The split within the Senate GOP on full display right now on the Senate floor. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) is pointing the finger at Sens. Mike Lee and Ted Cruz, accusing them of staging a “show.” Corker was also careful to point out that it’s not all Republicans delaying things, it’s just Lee and Cruz.
All of this comes as Harry Reid tried to accelerate the vote on the temporary funding bill so the Senate can kick it back to the House. Lee and Cruz won’t consent to speeding things up. Corker is saying basically enough is enough. More here.
Josh has written before about the goings-on in West Virginia’s Mingo County. “Goings-on” doesn’t do it justice. It’s an epic story that allegedly involves several top local officials. But since Josh last touched on it here, the federal public corruption investigation has widened, a local judge has entered into a plea deal, and a clearer picture of the scope of the investigation has emerged. Hunter Walker has our story on the so-called “courthouse gang.”
Suess the subversive probably would have been less than thrilled with Ted Cruz bandying about “Green Eggs and Ham” on the Senate floor — but he would have recognized the irony.
Shortly after President Obama finished a rousing speech in suburban DC hailing the beginning of enrollment in Obamacare next week, the administration announced that it was delaying enrollment for another month for small businesses and would not have a Spanish-language version of the Obamacare website ready in time for the Oct. 1 enrollment launch.
I like how in the Lynne Cheney-Alan Simpson contretemps, Cheney went from “That simply did not happen” on Monday to “I told him he was out of line” on Thursday.
Ted Cruz, invented by Comedy Central to provide material for Jon Stewart.
Comedian arrested after punching DC foreign policy reporter who was snarking his standup routine on Twitter.
Alan Simpson gives his version of being confronted last weekend by Lynne Cheney.
Jim DeMint offers a novel theory on why the results of the 2012 election shouldn’t really count for political purposes.
Behold! Our mashup of the most ridiculous moments of Ted Cruz’s phony filibuster. Watch.