By JAVIER MANJARRES

Texas Senator Ted Cruz continues to stick his finger in President Obama’s eye with his proposal of an amendment to repeal Obamacare. Cruz stood before he Senate and made the announcement that Obamacare “should be repealed.” Fellow Senators Rubio and Lee have also stated their support of repealing the Obamacare law that the U.S. Supreme Court deemed constitutional in 2012.

“Obamacare was passed with many promises and yet the reality is, it has not delivered. It is hurting young people, seniors, Hispanics, African-Americans, single moms and it’s hurting the economy. It should be repealed,” Sen. Cruz said. “I am proud that Senate Republicans once again stood united and unanimously voted to undo this devastating legislation. Our economy is stagnant right now – last quarter is was 0.1 percent – and sadly, every Democrat who voted, voted to continue implementing Obamacare even as the economy is gasping for breath. We must continue to revisit efforts to defund and repeal Obamacare to prevent the kind of impact that could send this country backwards into a recession, particularly at a time when so many are


Here are the other nine amendments to the Senate budget that Sen. Cruz also filed -Prohibiting drone killings of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil absent an imminent threat

• Eliminating corporate welfare
• Scholarships for school choice
• Limiting federal ownership of state lands
• Transferring foreign aid from Egypt to U.S. missile defense
• Creating a private right of action to challenge costly federal regulations
• Prohibiting millionaires from receiving welfare
• Restoring labor regulation to the states
• “Bloomberg Big Gulp Amendment” prohibiting federal regulation of food and beverage size and quantity

Watch Cruz on the Senate floor-

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