[378], Cruz opposes paths to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children (so-called DREAMers). [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". 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. [61], Cruz served as lead counsel for the state and successfully defended the multiple litigation challenges to the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting plan in state and federal district courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court, which was decided 54 in his favor in League of United Latin American Citizens v. [214] Later, a self-identified security guard told a reporter he was caring for the dog. "[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. 533 of P.L. Cruz previously sponsored an . Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #121, which was adopted in the full committee markup by roll call vote. A spokesperson for Cruz said his failure to report the loans to the FEC was "inadvertent" and that he would file supplementary paperwork. [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. Ted Cruz's 2022: Uvalde fallout, viral backlash. [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. 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. You are encouraged to reuse any material on this site. [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. ( All Actions ) Tracker: Introduced Passed Senate Passed House To President Became Law LAW 3. He was reelected in a close Senate race in 2018 against Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke. [244], On February 1, 2016, Cruz won the Iowa caucuses. [4][44][53], In 2003, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott appointed Cruz to be the solicitor general of Texas. 114-50 Ted Cruz sponsored the Senate vehicle (S. 442), which was used for enactment. Little did I know how closely Swalwell was listening. [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. [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. [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". Regardless of one's views on immigration reform and the Obama administration at large, this is dangerous rhetoric. American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, Federation for American Immigration Reform, National Federation of Independent Business, 2013 United States federal government shutdown, false claim that the election was fraudulent, American Parliamentary Debate Association, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, League of United Latin American Citizens v. 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[302] He has called Medelln the most important case of his tenure as Texas solicitor general. 14) FY 2018 NDAA: Full Time Duty [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. See full analysis methodology. What is Ted Cruz's New Gun Legislation? [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". [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. 8112 of H.Rept.115-952 (P.L. [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. 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. Young Americans have historically been the least involved in politics, despite the huge consequences policies can have on them. [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. [420] Cruz lives in River Oaks, Houston. [261], On April 6, 2016, Cruz won the Wisconsin primary with 48.2% of the vote to Trump's 35.1%. Ted Cruz compares climate change activists to 'flat-Earthers.' [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. "[331][332], In 2015, Cruz voted for the USA Freedom Act, which reauthorized the USA Patriot Act but reformed some of its provisions. Cruz received the support of the majority of the delegates. Join 10 million other Americans using GovTrack to learn about and contact your representative and senators and track what Congress is doing each day. [181] Cruz later led an effort by a group of Republican senators to refuse to count Pennsylvania's Electoral College votes,[182][183] citing baseless allegations of fraud. 1259A of P.L. "[422] He is fond of wearing cowboy boots, but he refrained from doing so when arguing before the Rehnquist court. [319][320][321], Cruz voted against the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 that would have created the National Endowment for the Oceans and authorized more than $26 billion in projects to be built by the Army Corps of Engineers, at least $16 billion of which would have come from federal taxpayers. 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 . [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. [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. and similar efforts to politicize our military on this issue are blocked," Cruz said in a statement regarding the bill. Ted Cruz. 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, H.R. On April 3, North Dakota elected a slate of delegates dominated by pro-Cruz delegates. 2711 of P.L. [286], In his speech on July 20, the third day of the convention, Cruz congratulated Trump but did not endorse him. [119] During the filibuster he read Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. [349] A few days later Allseas suspended the work. 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. 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. Would you like to join our advisory group to work with us on the future of GovTrack? Trump received the other six. [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. It was Cruz's tenth statewide win. Cruz also thanked senators from both political parties for "swiftly passing this legislation and sending it to the White House". [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. Sec. There was a degree of serendipity in that, but there was also a concerted effort to seek out and lead conservative fights. The first episodes were summaries of the impeachment hearings of Donald Trump. [191] The Senate rejected these objections by 936 and 927, respectively. [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. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008. [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. [344][345], In August 2018, Cruz and 16 other lawmakers urged the Trump administration to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act against Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority in western China's Xinjiang region. Sec. [10][19][20][21][22] Cruz has said that he is the son of "two mathematicians/computer programmers". Cruz is shown as a purple triangle in our ideology-leadership chart below. Sec. 1286 of P.L. "[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. [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. [411] He reaffirmed his position in 2022 after comments by Justice Clarence Thomas. Ted Cruz sponsored S. 1297, which was the companion legislation to the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. Mastodon is an alternative social media platform. [223] He tied for 7th place in the 2013 CPAC straw poll on March 16, winning 4% of the votes cast. Hearings held. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison said she would not seek reelection, Cruz launched his campaign via a blogger conference call. 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Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today introduced a bill that will protect students in Washington, D.C. public schools from the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. [225] Cruz finished first in two presidential straw polls conducted in 2014 with 30.33% of the vote at the Republican Leadership Conference[226] and 43% of the vote at the Republican Party of Texas state convention. [133][134][135], Under the headline "A bipartisan message to Iran", Cruz thanked President Barack Obama for signing S. 2195 into law. 1091 of P.L. 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. [403][404] He is in favor of cutting federal funding to Planned Parenthood. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #126, which was adopted in the full committee markup in managers package #1. Medelln v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008) (No. In September 2020, less than two months before the next presidential election, Cruz supported an immediate vote on Trump's nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. Senator Ted Cruz is looking to repeal the effect of legislation passed in the new tax infrastructure bill that defines crypto brokers very broadly. This bill, in its final form, funded the parts of the federal government whose funding was to lapse on February 15, 2019. He said the law was an attempt by Democrats "to advance their long-standing goals on changing immigration laws". [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". He worked as a policy advisor in the George W. Bush administration before serving as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008. [35] Referring to Cruz's time as a student at Harvard Law, professor Alan Dershowitz said that Cruz was "off-the-charts brilliant. "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. Ted Cruz sponsored S.J.Res. [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. [43][62], In Medelln v. Texas, Cruz successfully defended Texas against an attempt to reopen the cases of 51 Mexican nationals, all of whom were convicted of murder in the United States and on death row. [262][263][264][265] This gave Cruz his 11th state win. 324 was included in the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. [400] In 2022, Cruz voted against Bernie Sanders's proposed measure for the United States Innovation and Competition Act, which promised to fund semiconductor manufacturers amid a shortage of their products during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. According to an official press release from . Ted Cruz sponsored S. Amdt. 115-232 115-232 Sec. 24) FY 2017 NDAA: Iran Cyber [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. Staff. Choose from the options above to find the right way to contact Cruz. Cruz worked on the Chinese company's appellant brief. Ted Cruz sponsored S. 672, which is identical to Sec. The Cruz campaign had more than 325,000 volunteers. 17) North Korea State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act [416], Cruz married Heidi Nelson on May 27, 2001;[417] they have two daughters, Caroline (b. circa 2008) and Catherine (b. circa 2011). GovTrack.us is not a government website. 1237 of P.L. [260] Because he surpassed the 50% winner-take-all threshold, he won all 40 of Utah's delegates. [40] His 115-page senior thesis at Princeton investigated the separation of powers; its title, Clipping the Wings of Angels: The History and Theory Behind the Ninth and Tenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, was inspired by a passage attributed to James Madison from the 51st essay of the Federalist Papers: "If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." [44][43][55], In 2004, Cruz was involved in the high-profile case surrounding a challenge to the constitutionality of public schools' requiring students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance (including the words "under God", legally a part of the Pledge since 1954), Elk Grove Unified School District v. [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. After the hearings ended the podcast expanded its content to include other topics and interviews, including with Washington politicians such as U.S. 238 of P.L. 1273 of P.L. Head over to Sen. Ted Cruzs website. [285] On July 7, after a meeting with Trump, he confirmed that he would speak at the 2016 Republican National Convention. 3823). 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. [citation needed], After law school, Cruz served as a law clerk for Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1995 to 1996,[43][48] and then for Chief Justice William Rehnquist of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1996 to 1997. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. 2 min read. S. 5127: Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act, S. 5085: A bill to prohibit the government of the District of Columbia from using , S. 5053: A bill to provide for the meaningful participation of Taiwan in the International , S. 4845: Securing Our Schools Act of 2022, S. 4843: Taiwan Symbols of Sovereignty (SOS) Act of 2022, On the Nomination PN1522: Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal , On the Nomination PN1057: R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, S. 914 (117th): Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021, On the Nomination PN79-10: Lisa O. Monaco, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Attorney General, On the Nomination PN54: Judith DelZoppo Pryor, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the , H.J.Res. Cruz faced the Democratic nominee, U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, in the general election. [255] With his victories over Trump in Texas, Kansas, and Maine, he established himself as the candidate with the best opportunity to defeat Trump, the leading contender for the nomination. [98][99], In the November 6 general election, Cruz faced Democratic nominee Paul Sadler, an attorney and a former state representative from Henderson, Texas. Not all Members of Congress will accept messages from non-constituents. Sec. [313] Cruz is "adamantly opposed to a higher minimum wage". Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #116, which was adopted in the full committee markup. [348], Cruz has called the Nord Stream II natural gas pipeline a threat to the security of Europe and the U.S. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017, H.J.Res. 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. [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". [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. [324] Cruz said the Corps' responsibilities were expanded without providing adequate measures for state participation. positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top). If the Democrats want to replace this nominee, they need to win the election". Then he started backtracking", "Rep. Matt Gaetz taunts Sen. 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