Cruz vows filibuster ‘until I am no longer able to stand’

◼ Watch Live: Ted Cruz Filibusters Obamacare - Real Clear Politics



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◼ “I rise today to speak for 26 million Texans and 300 million Americans” - Stephen Dinan/Washington Times

He began at 2:41, and can talk up until noon tomorrow, when under the Senate rules he would have to stop and the Senate would proceed to vote on ending debate and bringing the spending bill to the floor.
The bill right now includes provisions to defund Obamacare, which Mr. Cruz supports, but under the rules Democrats can strip those provisions out with a majority vote. So Mr. Cruz is trying to block the entire bill — including the parts he supports — in protest.

◼ Straightening out the pretzel of the ‘defund Obamacare’ effort in the Senate - Red Alert Politics
◼ Harry Reid says Ted Cruz isn't doing a real filibuster - Joel Gehrke/Washington Examiner @joelmentum
◼ The Hypocrisy Of Congress's Gold-Plated Health Care - Wall St. Journal
◼ WSJ Growls at Heritage Over Cruz - Jeffrey Lord/American Spectator
◼ Ted Cruz seizes Senate floor in failing quest - Politico
◼ WaPo Reporter: ´Interesting´ Cruz Feels Accountable to Grassroots, Not GOP Leadership - Tony Lee/Breitbart´s Big Journalism
◼ Mike Lee explains strategy: Would filibuster Harry Reid tactics, not House bill defunding Obamacare - Daily Caller

◼ This Fight Is for You - Jim DeMint/heritage, The Foundry

We’re fighting for the grandmother who is counting on her trusted physician to guide her through the challenges of aging. Because Obamacare means you can’t necessarily keep your doctor if you like him, and it’s cutting down on the health care choices available to seniors.

We’re fighting for the couple who’s raising their own children while wondering how they’re going to care for their aging parents. Their premiums are going up and they’re wondering how they’ll afford it.

We’re fighting for the waiter who’s going to school and working full-time. Obamacare is causing many employers to cut back on workers’ hours so that they don’t have to provide them with health insurance. For many people, that means losing income and losing health insurance at the same time.

We’re fighting for the single mom who needs a steady job to support her kids. Obamacare is making jobs tougher to find, because a lot of businesses are saying they just can’t hire anyone new. The burden of the law’s mandates and regulations is making it too costly.

Every one of you is working hard to support your family, stay healthy, and make the best choices you can make. Obamacare is only getting in the way.

So no matter what anyone says, we’re going to keep fighting. Harry Reid is threatening to use all sorts of procedural gimmicks to keep Obamacare going. But Americans are catching on that this law is the reason their spouses don’t have health insurance any more, or their kids’ doctor isn’t in their network any more. They’re seeing how unfair and harmful it is.

And we can’t just sit by and let Obamacare take away the health plans we like, the doctors we like, and the freedom to make our own health care choices.

We won’t stop fighting. You can count on it.