Cruz ends Obamacare protest ahead of key Senate vote (USA News)

The News _WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz finished his marathon talking challenge of President Obama's human services law about twelve Wednesday, as the Senate made a beeline for a procedural vote on a measure that would in the end proceed with its subsidizing.

The Texas Republican was extolled by individuals in the guests' display when he at long last yielded control of the Senate floor 21 hours later and 19 minutes.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, notwithstanding, called Cruz's talkathon "an enormous waste of time."

"We all appreciate the congressperson from Texas for his needing to talk," Reid, D-Nev., said soon after the Texan was carried out. "With all due admiration, I'm not certain we studied anything new."