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Ted Cruz: “There is a rule in the Senate that is the two speech rule.”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 10:12

Well, look, part of what you would do is the Senate can keep itself in one legislative day for days, for weeks, for months, potentially. And There is a rule in the Senate that is the two speech rule. which is that a senator can't speak more than twice in a single legislative day. And so the approach would be to exhaust the Democrats, to make them talk, to make them stand up there and keep talking and talking. (10:12–10:16)

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Asserts the existence of a Senate rule limiting senators to two speeches per legislative day.

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