Harry Reid: Republicans can't filibuster spending bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made it clear Tuesday that Republicans can’t use a filibuster to block a spending bill designed to avoid government shutdown, saying that a scheduled Wednesday procedural vote on the measure will happen regardless.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has threatened to take to the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon and talk into the night, or longer, in a gesture designed — at least ceremonially — to delay action on the spending bill to force a vote on a measure to defund Obamcare.