[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". Gore. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. 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. [97] Cruz won despite being outspent by Dewhurst, who held a statewide elected office,[98] $19 million to $7 million. 2262, which is identical to P.L. Ted Cruz sponsored S.J.Res. "[308], Cruz met with Alyssa Milano and Fred Guttenberg to discuss gun violence in the United States. [349] A few days later Allseas suspended the work. 2711 of P.L. [12][41] Cruz graduated from Princeton in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts cum laude. [142] In response, Obama called Cruz's statements an example of "outrageous attacks" from Republican critics that crossed the line of responsible discourse: "We've had a sitting senator, who also happens to be running for President, suggest that I'm the leading state sponsor of terrorism. [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. Senator", "Capitol attack prompts top US firms to pull funding for leading Republicans", "CRUZ, Rafael Edward (Ted) Biographical Information", "Birthplace of President Ted Cruz? 1852, which added Sec. [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. [317], Cruz rejects the scientific consensus on climate change. "[359], In October 2021, Cruz posted a tweet that was critical of Australia's Northern Territory's vaccine mandates. 9) FY 2019 NDAA: Space-based intercept Government Operations and Politics (6%) Sec. 115-245) Ted Cruz sponsored S.Amdt.3809, which was adopted by UC on the Senate floor and incorporated as Sec. 324 of P.L. "[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". 2282 was the Senate substitute amendment for the NDAA. Glover, Scott and Reston, Maeve (March 10, 2016). He is 52 years old. 510 of P.L. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #245, which was adopted in the personnel subcommittee markup by voice vote. [55][58] He also presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. [66] After remand, Haley was re-sentenced to "time served". 115-232 Sponsored legislation by Ted Cruz, the Senator from Texas - in Congress from 2023 through Present 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. | View Cosponsors . [260] Because he surpassed the 50% winner-take-all threshold, he won all 40 of Utah's delegates. I want to urge Cruz to take an action on a bill. Ted Cruz ( Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Texas. ( All Actions) Tracker: Introduced Passed Senate Passed House To President Became Law BILL 2. 1231 of P.L. He said the law was an attempt by Democrats "to advance their long-standing goals on changing immigration laws". "What You Need To Know About Ted Cruz". 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). [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". [12][43][73] At Morgan Lewis, he led the firm's U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice. 24) FY 2017 NDAA: Iran Cyber Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) 324 was included in the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. [129] To critics, including some Republican colleagues[119] such as Senator Lindsey Graham, the move was ineffective. "[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". [307] After Colorado legalized marijuana, he said, "If the citizens of Colorado decide they want to go down that road, that's their prerogative. [391] He has claimed the military is debilitated and its "ability to project power and obtain air superiority is tragically anemic". [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. The bill was co-sponsored by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA). 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. 23) FY 2017 NDAA: Ukraine Assistance Cruz is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. [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. 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. [162] Cruz's role in the United States federal government shutdown of 2013 in particular attracted criticism from a number of Republican colleagues. [411] He reaffirmed his position in 2022 after comments by Justice Clarence Thomas. [216] Later that day, he returned to Texas, after allowing his family to stay in Mexico, saying that the vacation was a mistake. Sec. 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. 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. [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. 113-66 We hope that with your input we can make GovTrack more accessible to minority and disadvantaged communities who we may currently struggle to reach. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #201, which was adopted in the full committee markup in managers package 1. 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. Sens. [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. "[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. [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. [223] He tied for 7th place in the 2013 CPAC straw poll on March 16, winning 4% of the votes cast. A spokesperson for Cruz said his failure to report the loans to the FEC was "inadvertent" and that he would file supplementary paperwork. 2262). Health (15%) Each dot is a member of the Senate [49] During the 2000 Florida presidential recounts, he assisted in assembling the Bush legal team, devising strategy, and drafting pleadings for filing with the Supreme Court of Florida and U.S. Supreme Court in the case Bush v. [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. 14) FY 2018 NDAA: Full Time Duty [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. We hope to make GovTrack more useful to policy professionals like you. Nomination Confirmed 75/18 on Dec 16, 2021. Its an open protocol, which means it does not have an owner using the platform 115-232 The first episodes were summaries of the impeachment hearings of Donald Trump. [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. Elections must be decided by counting votes. 23, which is substantively identical to the House vehicle used for enactment (H.J.Res. Ted Cruz's 2022: Uvalde fallout, viral backlash. "[153], In late January 2017, Cruz praised Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch as "brilliant and immensely talented" in a written statement. 8) FY 2019 NDAA: Enhancement of U.S.-Israel defense cooperation 1259 of P.L. [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". Cruz received the support of the majority of the delegates. [191] The Senate rejected these objections by 936 and 927, respectively. "[159] Cruz's authorship was criticized by Charles Pierce of Esquire,[160] Jay Willis of GQ,[161] and CNN's Chris Cillizza. [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. [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. [405], Cruz opposes both same-sex marriage and civil unions. 29) FY 2015 NDAA: Taiwan at RIMPAC 116th Congress. Sec. 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. Ted Cruz sponsored S.1394, which was incorporated as Sec. [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. [24] Later that year, Cruz's parents reconciled and relocated the family to Houston. Conference Report Agreed to 83/16 on Feb 14, 2019. [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. 2 min read. Our public interest mission means we will never put our service behind a paywall. [81][295][296][297], Cruz is a critic of the rapprochement between Cuba and the United States, saying on Fox News in December 2014 that the thaw in relations was a "manifestation of the failures of the Obama-Clinton-Kerry foreign policy" that "will be remembered as a tragic mistake". [168] Orrin Hatch expressed a similar opinion: "I don't condone the use of that kind of language against another senator unless they can show definitive proof that there was a lie And I know the leader didn't lie. 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 . [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. 8112 of the conference report. S. 4744 (116th): Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act, S. 1441 (116th): Protecting Europes Energy Security Act of 2019. Cruz 8112 of H.Rept.115-952 (P.L. Cruz ( Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Texas. 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. [377] According to McClatchy, Cruz staked out "hard-right immigration stances" during his 2016 presidential campaign. 116th Congress Bills Sponsored by Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #116, which was adopted in the full committee markup by voice vote. He was reelected in a close Senate race in 2018 against Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke. [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. President Trump, his senior government advisors, and Republican legislators collaborated to have the 2020 Ted Cruz sponsored a committee amendment to add Sec. Sec. [328], Cruz is a supporter of TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline,[329] and following the Republican senate whip, was a cosponsor of legislation in support of the pipeline. Were looking to learn more about who uses GovTrack and what features you find helpful or think could be improved. to suppress entire state-certified vote counts without adjudication in the courts and using a disinformation [375], Cruz took a "hard-line stance" on immigration issues during the 2014 border crisis[376] and opposes comprehensive immigration reform. [202][203][3] Lauren Blair Bianchi, Cruzs communications director, resigned.[204]. [378], Cruz opposes paths to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children (so-called DREAMers). [50] He authored 70 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and presented 34 appellate oral arguments. Medelln v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008) (No. [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. The most recent include: 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". S.Amdt. Sec. Sec. [318][319] In March 2015, he said that some people are "global warming alarmists" and, citing satellite temperature measurements, said, contrary to NASA's analysis, that there had been no significant warming in 18 years. 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[198] Thousands of lawyers and law students called for him to be disbarred for inciting the insurrection. Their attempts [3], Rafael Edward Cruz was born on December 22, 1970,[4][5] at Foothills Medical Centre[6][7] in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to Eleanor Elizabeth (ne Darragh) Wilson and Rafael Cruz. 15) FY 2018 NDAA: Iran Mil-Mil 113-100 Sec. The United Nations and U.S. government consider Swidan wrongfully detained. P.L. [419] She previously worked in the White House for Condoleezza Rice and in New York as an investment banker. 115-232 Sec. 113-291 185). is June 24, 2022. Very few bills are ever enacted most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. 09/12/2022 Then he started backtracking", "Rep. Matt Gaetz taunts Sen. 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Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #123, which was adopted in the full committee markup via managers package #2. S.Amdt. [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. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #117, which was adopted in the full committee markup by roll call vote. 11032 to the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. Visit us on Mastodon 114-90. 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. He won 36 of the 42 delegates available in Wisconsin. American politician, attorney (born 1970), "Senator Cruz" redirects here. [35] Referring to Cruz's time as a student at Harvard Law, professor Alan Dershowitz said that Cruz was "off-the-charts brilliant. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #185, which was adopted in the full committee markup by voice vote. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the bill Thursday, which would modify legislation they sponsored last year that was signed into law by President Trump as part of the annual defense bill. [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". 33) FY 2014 NDAA: BRAC restriction [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". Cruz said he was he was "leading the charge" to prevent Biden's certification as president. In February 2021, during a historic winter storm, up to 4.3 million Texas residents were left without power and millions of others without drinking water, including Cruz and his family. 5325) is an appropriations . [162][163] In 2013, he called Republicans he considered insufficiently resistant to Obama's proposals a "surrender caucus". [141] In the same speech, Cruz invoked the speeches of the ancient Roman senator Cicero against Catiline to denounce Obama's planned executive actions on immigration reform. S. 2611 (117th): A bill to designate high priority corridors on the National Highway System, and for other purposes. 114-328 Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen, whose confirmation Cruz tried to prevent, said in her confirmation hearing that she opposed any audit of the Federal Reserve and that "for 50 years Congress has recognized that there should be an exception to GAO ability to audit the Fed to avoid any political interference in monetary policy. This is part of a new project to develop better tools for bringing real-time legislative data into the classroom. 1237 of P.L. (March 23, 2015). Sec. [293], Cruz was backed by the billionaire Mercer family, including Robert and his daughter Rebekah. 2469, the language of which was incorporated into S.Amdt. 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