After 21-Hour Cruz Speech, Senate Votes to Take Up Budget (Unanimously)

[onehandle]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — Republican Senator Ted Cruz’s 21-hour, 19-minute verbal assault on President Obama’s signature health care law ended Wednesday when the Senate voted 100-to-0 to break off debate and move to consider House legislation that Democrats plan to use to keep the government open next week.

Mr. Cruz’s marathon session — which began Tuesday afternoon, went straight through the night and ended at a predetermined noon deadline — did not win over senators from either party, and in fact Mr. Cruz even voted to open debate. After the vote, Senate Mike Lee, Republican of Utah and a Cruz ally, said Mr. Cruz never intended to oppose the motion to take up the bill, a position contradicted by his words and procedural motions for days before the tally.

Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, greeted the conclusion of Mr. Cruz’s performance by declaring it “a big waste of time.”

The vote ended debate and the Senate will formally take up a bill the House passed that keeps the government open through Dec. 15 while gutting the president’s Affordable Care Act.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/us/politics/senate-budget-battle.html

[Myrina]

1. 100 - 0. So he voted against HIMSELF.

What a grandstanding waste of air that man is.

I hope all of his followers/donors catch that point.

[madokie]

2. The reason they're his followers is

because they're stupid
don't you reckon

[geek tragedy]

3. against himself, but for himself, against Obamacare, but for Obamacare.

All according to Ted Cruz.

[lark]

4. So, he personally tried to ensure a shutdown by filibustering the bill?

Then a day later voted to end the filibuster he himself did? What a total maroon!! then he'll be the first to say that Dems shut down the government when there's not time to get this done after his asinine antics.

[gopiscrap]

19. No kidding

[hoosierlib]

5. cue the sad trombone...

[Myrina]

9. Welcome to DU, fellow Hoosier!

I'm in Indy also.

[hoosierlib]

23. Thanks...

[florida08]

6. He's hoping

his performance will have moved voters to call their Senators. Not

[Myrina]

10. He's hoping his performance will move voters to send him cash.

n/t

[florida08]

14. ahh my mistake..and thankyou :-)

[Ellipsis]

7. ...

K&R






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[JBoy]

8. Nobody can understand Cruz.

[Iliyah]

11. Actually his GAWD told him to come forth and spew the hatred!

And its a misunderstanding about JC ya'see JC was always against feeding the needy . . . and was the warrior for the 1%.

[oberliner]

12. Does the RW consider him a hero?

Do they still love him on Hush and Rannity?

[bklyncowgirl]

13. Is anyone else as confused as I am. You mean Cruz voted for the bill he was filibustering?

This is just bizarre.

[hopemountain]

16. but it sure garnered a whole lot

of media publicity with his name in it - and it didn't cost him a dime - just us taxpayers.

[Jester Messiah]

17. I'd call him an idiot but that'd be an insult to idiots everywhere.

If brains were dynamite, Cruz couldn't blow his nose.

[gopiscrap]

18. what a gas bag

[Release The Hounds]

20. My name is Ted Cruz, and I'm an attention whore.

[Maeve]

21. And I'm going to pretend to be Mr Smith Goes to Washington so I can win votes

Not in the Senate--in Texas! I mean,who cares about DC? Not the Filiblusterer.

[StepnKretchit]

22. Charlatan

[Half-Century Man]

24. So, basicly Ted Cruz made us watch him masturbate for 21 hours and nineteen minutes

and reach the end with no joy.

[jmowreader]

25. When was the last time it was 100-0 on ANYTHING?

With this Congress, you couldn't get a 100-0 vote on a resolution that says water is wet.

[Atman]

26. That's because a vote on the wetness of water...

...would require science, and I'm sure the Tea Baggers would take issue with it.

OTOH, it should surprise no one that these assclowns voted unanimously to TALK some more.