Arturo Garcia — College student calls Ted Cruz out for lying about him in anti-Obamacare speech (via Raw Story )

College student calls Ted Cruz out for lying about him in anti-Obamacare speech (via Raw Story )

A Rutgers University student who found himself being cited by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) as a cautionary tale told MSNBC host Ed Schultz on Friday that Cruz distorted his story for the purposes of arguing against the Affordable Care Act. “It’s kind of…

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David Edwards — Cruz announces plan B for defunding Obamacare: ‘Shut down the military’

Cruz announces plan B for defunding Obamacare: ‘Shut down the military’ (via Raw Story )

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday warned Senate Republicans that refusing to filibuster a bill that defunds President Barack Obama’s health care reform law “is a vote for Obamacare,” and he also advised House Republicans to “shut down the military…

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Sabrina Siddiqui and Sam Stein — House GOP Plan To Defund Obamacare Still A 'Dumb Idea': Senate Republicans

Few House GOP leaders appear to truly be holding out hope that Obamacare will be defunded through this process. Instead, they are hoping to wage the fight now so that when the continuing resolution fails in the Senate, they can assure their conservative members that an attempt was made. After that, the focus will shift to October's fight over raising the nation's debt ceiling, which will likely offer another attempt for Republicans to go after the president's signature health care law.

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House GOP Plan To Defund Obamacare Still A 'Dumb Idea': Senate Republicans
Sabrina Siddiqui and Sam Stein

Obama is going to thrash the GOP with the whip the GOP crazies are handing him. With the Clinton-Gingrich precedent, there's no way that the president thinks he can lose this one. Stand by for the nasties.