5302. Sec. [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". "[159] Cruz's authorship was criticized by Charles Pierce of Esquire,[160] Jay Willis of GQ,[161] and CNN's Chris Cillizza. 114-90. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #185, which was adopted in the full committee markup by voice vote. Cruz called the agreement "complete and utter surrender". 114-328 [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. 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Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #43, which was adopted in the strategic forces subcommittee markup by roll call vote. 115-44 114-328 [210] Cruz initially said he was taking his daughters on a weeklong vacation from school at their request, in an attempt to be a "good dad". We need a commander in chief, not a Twitterer in chief. A spokesperson for Cruz said his failure to report the loans to the FEC was "inadvertent" and that he would file supplementary paperwork. By joining our advisory group, you can help us make GovTrack more useful and engaging to young voters like you. On November 6, 2018, Cruz defeated O'Rourke by a slim margin, 50.9% to 48.3%. 114-328 [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. Sec. [127][128] He was a finalist for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2013. [50][63] They based their case on a decision of the International Court of Justice in the Avena case, which ruled that by failing to allow access to the Mexican consulate, the United States had breached its obligations under the Convention. 1235 of P.L. [360] Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Michael Gunner's response to the tweet went viral quickly, garnering near universal support from Australians. He said, "It is a pleasure to be here and stand in solidarity for the men and women across this globe who have been persecuted by communists We must stand united, in shining light, in highlighting heroism, in highlighting courage, in speaking out for those like my family, like so many millions across the globe who've seen the jackboot of communism firsthand. I want to urge Cruz to take an action on a bill. "What we just saw today was an absolute demonstration that not only what he told every Republican senator, but what he told the press over and over and over again was a simple lie", Cruz said. On April 2 and 79, Cruz swept the Colorado congressional district and state conventions, taking all 34 delegates. 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). He was reelected in a close Senate race in 2018 against Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke. WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz voted to advance federal legislation expanding health care protections for certain military veterans after fierce criticism for voting to delay its passage last . [245] The Iowa win made him the first Hispanic to win either a presidential primary election or caucus. Sponsored A bill to prohibit the use of Federal and local funds to impose or enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in District of Columbia schools, and to repeal the Coronavirus Immunization of School Students and Early Childhood Workers Regulation Amendment Act of 2021 enacted by the District of Columbia Council. Senator from Texas", "Australians Win Debate At Princeton A Singapore Woman Won The Award For Best Speaker. [44][48][55] His nine appearances before the Supreme Court are the most by any practicing lawyer in Texas or current member of Congress. 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. 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. 510 of P.L. [415], Cruz and Michael J. Knowles started a podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz, on January 21, 2020. 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. [290], On October 10, after the 2005 audio recording of Trump was released and several Republicans retracted their endorsements, Cruz reaffirmed his support, calling Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton "manifestly unfit to be president". Murney, Micheal. [119] During the filibuster he read Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Ted Cruz compares climate change activists to 'flat-Earthers.' Sec. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #342, which was adopted in the ETC subcommittee markup in the managers package. 318 of H.R.302. During oral argument, Cruz conceded that Haley had a very strong argument for ineffective assistance of counsel since Haley's attorney failed to recognize the sentencing error and that he would not move to have Haley re-incarcerated during the appeal process. 29) FY 2015 NDAA: Taiwan at RIMPAC 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. 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Ted Cruz in 2016? [43] He was a primary editor of the Harvard Law Review, an executive editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and a founding editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review. Ted Cruz's 2022: Uvalde fallout, viral backlash. 11032 of P.L. [75] Cruz represented Toyota in an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court in a statute of limitations case, where a judge wanted to investigate Toyota for contempt after a former Toyota in-house lawyer accused Toyota of unlawfully withholding documents in a product liability case. Hatch said McConnell did pledge to help Cantwell get a vote on the Ex-Im Bank. 113-66 P.L. [395] He has argued that net neutrality is the "Obamacare for the internet". [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. 2711 of P.L. [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. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017, H.J.Res. [394], Cruz opposes net neutralitywhich prevents Internet service providers from deliberately blocking or slowing particular websitesarguing that the Internet economy has flourished in the United States simply because it has remained largely free from government regulation. [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. S.Amdt. 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. "What You Need To Know About Ted Cruz". Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #123, which was adopted in the full committee markup via managers package #2. We hope that with your input we can make GovTrack more accessible to minority and disadvantaged communities who we may currently struggle to reach. [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. 1225 of P.L. Ted Cruz sponsored the Senate vehicle (S. 2195), which was used for enactment. Conference Report Agreed to 83/16 on Feb 14, 2019. 18) NASA Transition Authorization Act [261], On April 6, 2016, Cruz won the Wisconsin primary with 48.2% of the vote to Trump's 35.1%. [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. Health (15%) Were looking for feedback from educators about how GovTrack can be used and improved for your classroom. The next day CNN reported that Cruz had characterized the attack as terrorism at least 17 times during the preceding year. [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. 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. "[169] Cruz alleged that McConnell scheduled a vote on the Ex-Im Bank as part of a deal to persuade Democrats like Maria Cantwell to stop blocking a trade bill; McConnell denied there was any "deal", and that denial was what Cruz called a "lie". Sec. Following President Joe Biden's signing of a $1.2T bipartisan infrastructure bill, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas introduced legislation to repeal the bill's effect on the cryptocurrency industry . Our work to hold Congress accountable only matters if elections are decided by counting votes. 2469, the language of which was incorporated into S.Amdt. 113-66 [223] He tied for 7th place in the 2013 CPAC straw poll on March 16, winning 4% of the votes cast. [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. He also joined a. 13) FY 2018 NDAA: Taiwan Defense Partnership [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. [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. [424], On March 8, 2020, Cruz began self-isolation after contact with a person infected with COVID-19 at the ACU's Conservative Political Action Conference. [170], Among Cruz's few close allies in the Senate is Mike Lee of Utah. Ted Cruz sponsored S.Amdt. 11) FY 2019 NDAA: Air Force core sampling is 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. Cruz is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. Cruz also accused the Obama administration of having a "radical anti-Israel agenda". 15) FY 2018 NDAA: Iran Mil-Mil [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. Joint Resolution Passed 78/22 on Sep 18, 2014. 2805 to H.R. "[355], American video game company Activision Blizzard punished a Hong Kong-based professional gamer for supporting pro-democracy Hong Kong protests. [162][163] In 2013, he called Republicans he considered insufficiently resistant to Obama's proposals a "surrender caucus". He instead told listeners to "vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution". For other uses, see. Little did I know how closely Swalwell was listening. 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". 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 Ted Cruz sponsored S. 1594, which is identical to the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. Ted Cruz sponsored a committee amendment to add Sec. 1231 of P.L. "[413][414], Cruz compared the vandalism and destruction of monuments and memorials in the United States to the 2001 destruction of the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan by the Taliban. 25) FY 2016 NDAA: Update Annual Iran Military Power Report [401][402], Cruz is strongly anti-abortion, but "would allow the procedurewhen a pregnancy endangers the mother's life". Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #126, which was adopted in the full committee markup in managers package #1. Elections must be decided by counting votes. 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. 16) Hurricane tax relief [24] Later that year, Cruz's parents reconciled and relocated the family to Houston. "[410] In 2017, the same day that an audio clip resurfaced of Alabama Judge Roy Moore calling Obergefell "worse" than the 1857 ruling that upheld slavery, Cruz endorsed Moore for U.S. "[331][332], In 2015, Cruz voted for the USA Freedom Act, which reauthorized the USA Patriot Act but reformed some of its provisions. [17], At Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Cruz represented Pfizer in a lawsuit brought by a group of public hospitals and community health centers, who accused Pfizer of overcharging. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) 115-91 [327] He has a lifetime score of 3% on the National Environmental Scorecard of the League of Conservation Voters. [273][274][275][276][277][278][279] None were successful, and in February 2016, the Illinois Board of Elections ruled in Cruz's favor, stating, "The candidate is a natural born citizen by virtue of being born in Canada to his mother who was a U.S. citizen at the time of his birth. P.L. [405], Cruz opposes both same-sex marriage and civil unions. [187] There are also concerns that he misrepresented the percentage of those concerned about rigging, with the correct number being 28%. Sec. Join Now. 113-291 115-232 *: These candidates were constitutionally ineligible to serve as President or Vice President. [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". A man confronted Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) on an airplane flight on Thursday about the senator not supporting stricter gun legislation in the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting that killed. See full analysis methodology. [150] But he became an important ally of Trump's in the Senate. [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. | View Cosponsors . [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. She is of three-quarters Irish and one-quarter Italian descent, and earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Rice University in the 1950s. 42). [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. [313] Cruz is "adamantly opposed to a higher minimum wage". "[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. 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. 06-984). Cruz is shown as a purple triangle in our ideology-leadership chart below. 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. [50], On April 12, 2014, Cruz spoke at the Freedom Summit, an event organized by Americans for Prosperity and Citizens United. [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. We need someone with judgment and the temperament to keep this country safe. [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. P.L. 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. 2262). Cruz recently introduced the following legislation: View All 8112 of H.Rept.115-952 (P.L. and similar efforts to politicize our military on this issue are blocked," Cruz said in a statement regarding the bill. He won in the general election on November 6, 2018. 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. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. [57], In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz drafted the amicus brief signed by the attorneys general of 31 states arguing that the Washington, D.C. handgun ban should be struck down as infringing upon the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. But there are other legislative activities that we dont track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services. Ted Cruz sponsored S. 1892, which is identical to Title V. Title V was included in the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. [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. "[306], Cruz opposes the legalization of marijuana, but believes it should be decided at the state level. 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. Sponsored legislation by Ted Cruz, the Senator from Texas - in Congress from 2023 through Present This is You are encouraged to reuse any material on this site. [15] He left Cuba in 1957 to attend the University of Texas at Austin and obtained political asylum in the United States after his four-year student visa expired. Cruz said he had been advised that the odds of contracting the virus were very low.[426]. 115-245) [312] In 2013, he proposed the abolition of the IRS and the implementation of a flat tax "where the average American can fill out taxes on a postcard". 115-232 today introduced the Safe Kids, Safe Schools, Safe Communities Act of 2022, legislation that would dedicate over $38 billion to make our schools and communities safer, including funding enhanced school security and doubling the number of school resource officers in America's schools, investing in school mental . Education (6%) Staying at his home in Texas,[425] he avoided contact with colleagues and constituents for 14 days. Our mission is to empower every American with the tools to understand and impact Congress. [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. campaign of lies and conspiracy theories was a months-long, multifarious attempted coup. [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. Ted Cruz. "[308], Cruz met with Alyssa Milano and Fred Guttenberg to discuss gun violence in the United States. 31) FY 2014 NDAA: Ballistic Missile Threats from the South If you teach United States government and would like to speak with us about bringing legislative data into your classroom, please reach out! "[66] The Supreme Court later remanded the case to lower courts based on Haley's ineffective assistance of counsel claim. [256][257], On March 8, 2016, Cruz won the Idaho primary with 45% of votedefeating Trump by 17% and earning his seventh statewide victory. [22][33], After high school, Cruz studied public policy at Princeton University. 5) FY 2019 NDAA: Stopping Chinese infiltration of American universities Cruz was the primary sponsor of 15 bills that were enacted. By. After graduating from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Cruz pursued a career in politics. 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. [356] He co-signed a letter to Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick that read, "As China amplifies its campaign of intimidation, you and your company must decide whether to look beyond the bottom line and promote American valueslike freedom of speech and thoughtor to give in to Beijing's demands in order to preserve market access. Were looking to learn more about who uses GovTrack and what features you find helpful or think could be improved. [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". much worse than [citation needed], Cruz then attended Harvard Law School,[4][42] where he was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics. [315], Cruz is a proponent of school choice[316] and opposes the Common Core State Standards Initiative. [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. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was the sole Republican to vote against advancing bipartisan voting legislation out of the Senate Rules Committee. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #59, which was adopted in the full committee markup. The Securing Our Schools Act of 2022 would have provided $15 billion to double the number of school resource officers, $10. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #115, which was adopted in the full committee markup. [214] Later, a self-identified security guard told a reporter he was caring for the dog. The first episodes were summaries of the impeachment hearings of Donald Trump. [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. [50] In 1998, Cruz was briefly one of the attorneys who represented Representative John Boehner during his litigation against Representative Jim McDermott over the alleged leak of an illegal recording of a phone conversation whose participants included Boehner. 115-232 [71][72], After leaving the Solicitor General position in 2008, Cruz joined the Houston office of the Philadelphia-based law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, often representing corporate clients. This is a project of Civic Impulse, LLC. Sec. [346] They wrote, "The detention of as many as a million or more Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in 'political reeducation' centers or camps requires a tough, targeted, and global response. Sec. [393] Blaming "bloated bureaucracy and social experiments", Cruz has proposed reducing the size of the active duty military while increasing spending. [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. 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. [105] The loans were largely repaid by later campaign fundraising. Please join our advisory group to let us know what more we can do. 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. [294], Cruz has been characterized as staunchly conservative, "radical right", a religious conservative, and anti-establishmentarian. 115-232 Otherwise, look for a phone number on that website to call his office if you have a question. 2282 was the Senate substitute amendment for the NDAA. This secured the majority of state delegates, giving Cruz his 12th state win. Cruz declined consideration for the position. Sec. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison said she would not seek reelection, Cruz launched his campaign via a blogger conference call. 318 of H.R.302 2282 as 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. Cruz won with 4.5 million votes (56.4%) to Sadler's 3.2 million (40.6%). Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #182, which was adopted in the full committee markup by voice vote. 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. [298], In July 2018, Cruz spoke at the Rally for Religious Freedom in Asia. We hope to make GovTrack more useful to policy professionals like you. [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. 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Ted Cruz insulted a 'woke, emasculated' U.S. Army ad. Verdict with Ted Cruz, on January 21, 2020. Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and a group of 13 additional GOP senators have introduced a new bill to protect military service members from punishment for declining the COVID-19 vaccine. 2405 of P.L. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. President Trump, his senior government advisors, and Republican legislators collaborated to have the 2020 Sec. 3(b)(9) of P.L. [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. Now what? Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #116, which was adopted in the full committee markup. 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'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. He is 52 years old. Cruz outlined his legislation in an interview with CBS 11 on Tuesday. 24) FY 2017 NDAA: Iran Cyber 19) DOL drug testing disapproval resolution [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. Their attempts [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. [4], After his Supreme Court clerkship, Cruz worked in private practice as an associate at the law firm Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal (now Cooper & Kirk, PLLC) from 1997 to 1998. [84] In the Republican primary, he ran against sitting Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst. What is Ted Cruz's New Gun Legislation? Cruz ran for reelection to a second term in 2018. [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. [101][102], After Time magazine reported that Cruz might have violated ethics rules by failing to publicly disclose his financial relationship with Caribbean Equity Partners Investment Holdings during the 2012 campaign, he said his failure to disclose the connection was inadvertent. WASHINGTON As the Senate voted this week on a bill that would help veterans sickened by toxic fumes from burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was standing near the. [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. June 24, 2022. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #449, which was adopted in the full committee markup in managers package #1. [83], On January 19, 2011, after U.S. [228] Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin described Cruz as the first potential presidential candidate to emphasize originalism as a major national issue. As Solicitor General, Cruz declined to vacate Haley's sentence, saying, "I think justice is being done because he had a full and fair trial and an opportunity to raise his errors. 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. [348], Cruz has called the Nord Stream II natural gas pipeline a threat to the security of Europe and the U.S. [200] Republican operative Chad Sweet, the chair of Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign, denounced Cruz for "assault on our democracy. We are also still on Instagram at @govtrack.us posting 60-second summary videos of legislation in Congress. The chart is based on the bills Cruz has sponsored and cosponsored 720). [250] In the Texas primary, he received the most votes in all but six of the state's 254 counties. [43][53] Cruz recruited future Chief Justice John Roberts and noted attorney Mike Carvin to Bush's legal team. The new measures would expand sanctions to cover any entity that aids NS2's completion. 113-66 In a statement opposing U.S. intervention for regime change in Syria, Cruz said, "If President Obama and Hillary Clinton and Sen. 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