318 of H.R.302. [25] Cruz has two older half-sisters, Miriam Ceferina Cruz and Roxana Lourdes Cruz, from his father's first marriage. Joint Resolution Passed 78/22 on Sep 18, 2014. Ted Cruz sponsored the Senate vehicle (S. 442), which was used for enactment. GovTrack.us is not a government website. As a Politician, He Opposed Them", "Two Sides of Ted Cruz: Tort Reformer and Personal Injury Lawyer", "Ted Cruz, once the beneficiary of Tea Party tactics, feels their sting", "Sarah Palin Endorses Ted Cruz For U.S. Senate In Texas", "Club for Growth Picks Texas Senate Favorite", "Mark Levin endorses Ted Cruz for US Senate in Texas", "Tea Party Express endorses Ted Cruz for Senate in Waco", "For DeMint, A Few Well-Timed Endorsements", "Tea Party stalwart Rand Paul backs Cruz over Dewhurst in Texas' U.S. Senate race", "Sen. 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[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. Sec. [398], During his 2016 presidential campaign, Cruz strongly denounced outsourcing American jobs to other countries, alleging that any politician who allowed it to happen was betraying their constituents. [44][43][48][55] With the support of the George W. Bush administration, the petitioners argued that the United States had violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations by failing to notify the convicted nationals of their opportunity to receive legal aid from the Mexican consulate. Nomination Confirmed 77/19 on May 8, 2019. [421], Cruz has joked, "I'm Cuban, Irish, and Italian, and yet somehow I ended up Southern Baptist. P.L. This is [178][179][180] The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case or issue an injunction and Pennsylvania's Electoral College votes were cast for Joe Biden. [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". 1). Most legislation has no activity after being introduced. presidential election decided instead by incumbent politicians running in the very same election. Ted Cruz sponsored a committee amendment to add Sec. Ted Cruz sponsored S.J.Res. 113-66 The Securing Our Schools Act of 2022 would have provided $15 billion to double the number of school resource officers, $10. Cruz is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. Not all Members of Congress will accept messages from non-constituents. Very few bills are ever enacted most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. [395] He has argued that net neutrality is the "Obamacare for the internet". [401][402], Cruz is strongly anti-abortion, but "would allow the procedurewhen a pregnancy endangers the mother's life". Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #182, which was adopted in the full committee markup by voice vote. [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. Sec. Swalwell's general relationship with a suspected Chinese agent, Christine Fang, has been characterized as problematic, particularly given his high-profile role as a member of the House Intelligence Committee. [300] He supports the death penalty. [313] Cruz is "adamantly opposed to a higher minimum wage". WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. [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. Please help us make GovTrack better address the needs of educators by joining our advisory group. If youve visited a bill page on GovTrack.us recently, you may have noticed a new study guide tab located just below the bill title. [245] The Iowa win made him the first Hispanic to win either a presidential primary election or caucus. "[142] Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney also criticized Cruz's remarks, writing that although he, too, opposed the Iran agreement, Cruz's statement connecting Obama to terrorism was "way over the line" and "hurts the cause". Guttenberg said this was "a really important day. 319 of P.L. [387][388][389][390], Cruz has criticized the U.S. military for becoming "emasculated" by its recruiting efforts, comparing those efforts unfavorably to the Russian military's. 8112 of H.Rept.115-952 (P.L. Cruz argued that the drafters of the Constitution intended to protect their constituents' rights, and that the last two items in the Bill of Rights offer an explicit stop against an all-powerful state. P.L. 09/12/2022 Let the election decide. [34][4][35] While at Princeton, he competed for the American Whig-Cliosophic Society's Debate Panel and won the top speaker award at both the 1992 U.S. National Debating Championship and the 1992 North American Debating Championship. [162] Cruz's role in the United States federal government shutdown of 2013 in particular attracted criticism from a number of Republican colleagues. 114-328 Hearings held. "[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. 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. Bills Sponsored by Ted Cruz (R-Texas) | Represent | ProPublica Senate Members Ted Cruz Bills Sponsored Bills Sponsored by Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Sen. Cruz has sponsored 103 bills in the. [291] On November 15, he met with President-elect Trump at Trump Tower in New York City. Sec. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #342, which was adopted in the ETC subcommittee markup in the managers package. [190], When Congress reconvened that evening to continue the count, Cruz voted to object to Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes. 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. In the middle of the storm, Cruz and his family were spotted on a plane heading to Cancn, Mexico, where they planned to stay at the luxury Ritz Carlton hotel and escape their home, which Heidi Cruz called in a text message "FREEZING". Our work to hold Congress accountable only matters if elections are decided by counting votes. [6] They divorced in 1997. 115-232 [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. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is co-sponsoring legislation to authorize the construction of the coastal barrier protection system, which would mitigate the impact of major hurricanes and other significant water events in and around the Texas coastand the vast petrochemical industry that surrounds it. [17][31][32] During high school, Cruz participated in a Houston-based group known at the time as the Free Market Education Foundation, a program that taught high school students the philosophies of economists such as Milton Friedman and Frdric Bastiat. Nomination Confirmed 98/2 on Apr 20, 2021. 5) FY 2019 NDAA: Stopping Chinese infiltration of American universities Miriam died in 2011. [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. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #227, which was adopted in the ETC subcommittee markup in managers package 2. 114-328 11032 of P.L. His current term ends on January 3, 2025. [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. "[159] Cruz's authorship was criticized by Charles Pierce of Esquire,[160] Jay Willis of GQ,[161] and CNN's Chris Cillizza. Sec. We hope to make GovTrack more useful to policy professionals like you. [262][263][264][265] This gave Cruz his 11th state win. 937 of P.L. Cruz is shown as a purple triangle in our ideology-leadership chart below. 2404 of S.1405 (Senate FAA bill), and subsequently Sec. [98][99], In the November 6 general election, Cruz faced Democratic nominee Paul Sadler, an attorney and a former state representative from Henderson, Texas. 114-90. Cruz ( Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Texas. 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. [335][336], In 2013, Cruz said that the U.S. had no "dog in the fight" during the Syrian Civil War and that its armed forces should not serve as "al-Qaeda's air force". [314], Cruz wants to decrease the size of the government significantly. 1231 of P.L. Senator Cruz urges broad Republican focus on energy, Whip List: How senators will vote on Keystone XL pipeline, "Rand Paul and Ted Cruz Join Forces Against the Fed", Voter Views on USA Freedom Act Bode Well for Graham and Rubio, Not Cruz and Paul, Trump, Cruz to hold joint anti-Iran rally on Capitol Hill, Ted Cruz On Iran Nuclear Negotiations: 'This Deal Makes War a Certainty', "America and Syria: To bomb, or not to bomb? [245][246][247] He received 28% of the vote. 14) FY 2018 NDAA: Full Time Duty 113-66 President Trump, his senior government advisors, and Republican legislators collaborated to have the 2020 Education (6%) [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. [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. [269] In August 2013, after the Dallas Morning News pointed out that he had dual Canadian-American citizenship,[270][271] he applied to formally renounce his Canadian citizenship and ceased being a citizen of Canada on May 14, 2014. [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. 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. Their attempts Sec. the junior senator from Texas 115-17 113-100 (March 23, 2015). [133][134][135], Under the headline "A bipartisan message to Iran", Cruz thanked President Barack Obama for signing S. 2195 into law. 115-63 You are encouraged to reuse any material on this site. [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. [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. [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". [155] On March 1, he called Trump's joint address to Congress the previous day "positive" and "unifying". Ted Cruz sponsored S. 1594, which is identical to the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. He also said that the words "growth and opportunity" should be tattooed on the hands of every Republican politician. 31) FY 2014 NDAA: Ballistic Missile Threats from the South [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. S.1071 117th Congress (2021-2022) VA AID Act of 2021 Sponsor: Cruz, Ted [Sen.-R-TX] (Introduced 04/12/2021) Cosponsors: ( 1 ) Committees: Senate - Veterans' Affairs Latest Action: Senate - 04/28/2021 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. [50] He authored 70 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and presented 34 appellate oral arguments. Title V 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. [348], Cruz has called the Nord Stream II natural gas pipeline a threat to the security of Europe and the U.S. 114-328 185). As Texas solicitor general, Cruz argued before the U.S. Supreme Court nine times, winning five cases and losing four. "[374], In 2015, in the wake of severe flooding in Texas, Cruz supported federal aid funding; and in 2017, called for federal intervention as Hurricane Harvey approached the coast of Texas. The bill repeatedly states only U.S. citizens would be permitted to register. [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. [210][211][212] Cruz requested that the Houston police escort him and his family through the airport. 114-90 1235 of P.L. [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. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017, H.J.Res. [166][167] In the same speech, Cruz assailed the "Republican majority in both houses of Congresses" for what he called an insufficiently conservative record. 27) Airport security From Jan 2013 to Dec 2022, Cruz missed 335 of 3,426 roll call votes, which is 9.8%. [50], After Bush took office, Cruz served as an associate deputy attorney general in the United States Department of Justice[4][53] and as the director of policy planning at the Federal Trade Commission. [96] Former Attorney General Ed Meese served as national chairman of Cruz's campaign. [368][369][370][371], In 2013, Cruz voted against a bill to provide a package of federal aid to the Northern East Coast for recovery from Hurricane Sandy[372] because, he said, the bill was "filled with unrelated pork" and "two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy". Gun Ban Critic: Court Must Clarify Constitution", "Atheist Loses 2nd 'Under God' Court Appeal", "Most of Texas' redistricting map upheld", "U.N. court rules U.S. execution violated treaty", "David Brooks's Hypocritical Attack on Ted Cruz Reveals an Important Truth", "The 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America", "The 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter-Century", "Luncheon Honors 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter-Century", "Morgan Lewis Adds Texas Solicitor General", "Ted Cruz has always had a master plan. On December 22, , The Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (H.R. [396][397] Cruz said that the Obama-era implementation of the principle of net neutrality had the "end result" of "less broadband, less innovation, and less freedom for the American consumer". On May 28, 2021, Cruz voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the riot. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #115, which was adopted in the full committee markup. Ted Cruz sponsored the Senate vehicle (S. 2195), which was used for enactment. campaign of lies and conspiracy theories was a months-long, multifarious attempted coup. Cruz worked on the Chinese company's appellant brief. Cruz, a first-term senator who is considering a run for president in 2016, has spent the last several days railing against Iran's appointment of Hamid Aboutalebi as its new top envoy to the. Cruz faced the Democratic nominee, U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, in the general election. If the Democrats want to replace this nominee, they need to win the election". [260] Because he surpassed the 50% winner-take-all threshold, he won all 40 of Utah's delegates. 2 min read. If you can, please take a few minutes to help us improve GovTrack for users like you. ", "Cruz, Cornyn back Texas gov's request for disaster declaration", Ted Cruz's hard-line stance renders border crisis key 2016 issue, "Ted Cruz, the presidential candidate who wants to increase the H-1B cap by 500%", "O'Rourke to Democrats: Don't shut down the government like Ted Cruz", "Cruz Blasts Citizenship Path for Dreamers Suggested by Trump", "Ted Cruz cast lone vote against advancing 'Dreamer' legislation", "Cruz on Birthright Citizenship - FactCheck.org", "Ted Cruz again defends family separation, as Beto O'Rourke plans vigil at Tornillo tent camp", "Ted Cruz defends family separation at border as Trump bars asylum claims for domestic abuse or gang violence", "Hong Kong-based activists mostly silent after US Senator Ted Cruz blocks bill giving special refugee status to dissidents, citing spy threat from Beijing", "Fact check: Ted Cruz falsely claims Democrats' voting bill is intended to register millions of undocumented immigrants", "What every Republican senator has said about filling a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year", "Trump has stacked federal courts in Texas and beyond with conservative judges, but GOP, Cornyn want more", "Trump-appointed judges are shifting the country's most politically conservative circuit court further to the right", "Trump's stacking of federal courts in Texas with conservative judges could have decades-long impact", "Sen. Ted Cruz insulted a 'woke, emasculated' U.S. Army ad. Sponsored legislation by Ted Cruz, the Senator from Texas - in Congress from 2023 through Present Senate. 6) FY 2019 NDAA: Report on Iran military power [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. Sec. [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. Thank you for joining the GovTrack Advisory Community! Changing the Senate's rules to a simple majority vote would "ensure a quicker pace on Trump's court picks". Ted Cruz compares climate change activists to 'flat-Earthers.' 2805 to H.R. 116th Congress Bills Sponsored by Ted Cruz. [162][163] In 2013, he called Republicans he considered insufficiently resistant to Obama's proposals a "surrender caucus". [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". Sec. "[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. 115-10 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. [251] On March 5, Cruz won the Kansas and Maine caucuses, giving him six statewide wins. [127][128] He was a finalist for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2013. [159], Cruz has used harsh rhetoric against fellow Republican politicians, and his relationships with various Republican members of Congress have been strained. Cruz recently introduced the following legislation: View All 28) FY 2015 NDAA: Purple Heart eligibility 115-232 [167] His speech, and especially his accusation against McConnell, was condemned by various senior Republican senators, with McCain saying that the speech was "outside the realm of Senate behavior" and "a very wrong thing to do". Ted Cruz. Cruz was the primary sponsor of 15 bills that were enacted. [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. [24] Later that year, Cruz's parents reconciled and relocated the family to Houston. [176], In September 2020, Trump included Cruz on a shortlist, alongside fellow Senators Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley, for possible appointment to the Supreme Court. There was a degree of serendipity in that, but there was also a concerted effort to seek out and lead conservative fights. 42). [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. [29] Cruz attended two private high schools: Faith West Academy, near Katy, Texas;[30] and Second Baptist High School in Houston, from which he graduated as valedictorian in 1988. 115-232 . [229] The event was attended by several potential presidential candidates. Cruz S.5127 117th Congress (2021-2022) Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act Sponsor: Cruz, Ted [Sen.-R-TX] (Introduced 11/17/2022) Cosponsors: ( 1 ) Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation Latest Action: Senate - 11/17/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 8112 of the conference report. [381] He defends the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant children from their parents,[382][383] blaming the migrant parents for crossing the U.S. border to seek asylum and claiming that the Obama administration maintained a similar policy.
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