113th Congress Thread

[YOhio]

Ron Wyden just made a showing! Now it's a bipartisan effort.

[Indy Coug]

Cruz just read the William Barret Travis letter from the Alamo. Not quite reading names out of the phonebook territory, but a move in that direction.

Okay. The first day on my vacation, what I did on my summer vacation, the first day on my vacation, I woke up. Then, I went downtown to look for a job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore. The second day on my summer vacation, I woke up, then I went downtown to look for a job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore. The third day on my summer vacation, I woke up then I went downtown to look for a job...then I got a job, keeping people from hanging out in front of the drugstore. The fourth day on my...

[Uncle Ted]

Cruz just read the William Barret Travis letter from the Alamo. Not quite reading names out of the phonebook territory, but a move in that direction.

It is the 177th anniversary of the Alamo. That's what folks from Texas do...

"Remember my boys, you are fighting for Texas and your loved ones, to avenge the inhuman butchery of your friends and comrades at the Alamo and at Goliad! The spirits of these brave men call to us for revenge. Remember your wives and little children who are now in flight to escape the fury of the ruthless invaders; the redbanded war lord, Santa Anna, having boasted be would pursue and annihilate the rebel Texans and then wash his hands of their blood in the Sabine. The time and the situation is here and we will win if everyone does his duty. We must win or die. Let us fight fast and hard."

[YOhio]

It is the 177th anniversary of the Alamo. That's what folks from Texas do...

"Remember my boys, you are fighting for Texas and your loved ones, to avenge the inhuman butchery of your friends and comrades at the Alamo and at Goliad! The spirits of these brave men call to us for revenge. Remember your wives and little children who are now in flight to escape the fury of the ruthless invaders; the redbanded war lord, Santa Anna, having boasted be would pursue and annihilate the rebel Texans and then wash his hands of their blood in the Sabine. The time and the situation is here and we will win if everyone does his duty. We must win or die. Let us fight fast and hard."

You're from Idaho. Stop being a Lone Star poser.

[Eddie]

It is the 177th anniversary of the Alamo. That's what folks from Texas do...

"Remember my boys, you are fighting for Texas and your loved ones, to avenge the inhuman butchery of your friends and comrades at the Alamo and at Goliad! The spirits of these brave men call to us for revenge. Remember your wives and little children who are now in flight to escape the fury of the ruthless invaders; the redbanded war lord, Santa Anna, having boasted be would pursue and annihilate the rebel Texans and then wash his hands of their blood in the Sabine. The time and the situation is here and we will win if everyone does his duty. We must win or die. Let us fight fast and hard."

So...that's where Anae got it from.

[Uncle Ted]

So...that's where Anae got it from.

Yes, apparently he did his homework while at Texas Tech.

[YOhio]

Now Marco Rubio jumps in. So far the participant list is:

Rand Paul (R) Kentucky
Ted Cruz (R) Texas
Mike Lee (R) Utah
Jerry Moran (R) Kansas
Ron Wyden (D) Oregon
Marco Rubio (R) Florida

[YOhio]

Now Saxby Chambliss (R) Georgia

[YOhio]

Reid can't shut it down and Pat Toomey (R) Pennsylvania jumps in.

[YOhio]

HE'S STILL GOING! I checked out when John Cornyn (R) Texas stepped in. Not intentionally, mind you. I had to step away for dinner.

[YOhio]

The most amazing thing about this filibuster is that he's stayed laser focused on the topic at hand. No phone book reading or song singing. Just use of weaponized drones in United States territory. He's almost at 9 hours without taking a leak or sitting down and still going strong.

[il Padrino Ute]

The most amazing thing about this filibuster is that he's stayed laser focused on the topic at hand. No phone book reading or song singing. Just use of weaponized drones in United States territory. He's almost at 9 hours without taking a leak or sitting down and still going strong.

Yep, he's tearing it up. Constitutional rights are apparently pretty important to him.

[All-American]

Lee's back!

[YOhio]

He's over 9 hours now.

[YOhio]

Mike Lee just made an interesting observation about the color of paper. Why is it called a "white" paper? Legal analysis typically isn't done on orange or green paper. So why specify that the paper is white?