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Updated 12:40 p.m. ETWASHINGTONThe Senate will take a procedural step toward passing a short-term funding resolution Wednesday afternoon, a move that likely won t help avert a government shutdown but did end a lengthy filibuster-style speech by Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.Senate procedures forced Cruz to end a lengthy floor speech he began deliveringTuesday afternoon after holding the floor for 21 hours and 19 minutes stanley uk . He assisted at times by eight of his conservative colleagues.                                        Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is expected to get the 60 votes needed to clear a procedural hurdle before the Senate can vote on the House Republicans  spending bill. The vote is expected around 1 p.m.Cruz holds faux filibuster as Senate readies spending bill voteHillary Clinton warns Republicans against gov t sh stanley mug utdownCruz couldn t prevent the vote from moving forward, but he took to the floor at 2:41 p.m. Tuesday announcing,  I intend to speak against Obamacare until I am no longer able to stand.  The multi-hour affair technically is not a filibuster, because of the Senate s procedural rules, but resembled a filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., earlier this year during the nomination of now-CIA Director John Brennan. That went on for just under 13 hours.        Cruz s speech will take its place in the history books as the fourth-longest  stanley cup Senate speech since 1900. To top the longest speech of all time -- delivered by former Sen. Strom Thurmond, who Ubqj McCain: Trump not a  serious  candidate
With the primary season in full swing, CBS News reporters are out on the road covering the candidates  every move. In our daily Roadblog, they share their campaign trail observations, impressions and anecdotes.SEN. JOHN KERRY, D-Mass.Wed. Feb. 25: The way John Kerry and the Republicans are acting, it s as if John Edwards wasn t even running for president.                                        RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie, almost acting as if it was a Bush vs. Kerry race, went after Kerry again Wednesday, calling him a flip-flopper while in the Senate.  Using NAFTA, taxes and the Patriot Act as examples, Gillespie said,  Ther stanley cups uk e were any number of things where Senator Kerry has gone back  stanley drink bottle and forth on issues and raised a credibility question. Later in the day, the RNC released a letter from six Republican congressman, including House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, that attacked Kerry s Senate votes on defense issues.         As Republican veterans, we are proud of our service to our country,  the letter read, referring to Kerry s complaint that  Republicans who didn t serve in any war  are criticizing him.  We are glad that you are proud of yours, but that doesn t excuse your history of votes, proposals and state stanley cup ments that would weaken the defense capabilities of the United States of America,  the letter continued. It s a badge of honor they re attacking me because they don t want to run against me,  Kerry told CBS News Correspondent Byron Pitts.On the campaign tr

Uezq Super Tuesday: Breaking Down The Numbers
Updated 12:40 p.m. ETWASHINGTONThe Senate will take a procedural step toward passing a short-term funding resolution Wednesday afternoon, a move that likely won t help avert a government shutdown but did end a lengthy filibuster-style speech by Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.Senate procedures forced Cruz to end a lengthy floor speech he began deliveringTuesday afternoon after holding the floor for 21 hours and 19 minutes stanley uk . He assisted at times by eight of his conservative colleagues.                                        Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is expected to get the 60 votes needed to clear a procedural hurdle before the Senate can vote on the House Republicans  spending bill. The vote is expected around 1 p.m.Cruz holds faux filibuster as Senate readies spending bill voteHillary Clinton warns Republicans against gov t sh stanley mug utdownCruz couldn t prevent the vote from moving forward, but he took to the floor at 2:41 p.m. Tuesday announcing,  I intend to speak against Obamacare until I am no longer able to stand.  The multi-hour affair technically is not a filibuster, because of the Senate s procedural rules, but resembled a filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., earlier this year during the nomination of now-CIA Director John Brennan. That went on for just under 13 hours.        Cruz s speech will take its place in the history books as the fourth-longest  stanley cup Senate speech since 1900. To top the longest speech of all time -- delivered by former Sen. Strom Thurmond, who Ubqj McCain: Trump not a  serious  candidate
With the primary season in full swing, CBS News reporters are out on the road covering the candidates  every move. In our daily Roadblog, they share their campaign trail observations, impressions and anecdotes.SEN. JOHN KERRY, D-Mass.Wed. Feb. 25: The way John Kerry and the Republicans are acting, it s as if John Edwards wasn t even running for president.                                        RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie, almost acting as if it was a Bush vs. Kerry race, went after Kerry again Wednesday, calling him a flip-flopper while in the Senate.  Using NAFTA, taxes and the Patriot Act as examples, Gillespie said,  Ther stanley cups uk e were any number of things where Senator Kerry has gone back  stanley drink bottle and forth on issues and raised a credibility question. Later in the day, the RNC released a letter from six Republican congressman, including House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, that attacked Kerry s Senate votes on defense issues.         As Republican veterans, we are proud of our service to our country,  the letter read, referring to Kerry s complaint that  Republicans who didn t serve in any war  are criticizing him.  We are glad that you are proud of yours, but that doesn t excuse your history of votes, proposals and state stanley cup ments that would weaken the defense capabilities of the United States of America,  the letter continued. It s a badge of honor they re attacking me because they don t want to run against me,  Kerry told CBS News Correspondent Byron Pitts.On the campaign tr