Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas) appeared on Laura Ingraham’s radio show this morning to defend his decision to filibuster gun-control legislation in the senate, clarifying that the filibuster does not halt debate but requires a 60-vote threshold. “The critics have said ‘We need to have a debate, we need to have a debate.’ We are having a debate, and we are going to have a vote,” Cruz said. “The only question is: what should the vote threshold be for legislation that would violate potentially the Bill of Rights?”