Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reads Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" on the Senate floor on Tuesday, September 24, during his 21-plus-hour speech given in an attempt to defund Obamacare. Click through to see other politicians who have read children's books.
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reads Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" on the Senate floor on Tuesday, September 24, during his 21-plus-hour speech given in an attempt to defund Obamacare. Click through to see other politicians who have read children's books.
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President George H.W. Bush reads "A Child's Garden of Verses" at Zachary Taylor Elementary School, in Arlington, Virginia, in 1991.
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President George H.W. Bush reads "A Child's Garden of Verses" at Zachary Taylor Elementary School, in Arlington, Virginia, in 1991.
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President Bill Clinton reads "The Night Before Christmas" to local elementary school children in December 1999 at the White House.
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President Bill Clinton reads "The Night Before Christmas" to local elementary school children in December 1999 at the White House.
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President George W. Bush participates in a reading of "The Pet Goat" the morning of September 11, 2001, at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida.
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President George W. Bush participates in a reading of "The Pet Goat" the morning of September 11, 2001, at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida.
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Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, reads a story about the Itsy Bitsy Spider while visiting the Stockton Child Parent Center in Chicago in March 2002.
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Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, reads a story about the Itsy Bitsy Spider while visiting the Stockton Child Parent Center in Chicago in March 2002.
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Sen. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, reads "My Fire Engine" to a group of children from YDI Pedro Baca Head Start Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in September 2003.
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Sen. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, reads "My Fire Engine" to a group of children from YDI Pedro Baca Head Start Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in September 2003.
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, read "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" to children at the Krieger Center in Los Angeles in May 2007.
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, read "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" to children at the Krieger Center in Los Angeles in May 2007.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reads to children during NBC's "Today Show" kickoff of Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign in Rockefeller Plaza in September 2007.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reads to children during NBC's "Today Show" kickoff of Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign in Rockefeller Plaza in September 2007.
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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani reads a Christmas story to children at the Hale Learning Center in December 2007.
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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani reads a Christmas story to children at the Hale Learning Center in December 2007.
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Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, reads "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" in Washington in October 2009.
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Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, reads "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" in Washington in October 2009.
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President Barack Obama reads "The Night Before Christmas" to second-graders at Long Branch Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, in December 2010.
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President Barack Obama reads "The Night Before Christmas" to second-graders at Long Branch Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, in December 2010.
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee reads a book about earthquakes to third-grade students at William L. Cobb Elementary School as they participate in the "Great California ShakeOut" earthquake drill in October 2011.
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee reads a book about earthquakes to third-grade students at William L. Cobb Elementary School as they participate in the "Great California ShakeOut" earthquake drill in October 2011.
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