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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Ted Cruz, Wendy Davis and media bias — Sen. Ted Cruz has been speaking on the Senate floor for almost 19 hours, as of this post. The talk is not technically a filibuster — he can't actually block the Senate from going about its business — but symbolically, it's more or less the same thing.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
After 21-Hour Cruz Speech, Senate Votes to Take Up Budget — WASHINGTON — Republican Senator Ted Cruz's 21-hour, 19-minute verbal assault on President Obama's signature health care law ended Wednesday when the Senate voted 100-to- to break off debate and move to consider House legislation …
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New York Times:
The Embarrassment of Senator Ted Cruz — Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, the public face of the aimless and self-destructive Tea Party strategy to stop health care reform, began an endless floor speech on Tuesday with the theme of “make D.C. listen.” But even his Republican colleagues …
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Washington Post:
Cruz ends anti-Obamacare talkathon after 21 hours — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) ended his marathon talking attack on President Obama's health-care law Wednesday after 21 hours and 19 minutes — a feat of stamina that seems likely to complicate House GOP efforts to pass a funding bill aimed at averting a looming government shutdown.
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Cruz Reads Dr. Seuss in All-Night Attack on Obamacare … Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has officially pulled an all-nighter in the U.S. Senate as he advocated for the defunding of Obamacare into the wee hours of the morning. — Wearing black tennis shoes for comfort, the Texas senator started speaking …
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Experts: Seuss would be ‘offended’ — Dr. Seuss wouldn't have much of an appetite for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reading “Green Eggs and Ham” on the Senate floor, experts on the author said Wednesday. — “Not only would he be offended at the misuse of 'Green Eggs and Ham …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate votes to advance House bill — The country woke up to Ted Cruz still holding the floor of the U.S. Senate, but on Wednesday afternoon the upper chamber moved on. — The Senate voted unanimously, 100-0, on a procedural vote to advance a House-passed spending bill that defunds Obamacare.
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Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Ted Cruz's Fake Fight Against Obamacare Is Making Millions — Ted Cruz's war against Obamacare is a racket to raise his profile and millions of dollars. Patricia Murphy says even his Republican colleagues loathe him. — When Sen. Ted Cruz went to the Senate floor Tuesday to block a bill …
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Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
A Republican Calls Another a ‘Fraud’ — When Peter King is going to give you a sound bite, he lets you know ahead of time, so as not to insult your intelligence or, for that matter, waste your time if you're not that interested in the details. — But please, stay for the footnotes.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Texas senator is Cruz-ing for a bruising
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Tom Cohen / CNN:
Surprise! Cruz votes with Democrats after trying to block spending plan
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Cruz derides Senate as full of theater and show votes
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
CSPAN Reminds Viewers That Cruz's Overnight Speech Is Not A Filibuster (PHOTO)
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Wendy Davis was a media hero and Ted Cruz is a ‘grandstander’
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NationalJournal.com:
More Than 21 Hours Later, Ted Cruz Has Been Cut Off
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
What Ted Cruz Doesn't Understand About Green Eggs and Ham
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Avik Roy / Forbes:
Double Down: Obamacare Will Increase Avg. Individual-Market Insurance Premiums By 99% For Men, 62% For Women — For months now, we've been waiting to hear how much Obamacare will drive up the cost of health insurance for people who purchase coverage on their own.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Tennessee: Obamacare will triple men's premiums, double women's
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Wonkblog:
How much will Obamacare premiums cost? Depends on where you live.
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Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Prices Set for New Health-Care Exchanges
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Premiums on Obamacare marketplaces beat expectations, report shows
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New York Times:
Officials Detail Premium Costs of Health Plan
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Julie Rovner / NPR:
Administration Touts Lower-Than-Expected Obamacare Premiums
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Fars News Agency:
Exclusive: CNN Fabricates Iranian President's Remarks about Holocaust — TEHRAN (FNA)- American news channel CNN fabricated the remarks made by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in response to the network's question about the Holocaust. — The CNN aired its interview with Rouhani on Tuesday …
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FBI:
Law Enforcement Shares Findings of the Investigation into the Washington Navy Yard Shootings … WASHINGTON—Today, law enforcement officials shared findings to date of the investigation into the shootings that occurred at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, September 16, 2013.
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Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:
Hillary for President...of the Universe — Sure, Hillary Clinton could run for the White House. But where the world desperately needs a personality like hers is at the helm of a strong global governing body, says Sally Kohn. — In an interview this week with New York Magazine …
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Matthew O'Brien / The Atlantic Online:
How Bad Data Warped Everything We Thought We Knew About the Jobs Recovery — The real legacy of the Lehman collapse wasn't an economic meltdown. (That would have happened anyway.) It was three years of wrong information about the economy. — You know something is really boring when economists say it is.
Daily Mail:
Briton held by mall massacre police: Suspected jihadist is arrested at Nairobi airport trying to board a Turkish plane out of the country — Police investigating the Nairobi mall massacre are questioning a Briton arrested as he tried to fly out of the city after the attack.
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Kerry signs Arms Trade Treaty — Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday signed the Arms Trade Treaty, setting up a new battle between the Obama administration and pro-gun organizations that will play out as the Senate prepares to vote on ratification of the agreement.
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Benny Johnson / BuzzFeed:
NSFW: Cory Booker's Interesting DMs With A Portland Stripper — “The East Coast loves you and by the East Coast I mean me.” Not safe for work, unless you work at Newark City Hall. — Twitter: @LynsieLee — Twitter: @LynsieLee — View Entire List ›
Lauren Donovan / The Bismarck Tribune:
White supremacist's home may be uninhabitable — An order giving white supremacist Craig Cobb five days to come up with a plan for installing running water and a sewer outlet into his home in Leith expired Monday and it's possible the house could be declared uninhabitable.
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