many Republicans in the...