Ted Cruz's Pointless "Filibuster" Is Now in its Second DayTaylor Berman9/25/13 8:08am1433EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink For the past 17 hours or so, Senator Ted Cruz (and his pals) have been pointlessly fake filibustering the U.S. Senate to, as the AP put it, “urge his colleagues to oppose moving ahead on a bill he supports.”