Dick Durbin makes it personal - mocks & attacks Ted Cruz' education on Senate floor

right slander standing that of the senator's position is that %HESITATION if we do not defund

obamacare as he is characterized it healthcare reform he believes we shut down the government on

october the first is that senators position i thank the senator from illinois for that question and

that most assuredly is not my position so i think i thank you for the opportunity to clarify let me be very very clear i

times and putting today about his education and i respected his conscience very famous schools are

certainly the senator understands that it takes sixty votes to achieve the goal that he is trying to achieve and

repeat well obamacare senator have that belief i thank the senator for that question i think the senator for the

for months is this is a long process i am not remotely pollyanna ish i'm not remotely under the uh

illusion that this is going to be a short quick process that some and and i'm getting to the answer to your question but it is i

this process was unifying and motivate motivating the american people this process was never going in historic numbers and

you the response was incredible everywhere you go you see a thousand two thousand people show up we've seen over one point six million americans signed a national petition to

defund obamacare that was the first step that wasn't to be enough it was a critical first the second step was what happened last week it

was the house of representatives voting to defund obamacare no i would notice the center from illinois is well aware that

is recently a couple weeks ago every learned observer every pot everyone in washington said it's impossible to house is going to pass and

your resolution refunds of onlookers not going to happen and you don't fry didn't did and why did it happen because the house the

representatives listen to the american people because the speaker of the house and how sir we have stood up and did the right thing and

made a courageous vote and i would note to democrats joined the house republicans in doing so no further questions well

i'd like to finish answering your for your for last question and i'm yield for another but let me finish answering your question the

third step is where we are now it is the united states senate now in the united states senate we're gonna have to do two things the

first thing we're going to have to do in order to successfully defy is to unify republicans to bring together all forty six republicans opposing

cloture opposing harry reid's being able to fund obamacare on a straight fifty one vote participant

i believe every republican should be unified in that right now we're right now there are divisions in the republican caucus i

am hopeful does to rate divisions that republicans will listen to our constituents i can't convince my

colleagues the only people that can going to convince my colleagues on this side of the aisle where that side of the aisle are

the people all of us work for are the american people if we are able to unify republicans the next step you asked me how to we