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Senator Ted Cruz votes to open debate on the House budget after spending 21 hours filibustering against it.

Courtesy of The New York Times:

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-0 to break off debate and move to consider House legislation that Democrats plan to use to keep the government open next week.

Mr. Cruz’s marathon session — which began Tuesday afternoon, went straight through the night and ended at a predetermined noon deadline — did not win over senators from either party, and in fact Mr. Cruz even voted to open debate. After the vote, Senate Mike Lee, Republican of Utah and a Cruz ally, said Mr. Cruz never intended to oppose the motion to take up the bill, a position contradicted by his words and procedural motions for days before the tally.

Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, greeted the conclusion of Mr. Cruz’s performance by declaring it “a big waste of time.”

Okay so to be clear, this is the legislation that Cruz clamored for, then wasted valuable Senate time filibustering against, and now has voted for.

Damn are there some Teabagger heads exploding today!

Quick somebody interview Sarah Palin. Her response to this will be priceless.

Especially after she posted this picture to her Facebook account of her holding a clearly groggy, and just pulled from his warm bed, Trig over at Bristol's house while watching "Uncle Teddy" make a fool of himself.

Over the top of it was this caption:

Ted & Mike are going strong for over 10hrs now. We can hear you all the way in Wasilla. DC better be listening! #MakeDC

Yep and at the end of it he cast his vote right along with everybody else. Now don't you feel like an idiot?

Hey, I have a question. Why is Trig sleeping over at Bristol's?

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