Cruz siezes national tea party mantle with marathon speech

The junior senator from Texas quickly became the top political story in the nation just hours after taking the floor of the U.S. Senate Tuesday afternoon and vowing to speak against the Affordable Care Act "until I am no longer able to stand."

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