‘Obamacare’ attacked in marathon speech
US Senator Ted Cruz addresses Senate for 21 hours 19 minutes in bid to derail debate on healthcare.
Published On 26 Sep 2013
US Republican Senator Ted Cruz ended his all-night talkathon to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health-care law after 21 hours and 19 minutes, as the Senate pushed ahead to a test vote on a bill to avert a government shutdown.
The Senate had debated the House bill, which would defund the healthcare law while preventing a government shutdown on Tuesday. Cruz had hoped to derail the debate, because Senate Democrats have the votes to remove the health-care provision before sending the bill back to the House.
Al Jazeera’s Cath Turner reports from New York.