After Haley had exhausted his appeals, it became known that Haley's robbery offense occurred three days before one of his other convictions was finalized; this raised a question about the applicability of the habitual offender statute in his case. Im having a problem with a government agency, need legal help, want to schedule a meeting or White House tour, or have another question. On April 2 and 79, Cruz swept the Colorado congressional district and state conventions, taking all 34 delegates. If the Democrats want to replace this nominee, they need to win the election". [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. Join 10 million other Americans using GovTrack to learn about and contact your representative and senators and track what Congress is doing each day. 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. Title V of P.L. [60] The Supreme Court upheld the position of Cruz's brief. 33) FY 2014 NDAA: BRAC restriction [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. [199] President-elect Biden and Republican senator Pat Toomey both said Cruz was complicit in the "big lie" of Trump's allegations of voter fraud. Ted Cruz sponsored S.J.Res. and similar efforts to politicize our military on this issue are blocked," Cruz said in a statement regarding the bill. 114-328 Senator from Texas", "Australians Win Debate At Princeton A Singapore Woman Won The Award For Best Speaker. On June 10, the pipeline's sections were connected. [313] Cruz is "adamantly opposed to a higher minimum wage". 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. [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. Trump received the other six. If you can, please take a few minutes to help us improve GovTrack for users like you. 1231 of P.L. Sec. On November 6, 2018, Cruz defeated O'Rourke by a slim margin, 50.9% to 48.3%. We need someone with judgment and the temperament to keep this country safe. [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. Ted Cruz sponsored S. 1297, which was the companion legislation to the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. [64] Texas won the case in a 63 decision, the Supreme Court holding that ICJ decisions were not binding in domestic law and that the President had no power to enforce them. [162][163] In 2013, he called Republicans he considered insufficiently resistant to Obama's proposals a "surrender caucus". Mastodon is an alternative social media platform. 18) NASA Transition Authorization Act Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #116, which was adopted in the full committee markup. By joining our advisory group, you can help us make GovTrack more useful and engaging to young voters like you. He won in the general election on November 6, 2018. [191] The Senate rejected these objections by 936 and 927, respectively. On April 3, North Dakota elected a slate of delegates dominated by pro-Cruz delegates. [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. Senate. [247] On February 10, Cruz placed third in the New Hampshire primary, with about 12% of the vote. [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. [420] Cruz lives in River Oaks, Houston. [83], On January 19, 2011, after U.S. [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. We hope to enable educators to build lesson plans centered around any bill or vote in Congress, even those as recent as yesterday. This win was his ninth. 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. "[233] He was the first major Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 campaign. [300] He supports the death penalty. "[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. The measure would block semiconductor manufacturers funded by the bill from outsourcing their jobs and forbid them to dissuade their employees from forming unions. Sec. Keilar rolls the tape", "Ted Cruz told the truth about the 1/6 attack. Cruz "[338], In September 2016, Cruz backed the Obama administration's plan to sell more than $1.15 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. Murney, Micheal. You can try your luck by visiting Cruzs website. Ted Cruz sponsored S. 1892, which is identical to Title V. Title V was included in the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. 17) North Korea State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act [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. I want to urge Cruz to take an action on a bill. 318 of H.R.302 2) Arms Trade Treaty funding prohibition Sec. "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. [348], Cruz has called the Nord Stream II natural gas pipeline a threat to the security of Europe and the U.S. 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. "[159] Cruz's authorship was criticized by Charles Pierce of Esquire,[160] Jay Willis of GQ,[161] and CNN's Chris Cillizza. "[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. Cruz criticized the People's Republic of China after it reportedly made a statement asking members of Congress not to meet with Tsai. Sec. He was one of 80 senators to cosponsor a July 2014 bill to enhance cooperative programs between the United States and Israel. Ted Cruz sponsored a committee amendment to add Sec. Sec. [200] Republican operative Chad Sweet, the chair of Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign, denounced Cruz for "assault on our democracy. It was Cruz's tenth statewide win. Cruz faced the Democratic nominee, U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, in the general election. 115-97 According to an official press release from . "[357], Beginning during his time as a Dublin, California, city councilman, Eric Swalwell was targeted by a Chinese woman believed to be a clandestine officer of China's Ministry of State Security. [259] On March 22, Cruz won the Utah Caucus with 69.2% of the vote, versus John Kasich with 16.8% and Trump with 14%. The bill was co-sponsored by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA). positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top). Cruz also thanked senators from both political parties for "swiftly passing this legislation and sending it to the White House". 5) FY 2019 NDAA: Stopping Chinese infiltration of American universities 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 Senators Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint,[91] Mike Lee,[92] Rand Paul[93] and Pat Toomey. [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. [155] On March 1, he called Trump's joint address to Congress the previous day "positive" and "unifying". Glover, Scott and Reston, Maeve (March 10, 2016). Cruz is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. [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. 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. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #185, which was adopted in the full committee markup by voice vote. 114-328 Our public interest mission means we will never put our service behind a paywall. That's wrong. [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. [51][52], Cruz joined the George W. Bush presidential campaign in 1999 as a domestic policy adviser, advising then-Governor Bush on a wide range of policy and legal matters, including civil justice, criminal justice, constitutional law, immigration, and government reform. [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. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced legislation Wednesday "to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals," an announcement posted on his official website describes. 14) FY 2018 NDAA: Full Time Duty What is Ted Cruz's New Gun Legislation? [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. P.L. 115-232 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. [127][128] He was a finalist for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2013. 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. 7) FY 2019 NDAA: Bar China from RIMPAC 12) Student Opportunity Amendment (529s for K-12 education) [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. Jan 17, 2023, GovTrack Insider staff writer Jesse Rifkin Jan 16, 2023, GovTrack Insider analyzes House or Senate votes which passed with only one dissenter Jan 13, 2023. Cruz's name is on two more laws as a cosponsor. [23] In 1974, Cruz's father left the family and moved to Texas. 115-232 Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #121, which was adopted in the full committee markup by roll call vote. [220][221][222] On March 14, 2013, he gave the keynote speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC. 113-100 campaign of lies and conspiracy theories was a months-long, multifarious attempted coup. [223] He tied for 7th place in the 2013 CPAC straw poll on March 16, winning 4% of the votes cast. Sec. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. [385], In March 2016, about seven months before the forthcoming presidential election, Cruz argued the Senate should not consider Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court on the grounds that "this should be a decision for the people. He also joined a. 324 of P.L. 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. 13) FY 2018 NDAA: Taiwan Defense Partnership [16] He earned Canadian citizenship in 1973[6] and became a naturalized United States citizen in 2005. The chart below reports missed votes over time. [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". Sec. presidential election decided instead by incumbent politicians running in the very same election. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015, 2021 Jan-Jan Sec. "[201] Several corporations halted donations to Cruz and other Republicans who voted to overturn the election based on Trump's false claims. A bill to create a point of order against legislation modifying the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. 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. 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. Hatch said McConnell did pledge to help Cantwell get a vote on the Ex-Im Bank. *: These candidates were constitutionally ineligible to serve as President or Vice President. Guttenberg said this was "a really important day. [339], In early January 2017, Cruz, Texas governor Greg Abbott and some others met with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen. He assumed office on January 3, 2013. Ted Cruz sponsored committee amendment #115, which was adopted in the ETC subcommittee markup in managers package 2. S.Amdt. Sponsor: Cruz, Ted [Sen.-R-TX] (Introduced 06/15/2022) Cosponsors: ( 1 ) Committees: Senate - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Latest Action: 01/05/2023 Became Public Law No: 117-352. [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. [343], In June 2017, Cruz co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (s. 720), which would make it a federal crime for Americans to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel and Israeli settlements in the West Bank if protesting actions by the Israeli government. Ted Cruz sponsored S. Amdt. [302], Cruz is a gun rights supporter,[303] and opposes expanding gun control regulations. [35] Referring to Cruz's time as a student at Harvard Law, professor Alan Dershowitz said that Cruz was "off-the-charts brilliant. 11032 to the House vehicle used for enactment (H.R. 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