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ποΈ 3 July 2025
β±οΈ 41 minutes
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In this gripping episode of Verdict with Ted Cruz, go behind the scenes of a dramatic all-night session in the U.S. Senate. Senator Ted Cruz and co-host Ben Ferguson break down the high-stakes legislative marathon known as a vote-a-rama, where lawmakers debated and voted on amendments for over 27 hours straight.
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π§ Whether you're a policy wonk or just curious about how Washington really works, this episode offers an unfiltered look at the legislative grind and the future-shaping policies passed in the dead of night.
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0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
0:05.4 | Welcome. |
0:06.1 | It is Verdiq with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you, and we're doing a hybrid show |
0:10.6 | this morning with the Ben Ferguson podcast as well, because I'm on family vacation in Cabo, |
0:15.6 | but when the big, beautiful bill happens, you do exactly what we're doing right now. |
0:19.7 | And that is give you the latest no matter where |
0:21.7 | we are in the world of what's happening and how we got the deal done. Senator, I have a feeling |
0:27.7 | you are running on a very little sleep. Did you pull the all-nighter? I definitely did. You and I |
0:34.8 | are recording this podcast at 1037 p.m. Texas time on Tuesday night. |
0:40.2 | I last slept on Sunday night. We were up at 9 a.m. Monday morning on the Senate floor, we began |
0:45.9 | consideration of the one big, beautiful bill. Under the reconciliation procedures, when you take up |
0:52.7 | reconciliation, which, as you know, you and I have talked about |
0:55.9 | before, is the principal exception to the Senate filibuster rule. The ordinary rule in the Senate |
1:01.5 | is you need 60 votes to pass legislation, but budget reconciliation is a special process |
1:07.3 | that you can pass legislation with only 50 votes. But part of budget reconciliation is |
1:13.8 | you have unlimited amendments. And that whole process is what's known as voterama. We started at |
1:20.3 | 9 a.m. Monday morning. We went all day Monday. We went all night Monday. We went all morning Tuesday. |
1:27.4 | And we finished the whole thing |
1:29.1 | at right about noon on Tuesday. And then I went and headed to the airport, got on a one o'clock |
1:35.3 | flight, flew back to Texas. I'm home tonight in Texas and have yet to go to sleep. As soon as |
1:41.8 | we finish this podcast, I am going, I've got a date with my bed and I |
1:45.4 | intend to be unconscious very, very soon. I feel bad for you, but welcome to how the sauces |
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