[293], Cruz was backed by the billionaire Mercer family, including Robert and his daughter Rebekah. [191] The Senate rejected these objections by 936 and 927, respectively. [61], Cruz served as lead counsel for the state and successfully defended the multiple litigation challenges to the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting plan in state and federal district courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court, which was decided 54 in his favor in League of United Latin American Citizens v. 114-90. 33) FY 2014 NDAA: BRAC restriction On April 2 and 79, Cruz swept the Colorado congressional district and state conventions, taking all 34 delegates. According to an official press release from . This bill, in its final form, funded the parts of the federal government whose funding was to lapse on February 15, 2019. [166][167] In the same speech, Cruz assailed the "Republican majority in both houses of Congresses" for what he called an insufficiently conservative record. [205] On the eve of the anniversary of the attack, he was recorded on video calling it a "violent terrorist attack", which drew sharp criticism from Fox News host Tucker Carlson on his program that night. 1225 of P.L. Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz and Missouri Senator Josh Hawley are planning to introduce legislation that would limit the usage by U.S. officials of telecommunications devices thought to. 115-17 [421], Cruz has joked, "I'm Cuban, Irish, and Italian, and yet somehow I ended up Southern Baptist. Visit us on Instagram, U.S. post offices are named after everyone from rock singer Ritchie Valens to Marilyn Monroe. [78] He represented a mentally disabled man who was allegedly raped by an employee of the facility where he lived, and the family of a 78-year-old resident of an Albuquerque nursing home who died of internal bleeding. Youre more than a vote, so support GovTrack today with a tip of any amount: Or keep using GovTrack for free! S. 5053: A bill to provide for the meaningful participation of Taiwan in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). And starting in 2019 well be tracking Congresss oversight investigations of the executive branch. [315], Cruz is a proponent of school choice[316] and opposes the Common Core State Standards Initiative. 5325) is an appropriations . The United Nations and U.S. government consider Swidan wrongfully detained. [44][48][55] His nine appearances before the Supreme Court are the most by any practicing lawyer in Texas or current member of Congress. 31) FY 2014 NDAA: Ballistic Missile Threats from the South U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, broke from his own party in voting against a bipartisan bill that would bar lawmakers from being able to singlehandedly launch an objection to a state's. [339], In early January 2017, Cruz, Texas governor Greg Abbott and some others met with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen. Cruz appeared on Carlson's program the next night to apologize for that comment as "frankly dumb" and "sloppy." [378], Cruz opposes paths to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children (so-called DREAMers). [104] But Cruz intentionally missed the deadline for repayment in order to challenge the law that only $250,000 in personal loans can be repaid with money raised after an election. Cruz recently introduced the following legislation: View All 114-328 [100] According to a poll by Cruz's pollster Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research, Cruz received 40% of the Hispanic vote, outperforming Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney among Hispanics in Texas. The bill repeatedly states only U.S. citizens would be permitted to register. Sponsor: Cruz, Ted [Sen.-R-TX] (Introduced 06/15/2022) Cosponsors: ( 1 ) Committees: Senate - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Latest Action: 01/05/2023 Became Public Law No: 117-352. Sec. 15) FY 2018 NDAA: Iran Mil-Mil Calgary homeowner hopes it never happens", "Texplainer: Could Canadian-Born Ted Cruz Be President? "[165], In a heated Senate floor speech in July 2015, Cruz accused Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of telling "a flat-out lie" over his intentions to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, which Cruz opposes. [286], In his speech on July 20, the third day of the convention, Cruz congratulated Trump but did not endorse him. [313] Cruz is "adamantly opposed to a higher minimum wage". Cruz ( Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Texas. Two minor candidates garnered the remaining 3% of the vote. [228] Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin described Cruz as the first potential presidential candidate to emphasize originalism as a major national issue. 324 was included in the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. 1235 of P.L. According to OpenSecrets, Cruz has received more than $2.5 million in campaign contributions from oil, gas and coal interests since 2012. Staying at his home in Texas,[425] he avoided contact with colleagues and constituents for 14 days. [322][323] He voted against the bill because it neglected "to reduce a substantial backlog of projects, to the detriment of projects with national implications, such as the SabineNeches Waterway". 115-232 Choose from the options above to find the right way to contact Cruz. [224] In October 2013, Cruz won the Values Voter Summit presidential straw poll with 42% of the vote. [110] The contest was unusually competitive for an election in Texas, with most polls showing Cruz only slightly ahead. 2) Arms Trade Treaty funding prohibition Cruz outlined his legislation in an interview with CBS 11 on Tuesday. 937 of P.L. Home | Senator Ted Cruz Contact Ted Find Assistance 12.08.2022 Statement From Cruz Office On Brittney Griner Announcement 12.06.2022 Sen. Cruz's Bipartisan Bill to Address Unsolved Lynching and Murder Cases Signed into Law Senator Cruz Senator Ted Cruz @SenTedCruz Tweets by @SenTedCruz This browser does not support the embedded Twitter feed. Nomination Confirmed 77/19 on May 8, 2019. This secured the majority of state delegates, giving Cruz his 12th state win. [304], In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt discussing the attack that killed three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Cruz said that "the simple and undeniable fact is the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats", and claimed that Democrats are "soft on crime" because "convicted felons tend to vote Democratic. [50][63], Michael Wayne Haley was arrested for stealing a calculator from Walmart in 1997. Sec. [406] In 2013, he said he wanted marriage to be legally defined as only "between one man and one woman",[407] but also said that the legality of same-sex marriage should be left to each state to decide. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #201, which was adopted in the full committee markup in managers package 1. [49] At the firm, Cruz worked on matters relating to the National Rifle Association and helped prepare testimony for the impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton. [53], Cruz won the runoff for the Republican nomination by a 14-point margin over Dewhurst, support for Dewhurst having plummeted while Cruz's vote total dramatically increased from the first round. [50], On April 12, 2014, Cruz spoke at the Freedom Summit, an event organized by Americans for Prosperity and Citizens United. The first episodes were summaries of the impeachment hearings of Donald Trump. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #449, which was adopted in the full committee markup in managers package #1. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced legislation Wednesday "to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals," an announcement posted on his official website describes. [216] Later that day, he returned to Texas, after allowing his family to stay in Mexico, saying that the vacation was a mistake. [197] The San Antonio Express News called for Cruz to be expelled from the Senate. On April 3, North Dakota elected a slate of delegates dominated by pro-Cruz delegates. ", "Net neutrality fight offers another contrast in 2018 Senate race", "Ted Cruz lays out how a 'snowflake' learns about net neutrality 'propaganda', "Ted Cruz Pins too Much Blame Outflow jobs Barack Obama", "Cruz Defends Fiorina's Business Record Amid Carrier Controversy", "Roll Call Vote 117th Congress - 2nd Session", "Senate Democrats join with Republicans to vote down Bernie Sanders' effort to stop outsourcing", "Pro-Life Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to Speak at National Right to Life Convention in Dallas", "Senate hopeful Cruz casts himself as conservative warrior". [330], In a 2014 opinion editorial in USA Today, Cruz wrote that auditing the Federal Reserve System was a top Republican priority in 2015 and that he supported legislation that would allow the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. [74] Linglong Tire was found guilty of marketing versions of tires that were based on blueprints stolen by a former employee of a Florida businessman and ordered to pay $26 million to the Floridian. A spokesperson for Cruz said his failure to report the loans to the FEC was "inadvertent" and that he would file supplementary paperwork. Ted Cruz sponsored S.Amdt. [118][120][121] Cruz persuaded the House of Representatives and House Speaker John Boehner to include an ACA defunding provision in the bill. "[159] Cruz's authorship was criticized by Charles Pierce of Esquire,[160] Jay Willis of GQ,[161] and CNN's Chris Cillizza. [361][362][363][364], In 2022, Cruz sharply criticized the Chinese government for its detention of Houston resident Mark Swidan, who has been held for over ten years. 1259 of P.L. He was reelected in a close Senate race in 2018 against Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke. During the first year of Trump's presidency, Cruz sponsored legislation to repeal the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and was part of the group of 13 senators that drafted the unsuccessful 2017 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act replacement proposals of the AHCA. 42). We love educating Americans about how their government works too! 3(b)(9) of P.L. If you teach United States government and would like to speak with us about bringing legislative data into your classroom, please reach out! Sec. It's fundamentally wrong. [386], During Donald Trump's presidency, Cruz and fellow Texas Senator John Cornyn contributed to the appointment of multiple conservative judges to federal courts with jurisdiction over Texas. In a statement opposing U.S. intervention for regime change in Syria, Cruz said, "If President Obama and Hillary Clinton and Sen. Rubio succeed in toppling [Syrian President Bashar] Assad, the result will be the radical Islamic terrorists will take over Syria, that Syria will be controlled by ISIS, and that is materially worse for U.S. national security interests. GovTrack.us is not a government website. [6] They divorced in 1997. 114-328 P.L. [325], In 2017, Cruz was one of 22 senators to sign a letter[326] addressed to Trump urging him to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. For other uses, see. Im having a problem with a government agency, need legal help, want to schedule a meeting or White House tour, or have another question. Were looking to learn more about who uses GovTrack and what features you find helpful or think could be improved. During the first year of Trump's presidency, Cruz sponsored legislation to repeal the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and was part of the group of 13 senators that drafted the unsuccessful 2017 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act replacement proposals of the AHCA. Health (15%) [310], Cruz has been described by the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies as a "free trader"[311] and as a "free-trade advocate" by The Wall Street Journal. Ted Cruz sponsored S.1394, which was incorporated as Sec. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #342, which was adopted in the ETC subcommittee markup in the managers package. 115-232 Help us develop the tools to bring real-time legislative data into the classroom. 319 of P.L. from Jan 3, 2019 to Dec 22, 2022. We need someone with judgment and the temperament to keep this country safe. 115-232 Senator", "Capitol attack prompts top US firms to pull funding for leading Republicans", "CRUZ, Rafael Edward (Ted) Biographical Information", "Birthplace of President Ted Cruz? [163] Republican Senator John McCain was reported to have particularly disliked Cruz; in a Senate floor speech in 2013, McCain denounced Cruz's reference to Nazis when discussing the Affordable Care Act. Sec. The chart below reports missed votes over time. Sec. After the January 2021 Capitol attack, Cruz received widespread political and popular backlash for objecting to the certification of Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election and giving credence to the false claim that the election was fraudulent. He is 52 years old. The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including: The letters stand for sounds according to the following table: Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable. Heidi took leave from her position as head of the Southwest Region in the Investment Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 2016 to support Cruz's run for president. Cruz's denunciation of Obama was criticized by PolitiFact, which found that the modern pattern of American outsourcing, while prevalent during the Obama years, had started earlier. If the Democrats want to replace this nominee, they need to win the election". [177], Cruz backed a failed appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court attempting to overturn or nullify the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania filed by U.S. Representative Mike Kelly, which argued that the Pennsylvania Constitution requires in-person voting except in narrow and defined circumstances; the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania had already rejected this argument. 11) FY 2019 NDAA: Air Force core sampling [250] In the Texas primary, he received the most votes in all but six of the state's 254 counties. [105] There is no indication that Cruz's wife had any role in providing any of the loans, or that the banks did anything wrong. [37][38][39] Princeton's debate team named their annual novice championship after Cruz. Youve cast your vote. "[233] He was the first major Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 campaign. [50][376] He advocates an increase from 65,000 to 325,000 annually in skilled foreign workers entering the United States using H-1B visas. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, broke from his own party in voting against a bipartisan bill that would bar him from singlehandedly objecting to presidential election results, as he did on Jan. 6, 2021. Their attempts The bill was co-sponsored by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Then he started backtracking", "Rep. Matt Gaetz taunts Sen. Ted Cruz and says 'you can bend over' but 'the establishment will never love you', "Ted Cruz's Cancn Trip: Family Texts Detail His Political Blunder", "Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi, invited neighbors to join Cancun trip in leaked texts: Report", "Texas storm: Ted Cruz defends trip to Mexico as power outages continue as it happened", Houston Police confirms officers monitored Sen. 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