Sen. Ted Cruz’s colleagues reportedly spent their lunch hour today trying to talk him out of blocking a vote on the $1 trillion omnibus spending bill.
https://twitter.com/paulythegun/status/423934794745917441
@paulythegun @ElaheIzadi i talked to five of them — with sen. john cornyn on the record.
— lori montgomery (@loriamontgomery) January 16, 2014
cruz's texas colleague, john cornyn, on the wisdom of this tactic: "i think we all [already] know where Rs and Ds stand on obamacare"
— lori montgomery (@loriamontgomery) January 16, 2014
Did their lunchtime chat work?
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/423936720795881473
Doesn’t look like it.
Today it is abundantly clear that millions of Americans are being hurt by Obamacare
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 16, 2014
What have the Senate Majority Leader and Senate Democrats done to protect Americans from Obamacare? NOTHING pic.twitter.com/Rgm9Hej7fG
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 16, 2014
Texans' premiums are going up because of Obamacare. What have Senate Majority Leader & Senate Dems done to protect them from that? NOTHING
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 16, 2014
Cruz says Obamacare "exacerbates income inequality," Says ACA is "why the rich have gotten richer under President Obama."
— Mike O'Brien (@mpoindc) January 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/423937522675507200
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/423940883239940096
Cruz offered an amendment to the spending bill that would defund Obamacare.
Cruz speaks for 18 mins about Obamacare, asks for passage of defunding amendment, and that may be it for the fireworks
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) January 16, 2014
Cruz asks for defund Obamacare amendment. Mikulski objects.
— Luke Johnson (@johnson) January 16, 2014
Cruz: Make DC listen.
— Luke Johnson (@johnson) January 16, 2014
:20 mins before the Senate is to vote on the Omnibus, Ted Cruz offers amendment to defund Obamacare. Immediately killed by Dems.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) January 16, 2014
Well, he tried.
And, after two ill-fated attempts to defund Obamacare, the senator from Texas yields the floor. Vote still on for ~5:30.
— Mike O'Brien (@mpoindc) January 16, 2014
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Update:
Cruz won't say whether he considered filibustering the spending bill but confirms he talked about defunding in caucus
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) January 16, 2014
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