The apology to Republican senators came at a weeklyclosed-door lunch when Cruz, a possible 2016 presidentialcandidate, stood up and "was contrite and made an effort toexplain to people he wished he hadn't done it," said a sourcefamiliar with what happened during the lunch meeting.
Cruz's move came amid an unusually public rebuke of histactics by several fellow Republican senators. They criticizedthe way the Texas senator caused the Senate to be in sessionlate Friday night and through Saturday because he refused todrop procedural objections to passage of a $1.1 trillion bill tokeep the government running beyond midnight Saturday.
Cruz's actions also inadvertently gave Democratic leaders anopportunity to advance nearly two dozen of Obama's nominees,including Sarah Saldana, to head the Immigration and CustomsEnforcement agency.
Some Republican senators, in reaction to Cruz's moves, hadbeen privately talking up the need to punish the senator,according to Senate Republican aides.
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