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Senator Cruz rails through night against Obamacare
Reuters ^ | September 25, 2013 | By Thomas Ferraro and David Lawder

Posted on 09/25/2013 3:52:55 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Republican Senator Ted Cruz slogged into the second day of his marathon attack on Obamacare from the Senate floor on Wednesday, showing almost no signs of relenting after speaking for nearly 16 hours.

Standing in a nearly empty Senate chamber, Cruz made his case to deny funding to implement President Barack Obama's landmark overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, calling it the country's "biggest jobs killer."

Most of the Tea Party firebrand's Republican colleagues shunned his diatribe against the health insurance reform law, which is delaying Senate consideration of a stop-gap funding measure needed to avoid a government shutdown in six days.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; filibuster; liberty; obamacare
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To: Aevery_Freeman

We just differ in our opinion but hey... I loved the part about the firehose enema! Man do they need it!


21 posted on 09/25/2013 5:59:38 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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