Shutdown showdown: Sens. Cruz and Reid go head-to-head on Senate floor; Updated

Doug P. | 3:29 PM on September 23, 2013

"The clerk will now play Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" while Senators Reid and Cruz prepare to do battle."

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) September 23, 2013

The Senate debate over the continuing resolution that passed the House hit the Senate floor today. Sen. Harry Reid returned to his usual “anarchists” name-calling shtick:

Reid – with Cruz waiting – says GOP plan is "dead on arrival," says Senate "will not bow to Tea Party anarchists"

— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) September 23, 2013

The continuing resolution that the House passed would fund the government, but not Obamacare, and the Senate is debating the issue, with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at the forefront of the “defund” movement.

The debate is on C-SPAN 2:

==>RT @cspan U.S. Senate – LIVE on C-SPAN2 http://t.co/3I0tdPv1UM

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 23, 2013

Here goes! Cruz battling Reid on Senate floor. https://t.co/JEXmI1XB1o http://t.co/b0KAPKeNna

— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) September 23, 2013

Here’s the latest:

Senate convenes at 2. Cruz bursts thru the door a little after & tries to object to Reid moving to proceed to the CR.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 23, 2013

After Cruz tried to object to Reid, he had a lengthy, animated conversation to the side with GOP Senate Secretary Laura Dove.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 23, 2013

Now "@ChadPergram: Reid effectively keeping Cruz off the floor now by keeping Senate in quorum call." #defundObamacare #ReidTricks

— Katie (@1stbornAmerican) September 23, 2013