113-66 The most recent include: Does 15 not sound like a lot? P.L. [220][221][222] On March 14, 2013, he gave the keynote speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC. [44][43] He wrote a brief on behalf of all 50 states that argued that the plaintiff, a non-custodial parent, did not have standing to file suit on his daughter's behalf. 28) FY 2015 NDAA: Purple Heart eligibility He won in the general election on November 6, 2018. [282], In the months following, several publications noted that Cruz still had not endorsed Trump,[283][284] Cruz explaining in June that he was "watching and assessing" to determine if he would support him in the forthcoming general election. Cruz also accused the Obama administration of having a "radical anti-Israel agenda". [44][48][55] His nine appearances before the Supreme Court are the most by any practicing lawyer in Texas or current member of Congress. [166] His "incendiary outburst" was "unusual in the cordial atmosphere of the Senate", according to Reuters. Sec. [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. [50] He authored 70 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and presented 34 appellate oral arguments. There was a degree of serendipity in that, but there was also a concerted effort to seek out and lead conservative fights. 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. [36] Cruz and Panton later represented Harvard Law School at the 1995 World Debating Championship, losing in the semifinals to a team from Australia. -. 3(b)(9) requires TSA to create a strategy to provide law enforcement with access to airport security video surveillance systems at certain airports. Look for a contact form on Sen. Ted Cruzs website to express your opinion. [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. 1259 of P.L. [67], In 2008 American Lawyer magazine named Cruz one of the 50 Best Litigators under 45 in America,[54][68] and The National Law Journal named him one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America. [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. Visit us on Mastodon Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) proposed legislation on Wednesday that would block the United States from selling Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil to China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran as President Joe Biden has drained the SPR to the lowest level in decades, Breitbart News learned exclusively. 1225 of P.L. This secured the majority of state delegates, giving Cruz his 12th state win. 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. [213], Cruz left the family poodle Snowflake alone inside the house without heat; reporters saw the dog through the window of the front door of the dark and empty house. 116th Congress. 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". Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #117, which was adopted in the full committee markup by roll call vote. According to OpenSecrets, Cruz has received more than $2.5 million in campaign contributions from oil, gas and coal interests since 2012. [231], On March 23, 2015, Cruz started his 2016 presidential campaign for the Republican primaries and caucuses, in a morning speech delivered at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Senate. 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. 2711 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. This is a project of Civic Impulse, LLC. [337] In 2014, he criticized the Obama administration: "The president's foreign policy team utterly missed the threat of ISIS, indeed, was working to arm Syrian rebels that were fighting side by side with ISIS", calling ISIS "the face of evil". [366][367], Cruz was a vocal critic of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed under President Obama in 2010. 1). [130][131], On April 1, 2014, Cruz introduced S. 2195, a bill that would allow the president of the United States to deny visas to any ambassador to the United Nations who has been found to have been engaged in espionage or terrorist activity against the United States or its allies and may pose a threat to U.S. national security interests. 115-232 [365], Cruz was one of six Republican senators to vote against expanding the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which would allow the U.S. Justice Department to review hate crimes related to COVID-19 and establish an online database. 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. [75] Cruz represented drug manufacturer B. Braun before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit after the company was found guilty of wrongfully discharging a former employee. [403][404] He is in favor of cutting federal funding to Planned Parenthood. [412], In July 2022, Cruz issued a press release saying that he supported the repeal of the 1973 Texas anti-gay sodomy law, writing, "consenting adults should be able to do what they wish in their private sexual activity, and the government has no business in their bedrooms. 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. 1236 of P.L. Staying at his home in Texas,[425] he avoided contact with colleagues and constituents for 14 days. While Cruz initially declined to endorse Trump's campaign once he won the nomination, he became a staunch Trump supporter during his presidency. In December 2019 he and Senator Ron Johnson wrote a letter to Edward Heerema, the owner of the offshore pipe layer Allseas, to warn him of sanctions if Allseas did not suspend its work on the pipeline, which would deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany. 7) FY 2019 NDAA: Bar China from RIMPAC Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #185, which was adopted in the full committee markup by voice vote. 27) Airport security [324] Proponents of the bill argued that it would provide steady funding to support research and restoration projects, funded primarily by dedicating 12.5% of revenues from offshore energy development, including oil, gas, and renewable energy, through offshore lease sales and production based royalty payments, distributed through a competitive grant program. A bill to create a point of order against legislation modifying the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. [385], In March 2016, about seven months before the forthcoming presidential election, Cruz argued the Senate should not consider Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court on the grounds that "this should be a decision for the people. The bill was co-sponsored by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA). [293], Cruz was backed by the billionaire Mercer family, including Robert and his daughter Rebekah. [298], In July 2018, Cruz spoke at the Rally for Religious Freedom in Asia. 2404 of S.1405 (Senate FAA bill), and subsequently Sec. The first episodes were summaries of the impeachment hearings of Donald Trump. [4][44][53], In 2003, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott appointed Cruz to be the solicitor general of Texas. Cruz also garnered the support of ten other senators for a plan by his decades-long friend, Trump attorney John Eastman, to delay the January 6 electoral vote certification for ten days to allow Republican legislatures in six key states Biden had won to consider submitting slates of Trump electors, based on false allegations of widespread voting fraud. [228] Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin described Cruz as the first potential presidential candidate to emphasize originalism as a major national issue. Angry veterans fired back", "Sen. Ted Cruz slams 'emasculated' U.S. military depicted in Army ad campaign", "Ted Cruz looks to project military strength in South Carolina", "The conservative case against net neutrality", "The FCC Just Killed Net Neutrality. [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. 318 of H.R.302 2) Arms Trade Treaty funding prohibition Sec. 115-232 Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #115, which was adopted in the ETC subcommittee markup in managers package 2. Ted Cruz sponsored the Senate vehicle (S. 442), which was used for enactment. 2 min read. [358] Cruz tweeted, "More than once, I've said 'screw the Chinese communists'. 1852, which added Sec. 25) FY 2016 NDAA: Update Annual Iran Military Power Report [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. The appeals court denied the appeal and affirmed the jury's award. [401][402], Cruz is strongly anti-abortion, but "would allow the procedurewhen a pregnancy endangers the mother's life". [12][13], Cruz's father, Rafael, was born and raised in Cuba, the son of a Canary Islander who immigrated to Cuba as a child. We are also still on Instagram at @govtrack.us posting 60-second summary videos of legislation in Congress. [36] In 1992, he was named U.S. National Speaker of the Year and, with his debate partner David Panton, Team of the Year by the American Parliamentary Debate Association. Newdow. [408] In 2015, after the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell ruled same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional, he called the decision "the very definition of tyranny",[409] accused the court of judicial activism, and said it was "among the darkest hours of our nation. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. "[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. Science, Technology, Communications (6%) Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #37, which was adopted in the full committee markup by roll call vote. Our mission is to empower every American with the tools to understand and impact Congress. 8112 of H.Rept.115-952 (P.L. [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. You can try your luck by visiting Cruzs website. [419] She previously worked in the White House for Condoleezza Rice and in New York as an investment banker. In the Senate, Cruz has taken consistently conservative positions on economic and social policy; he played a leading role in the 2013 United States federal government shutdown, seeking to force Congress and President Barack Obama to defund the Affordable Care Act. 8) FY 2019 NDAA: Enhancement of U.S.-Israel defense cooperation "[305], In August 2015, in the wake of the ambush death of a Texas police officer who was gunned down while filling up at a gas station, Cruz said that police are "feeling the assault from the President, from the top on down, as we seewhether it's in Ferguson or Baltimore, the response from senior officials, the President or the Attorney General, is to vilify law enforcement. [377] According to McClatchy, Cruz staked out "hard-right immigration stances" during his 2016 presidential campaign. [191] The Senate rejected these objections by 936 and 927, respectively. 113-291 [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. [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. [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". [136][137][138], In his first two years in the Senate, Cruz attended 17 of 50 public Armed Services Committee hearings, 3 of 25 Commerce Committee hearings, and 4 of the 12 Judiciary Committee hearings, and he missed 21 of 135 roll call votes during the first three months of 2015. Little did I know how closely Swalwell was listening. [391] He has claimed the military is debilitated and its "ability to project power and obtain air superiority is tragically anemic". Rafael Edward Cruz (/kruz/; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. [16] He earned Canadian citizenship in 1973[6] and became a naturalized United States citizen in 2005. Cruz faced the Democratic nominee, U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, in the general election. Keilar rolls the tape", "Ted Cruz told the truth about the 1/6 attack. 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). [382][383], In December 2020, Cruz blocked the Hong Kong People's Freedom and Choice Act, which would give Hong Kongers refugee status, citing the threat of spying by China. Miriam died in 2011. Cruz was endorsed first by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin[85] and then by the Club for Growth, a fiscally conservative political action committee;[86] the FreedomWorks for America super PAC;[87] nationally syndicated radio host Mark Levin;[88] Tea Party Express;[89] Young Conservatives of Texas;[90] and U.S. [115][116][117][118][119] Cruz gave a 21-hour Senate speech in an effort to hold up a federal budget bill and thereby defund the Affordable Care Act. 6) FY 2019 NDAA: Report on Iran military power The chart is based on the bills Cruz has sponsored and cosponsored He is 52 years old. [200] Republican operative Chad Sweet, the chair of Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign, denounced Cruz for "assault on our democracy. [145] In June 2016, Cruz blamed the Obama administration for the Orlando nightclub shooting, reasoning that it did not track the perpetrator Omar Mateen properly while he was on the terrorist watch-list. She is of three-quarters Irish and one-quarter Italian descent, and earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Rice University in the 1950s. [98][99], In the November 6 general election, Cruz faced Democratic nominee Paul Sadler, an attorney and a former state representative from Henderson, Texas. His current term ends on January 3, 2025. After the hearings ended the podcast expanded its content to include other topics and interviews, including with Washington politicians such as U.S. 18) NASA Transition Authorization Act 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. "[280], Shortly after the campaign's end, Cruz indicated that he would restart the bid if successful in the Nebraska primary,[281] which Trump later won. [349] A few days later Allseas suspended the work. [234][235] During the primary campaign, his base of support was mainly among social conservatives, though he had crossover appeal to other factions within his party, including in particular libertarian conservatives. 115-232 Im having a problem with a government agency, need legal help, want to schedule a meeting or White House tour, or have another question. [418] The couple met when Cruz was working on George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign. [286], In his speech on July 20, the third day of the convention, Cruz congratulated Trump but did not endorse him. [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. ( All Actions ) Tracker: Introduced Passed Senate Passed House To President Became Law BILL 2. 31) FY 2014 NDAA: Ballistic Missile Threats from the South 115-44 Maybe this is just an effort to push Mr. Trump out of the headlines, but it's not the kind of leadership that is needed for America right now. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015, 2021 Jan-Jan [333][334], Cruz has been an adamant opponent of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, a 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran negotiated by the U.S. and other world powers, calling it "catastrophic" and "disastrous". [185][186], On January 6, 2021, during the debate about whether Congress should accept Arizona's electoral votes, Cruz said that 39% of Americans believed the 2020 presidential election was rigged, but that "I am not arguing for setting aside the result of this election". [188][189], Congress's counting of the Electoral College votes was interrupted by an insurrectionist mob that stormed the United States Capitol after a rally near the White House. Now it could win him the White House", "As a private lawyer, Ted Cruz defended companies found guilty of wrongdoing", "Court gets OK for Toyota contempt hearing", "Court of Appeals November 6, 2011 Opinion", "As a Lawyer, Ted Cruz Defended Huge Jury Awards. Glover, Scott and Reston, Maeve (March 10, 2016). Sec. [76] Cruz unsuccessfully argued the judge's jurisdiction expired 30 days after the case was dismissed following an out-of-court settlement, but later won a second appeal using the same argument. We love educating Americans about how their government works too! [158], In April 2018, in the copy accompanying Trump's entry on the Time 100 most influential people of 2017, Cruz wrote, "President Trump is doing what he was elected to do: disrupt the status quo. Cruz ( Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Texas. [378], Cruz opposes paths to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children (so-called DREAMers). Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 113-291 [252][253][254], Cruz won his widest margin up to that point in Kansas, where he beat front-runner Donald Trump by 25 points. [60] The Supreme Court upheld the position of Cruz's brief. This bill, in its final form, funded the parts of the federal government whose funding was to lapse on February 15, 2019. Join 10 million other Americans using GovTrack to learn about and contact your representative and senators and track what Congress is doing each day. [259] On March 22, Cruz won the Utah Caucus with 69.2% of the vote, versus John Kasich with 16.8% and Trump with 14%. 33) FY 2014 NDAA: BRAC restriction 2262, which is identical to P.L. ( All Actions ) Tracker: Introduced Passed Senate Passed House To President Became Law LAW 3. 114-90. [193] The Texas Democratic Party also called on the U.S. Department of Justice to open an official investigation into Cruz for inciting sedition and treason. ', "For Cruz, Supreme Court Work at Heart of Campaign", "Ted Cruz: Anti-Gay Marriage Crusader? Now What? According to an official press release from . 21) FY 2017 NDAA: Missile defense policy Ballot", "Cruz's 'Natural-Born Citizen' Status Tested in Birther Suit", "Illinois election board: Ted Cruz is a natural-born citizen", "Cruz floats restarting campaign if he wins Nebraska primary", "Donald Trump wins West Virginia and Nebraska primaries", "Cruz Coy On Trump Endorsement But Plans Strong Convention Role", "Ted Cruz to speak at RNC following Trump meeting", "Ted Cruz Is Booed When He Refuses to Back Donald Trump at Convention", "Defiant Ted Cruz stands by refusal to endorse Trump after being booed during convention speech", "Ted Cruz 'Not in the Habit' of Endorsing People Who Attack His Family", "Ted Cruz refuses to rescind Donald Trump endorsement over 'locker room talk', "Ted Cruz Considered by Trump for Attorney General", "Why won't Steve Bannon go after 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. [339], In early January 2017, Cruz, Texas governor Greg Abbott and some others met with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen. Cruz, who has vehemently denounced the Biden administration's approach to immigration, said Tuesday that the Stop the Surge of Unsafe Rio . A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices. 5302. 114-50 Our work to hold Congress accountable only matters if elections are decided by counting votes. [384], During a May 2021 Senate Rules Committee hearing, Cruz falsely asserted that House Democrats had "designed" the For The People Act such that it "directs" people "to break the law and register millions of people to vote who are not eligible to vote because they are not United States citizens" and "automatically registers to vote anyone who interacts with the government" regardless of their immigration status. 115-63 5) FY 2019 NDAA: Stopping Chinese infiltration of American universities [162] Cruz's role in the United States federal government shutdown of 2013 in particular attracted criticism from a number of Republican colleagues. "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. [129] To critics, including some Republican colleagues[119] such as Senator Lindsey Graham, the move was ineffective. campaign of lies and conspiracy theories was a months-long, multifarious attempted coup. 113-100 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. He 115-232. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison said she would not seek reelection, Cruz launched his campaign via a blogger conference call. The Washington Post disputed this, writing that "the bill was largely aimed at dealing with Sandy, along with relatively minor items to address other or future disasters. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #116, which was adopted in the full committee markup. 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