Cruz and Lee delay votes on spending bill

Published September 26, 2013 6:28pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — Ted Cruz and Mike Lee are the odd men out in the Senate — to both Republicans and Democrats.

The GOP’s frustration with the tea party conservatives was on full display Thursday in a remarkable, rhetorical smackdown on the Senate floor moments after Democratic leader Harry Reid — with the agreement of both parties — tried to move up the votes on a temporary spending bill.

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