[171][172] Cruz has expressed pride in his reputation for having few allies, saying in June 2015 that he has been vilified for fighting "the Washington cartel". Glover, Scott and Reston, Maeve (March 10, 2016). 34) A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the Paul Brown United States Courthouse. Im having a problem with a government agency, need legal help, want to schedule a meeting or White House tour, or have another question. [118] This move was extremely popular among Cruz supporters, with Rick Manning of Americans for Limited Government naming Cruz "2013 Person of the Year" in an op-ed in The Hill, primarily for his filibuster against the Affordable Care Act. ", "Why Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., is the perfect launchpad for Ted Cruz", "Ted Cruz 92 Sworn-in as U.S. "[141], Cruz has repeatedly said that the 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran "will make the Obama administration the world's leading financier of radical Islamic terrorism". [55][59], Cruz successfully defended the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds before the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court, winning 54 in Van Orden v. Sec. 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. [157] On April 6, shortly after the Shayrat missile strike, he released a statement displaying his interest in having Trump appeal to Congress to take "military action in Syria" to prevent Islamic terrorists from acquiring weapons stored in Syria. 3) FY 2019 NDAA: Protecting the Chief of Chaplains serving in each branch of the military from their rank being diminished and to underscore their important role of caring for those in need [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. 6) FY 2019 NDAA: Report on Iran military power Help us develop the tools to bring real-time legislative data into the classroom. Sec. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. The letter, published in the magazine Politico on April 18, 2014, starts with "Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S. 2195 into law". S. 1635 (116th): A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Odessa, Texas, as the Wilson and Young Medal of Honor VA Clinic. Ted Cruz sponsored S. Amdt. "[153], In late January 2017, Cruz praised Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch as "brilliant and immensely talented" in a written statement. [148] On December 28, after Secretary of State John Kerry gave a speech defending the U.S.'s decision to allow a U.N. resolution to pass that condemned Israeli settlements "on land meant to be part of a future Palestinian state", Cruz denounced the speech as "disgraceful", and said that history would remember Obama and Kerry as "relentless enemies of Israel". 318 of H.R.302 2) Arms Trade Treaty funding prohibition Sec. Ted Cruz sponsored the Senate vehicle (S. 442), which was used for enactment. In the aftermath of the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, U.S Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo), introduced legislation that will dedicate over $38 billion to make schools and their communities safer. Senator", "Capitol attack prompts top US firms to pull funding for leading Republicans", "CRUZ, Rafael Edward (Ted) Biographical Information", "Birthplace of President Ted Cruz? [423], As of 2018, according to OpenSecrets, Cruz's net worth was more than $3.1 million. 09/12/2022 The Securing Our Schools Act of 2022 would have provided $15 billion to double the number of school resource officers, $10. The next day CNN reported that Cruz had characterized the attack as terrorism at least 17 times during the preceding year. the median of 2.4% Senator Ted Cruz is looking to repeal the effect of legislation passed in the new tax infrastructure bill that defines crypto brokers very broadly. Cruz ( Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Texas. [64] Texas won the case in a 63 decision, the Supreme Court holding that ICJ decisions were not binding in domestic law and that the President had no power to enforce them. [96] Former Attorney General Ed Meese served as national chairman of Cruz's campaign. After graduating from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Cruz pursued a career in politics. This is Most legislation has no activity after being introduced. S. 4411 (117th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the Vanessa Guillen Post Office Building. 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. Cruz asserted that she had failed to prove that B. Braun had directed her to violate the law and that she had not presented sufficient evidence that her refusal to violate the law was why she had been fired. Your lies cost lives", "Editorial: Impeachment for Trump, Expulsion for Cruz", "Nearly 6,000 lawyers and law students call for disbarment proceedings against Cruz and Hawley", "Ted Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign chair denounces him for 'assault on our democracy' after Capitol riot", "Corporate America halts donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election", "Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Other GOP Objectors Face Donation Boycott From Major Businesses", "Cruz aide resigns following violence at Capitol", "Which senators supported a Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission", "Fox host spars with Ted Cruz on live TV over Jan. 6th. [227], Cruz did speaking events in mid-2013 across Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, all early primary states, leading to further speculation that he was laying the groundwork for a 2016 bid. Ted Cruz sponsored S. 1297, which was the companion legislation to the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. "[66] The Supreme Court later remanded the case to lower courts based on Haley's ineffective assistance of counsel claim. Cruz won with 4.5 million votes (56.4%) to Sadler's 3.2 million (40.6%). [210][211][212] Cruz requested that the Houston police escort him and his family through the airport. 324 was included in the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. [83], On January 19, 2011, after U.S. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #189, which was adopted in the full committee markup in managers package #3. Cruz worked on the Chinese company's appellant brief. On May 28, 2021, Cruz voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the riot. 15) FY 2018 NDAA: Iran Mil-Mil We hope to enable educators to build lesson plans centered around any bill or vote in Congress, even those as recent as yesterday. The bill repeatedly states only U.S. citizens would be permitted to register. After Haley had exhausted his appeals, it became known that Haley's robbery offense occurred three days before one of his other convictions was finalized; this raised a question about the applicability of the habitual offender statute in his case. [166] His "incendiary outburst" was "unusual in the cordial atmosphere of the Senate", according to Reuters. He is 52 years old. stated on May 26, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. 24) FY 2017 NDAA: Iran Cyber [84] In the Republican primary, he ran against sitting Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst. He also joined a. Not Always", "D.C. [351] In January, another pipelayer, Fortuna, joined forces with the Akademik Cherskiy to complete the pipeline. 12) Student Opportunity Amendment (529s for K-12 education) [238] The book reached the bestseller list of several organizations in its first week of release. 113-66 She is of three-quarters Irish and one-quarter Italian descent, and earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Rice University in the 1950s. [225] Cruz finished first in two presidential straw polls conducted in 2014 with 30.33% of the vote at the Republican Leadership Conference[226] and 43% of the vote at the Republican Party of Texas state convention. That pledge was not a blanket commitment that if you go and slander and attack Heidi, that I'm going to nonetheless come like a servile puppy dog and say, 'Thank you very much for maligning my wife and maligning my father. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #37, which was adopted in the full committee markup by roll call vote. [146] Following the terrorist attack on Nice, France, Cruz said in a statement that the country was at risk as a result of the Obama administration having a "willful blindness" to radical Islamists. [65] Because of Haley's previous criminal convictions, he was sentenced to 16-and-a-half years in prison under the Texas habitual offender law. [236][237], HarperCollins published Cruz's book A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America on June 30, 2015. Cruz was the primary sponsor of 15 bills that were enacted. 937 of P.L. Our public interest mission means we will never put our service behind a paywall. 21) FY 2017 NDAA: Missile defense policy On April 16, Cruz won all 14 of Wyoming's at-large delegates in the state convention. 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Ted Cruz in 2016? "[309], In May 2022, after the Robb Elementary School shooting, Cruz blamed mass shootings on declining church attendance, violent video games, prescription drugs, cyberbullying, social isolation, and other societal factors. "[56], In 2003, while Cruz was Texas Solicitor General, the Texas Attorney General's office declined to defend Texas's sodomy law in Lawrence v. Texas, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state laws banning homosexual sex were unconstitutional. [10][17][18], At the time of his birth, Ted Cruz's parents had lived in Calgary for three years and were working in the oil business as owners of a seismic-data processing firm for oil drilling. He assumed office on January 3, 2013. [250] In the Texas primary, he received the most votes in all but six of the state's 254 counties. [94] He was also endorsed by former Texas Congressman Ron Paul,[95] George P. Bush,[53] and former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum. Senators Tim Scott, Lindsey Graham, and Mike Lee, Trump administration officials including White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, then-U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, and actors Jon Voight and Isaiah Washington. Sec. [379] In February 2018, he was the sole senator to oppose a Republican motion to begin debate on legislation intended to resolve the question of what to do with DREAMers. 115-91 [220][221][222] On March 14, 2013, he gave the keynote speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC. 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. [103], In January 2016, The New York Times reported that Cruz and his wife had taken out nearly $1 million in low-interest loans from Goldman Sachs (where she worked) and Citibank, and failed to report them on Federal Election Commission disclosure statements as required by law. He won in the general election on November 6, 2018. 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. [191] The Senate rejected these objections by 936 and 927, respectively. . 115-91 16) Hurricane tax relief 2405 of P.L. [155] On March 1, he called Trump's joint address to Congress the previous day "positive" and "unifying". Sec. In addition to eliminating the IRS as described above, he has promised to eliminate four other cabinet-level agencies: the Department of Energy, Department of Education, Department of Commerce, and Department of Housing and Urban Development. Very few bills are ever enacted most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. [340][341][342], On January 5, 2017, Cruz voted in favor of a House resolution condemning UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories as a violation of international law. "Cornyn, Cruz Vote to Fix Water Resource and Development Act", "The Republicans who urged Trump to pull out of Paris deal are big oil darlings", U.S. [12][43][73] At Morgan Lewis, he led the firm's U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice. [156] Cruz said that during his visit to the Mar-a-Lago estate on March 18, he spoke with affiliates of Trump while negotiating the American Health Care Act. 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[8][9][10][11] Cruz's mother was born in Wilmington, Delaware. and similar efforts to politicize our military on this issue are blocked," Cruz said in a statement regarding the bill. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #123, which was adopted in the full committee markup via managers package #2. [420] Cruz lives in River Oaks, Houston. [119] During the filibuster he read Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. [98][99], In the November 6 general election, Cruz faced Democratic nominee Paul Sadler, an attorney and a former state representative from Henderson, Texas. 17) North Korea State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act [60] The Supreme Court upheld the position of Cruz's brief. That's wrong. He was reelected in a close Senate race in 2018 against Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke. Seuss. 42). It had been reported that Trump was considering Cruz for the position of U.S. Attorney General, but the position went to Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. [232] Also, at the same hour, he posted on his Twitter page: "I'm running for President and I hope to earn your support! Cruz said he had been advised that the odds of contracting the virus were very low.[426]. 2404 of S.1405 (Senate FAA bill), and subsequently Sec. [339], In early January 2017, Cruz, Texas governor Greg Abbott and some others met with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen. Sec. 115-232 [174] The next month, the budget agreement passed in the House by a vote of 266 to 187, with unanimous support from Democrats and Boehner, lifting the debt ceiling through March 2017. 4) FY 2019 NDAA: Fighting politicization of the security clearance process [248] On February 21, he placed third in the South Carolina Republican primary with about 22.3% of the vote. Cruz, who has vehemently denounced the Biden administration's approach to immigration, said Tuesday that the Stop the Surge of Unsafe Rio . 115-232 [194][195][196] The Houston Chronicle called for Cruz to resign. ', "For Cruz, Supreme Court Work at Heart of Campaign", "Ted Cruz: Anti-Gay Marriage Crusader? 26 Ted Cruz Tried to Pass Legislation to Keep Kids Safe At School And Dems Filibustered It Ted Cruz Tried to Pass Legislation to Keep Kids Safe At School And Dems Filibustered It May 26, 2022 Stacey Warner Twitter 0 This story proves that Democrats don't care about protecting children or anyone else. [317], Cruz rejects the scientific consensus on climate change. Congress. Youve cast your vote. 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. Cruz sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas: International Affairs (34%) Sec. Senators Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint,[91] Mike Lee,[92] Rand Paul[93] and Pat Toomey. [230] In his speech, Cruz mentioned that Latinos, young people and single mothers are the people most affected by the recession, and that the Republican Party should make outreach efforts to these constituents. [319][320][321], Cruz voted against the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 that would have created the National Endowment for the Oceans and authorized more than $26 billion in projects to be built by the Army Corps of Engineers, at least $16 billion of which would have come from federal taxpayers. Cruz recently introduced the following legislation: View All [301] In his 2012 Senate campaign, Cruz frequently mentioned his role as counsel for the State of Texas in Medelln v. Texas, a 2008 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that Texas has the right to ignore an order from the International Court of Justice directing the U.S. to review the convictions and sentences of dozens of Mexican nationals on death row. [287] The following day at the Texas Republican delegation breakfast, Cruz defended his choice to not endorse Trump: "I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father. English Is Not Her Native Language", "Ted Cruz Showed Eloquence, and Limits, as Debater at Princeton", "Ted Cruz '92 isn't welcome back to Colonial, his old club", "Ted Cruz's 1992 'Clipping the Wings of Angels', "Ted Cruz and Texas's Tea Party Revolution", "R. (Ted) Edward Cruz, Attorney Biography", "Defusing the H-Bomb: In politics, Harvard alums frame diplomas strategically", "Civil Suit Against Mcdermott Over Leaked Tapes Gears Up Rep. Boehner Says His Privacy Was Violated", "John Boehner once hired Ted Cruz to be his lawyer", "Attorney General Abbott Appoints New Solicitor General: Longtime Solicitor General R. Ted Cruz returns to private practice; Deputy Solicitor General Sean Jordan to serve on leadership team", "Carrying the Tea Party Banner: U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz calls for a 'return to the framers' vision of a constitutionally limited government. 1681 of P.L. Sec. Ted Cruz sponsored S. 1594, which is identical to the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. There was a degree of serendipity in that, but there was also a concerted effort to seek out and lead conservative fights. Hackers/journalists/researchers: See these open data sources. [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. [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. [151][152], Cruz said to journalists of Donald Trump: "I wake up every day and laugh at the latest thing Donald has tweeted, because hes losing it. [197] The San Antonio Express News called for Cruz to be expelled from the Senate. Please help us make GovTrack better address the needs of educators by joining our advisory group. [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. [118], Cruz has consistently denied any involvement in the 2013 government shutdown, even though he cast several votes to prolong it and was blamed by many within his own party for prompting it. Cruz, who had previously argued nine cases before the Supreme Court, agreed to Trump's request to argue the Paxton suit should it come before the Court, though it did not. The race received significant media attention[111] and became the most expensive U.S. Senate election in history up to that point[112] (until the 202021 Georgia special election between incumbent Kelly Loeffler and Raphael Warnock). 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. [266] On April 27, he said that, if he were selected as the party's nominee, he would choose former CEO of HP and fellow 2016 Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina as his vice-presidential running mate. to suppress entire state-certified vote counts without adjudication in the courts and using a disinformation 114-50 The . 115-232 [192] The Texas Democratic Party called on Cruz to resign, saying that his efforts to block Biden's lawful victory empowered the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol. In 2012, Cruz was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first Hispanic-American[2] to serve as a U.S. senator from Texas. Sec. This is a project of Civic Impulse, LLC. Join 10 million other Americans using GovTrack to learn about and contact your representative and senators and track what Congress is doing each day. [395] He has argued that net neutrality is the "Obamacare for the internet". Ted Cruz sponsored subcommittee amendment #124, which was adopted in the Personnel Subcommittee markup via managers package. 720). [202][203][3] Lauren Blair Bianchi, Cruzs communications director, resigned.[204]. [48][54][33][43] The office was established in 1999 to handle appeals involving the Texas state government, but Abbott hired Cruz with the idea that Cruz would take a "leadership role in the United States in articulating a vision of strict constructionism". [247] On February 10, Cruz placed third in the New Hampshire primary, with about 12% of the vote. Republican bill would let states name post offices, rather than Congress, Who was nominated for the Congressional Gold Medal in 2022, voted to reject the state-certified election results of Arizona and/or Pennsylvania, January 6, 2021 violent insurrection at the Capitol, led on the front lines by militant white supremacy groups. Nomination Confirmed 77/19 on May 8, 2019. "[299], Cruz has called for an end to "overcriminalization, harsh mandatory minimum sentences, and the demise of jury trials". [123] Cruz was also named "2013 Man of the Year" by conservative publications TheBlaze,[124] and The American Spectator,[125] "2013 Conservative of the Year" by Townhall,[126] and "2013 Statesman of the Year" by the Republican Party of Sarasota County, Florida. 1852 was agreed to in the Senate by roll call vote on the floor. The Cruz campaign had more than 325,000 volunteers. Keilar rolls the tape", "Ted Cruz told the truth about the 1/6 attack. 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