Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a measure on Friday that would fund the government until November - except for anything related to Obama's health-care law - and it's now in the hands of the Senate. Read Neil Macdonald's take on the Tea Party's gut Obamacare budget shutdown.An agreement to keep funding the government must be reached by midnight Monday. Obamacare isn't working."Ĭruz kept talking, through the night and mostly to an empty chamber, and while at times he veered off topic, he spent a lot of time on why he is opposed to the health-care law that was passed more than three years ago.Īfter Cruz stopped talking and the Senate began its daily proceedings, Harry Reid, the Democrat leader, said Cruz's political theatre was "interesting to watch." He also described the marathon speech as "a big waste of time."Ĭruz has been leading the charge to tie de-funding the law to a spending measure, known as a continuing resolution, that has to pass through Congress in order to avoid a U.S. "All across this country Americans are suffering because of Obamacare. "I intend to speak in support of de-funding Obamacare until I am no longer able to stand," Cruz, sporting running shoes with his suit, had said when he began speaking.
ET Wednesday, he confessed he was "a little bit tired." But he also said he was inspired and encouraged by the Americans who support his determined push to scrap Obamacare, as the health-care law is known. The Texas legislator began his overnight talk-a-thon Tuesday afternoon and by 7 a.m. Senate at noon today after finishing a marathon speech about President Barack Obama's health-care law that lasted more than 21 hours and involved a reading of Dr. Republican Senator Ted Cruz finally took his seat in the U.S.
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