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Sen. Ted Cruz
- Texas
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Party
Republican
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Current Office
U.S. Senate
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First Elected
11/6/2012
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Next Election
2018
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Sponsored Bills
Congress 113
4
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CoSponsored Bills
Congress 113
16
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Missed Vote %
6.70%
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Votes with Party
87.60%
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Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz is an American politician and the junior United States Senator for the state of Texas, in office since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Cruz was Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to May 2008, appointed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. He was the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General in the United States, and had the longest tenure in Texas history. He was formerly a partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice.
He previously served as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associ...
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Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz is an American politician and the junior United States Senator for the state of Texas, in office since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Ted Cruz
has sponsored bill
S2195
A bill to deny admission to the United States to any representative to the United Nations who has engaged in espionage activities against the United States, poses a threat to United States national security interests, or has engaged in a terrorist activity against the United States.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read the second time and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary....
Ted Cruz
has sponsored bill
S2170
A bill to free the private sector to harness domestic energy resources to create jobs and generate economic growth by removing statutory and administrative barriers.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources....
Ted Cruz
has co-sponsored bill S2161
A bill to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing any final rule under the Clean Air Act until the date on which the Administrator improves certain employment effect analyses under that Act.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works....
Ted Cruz
has co-sponsored bill S2128
A bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Waco, Texas, as the "Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs....
Ted Cruz
has co-sponsored bill S2113
Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs....
Ted Cruz
has sponsored bill
S2073
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary....
Ted Cruz
has sponsored bill
S2072
A bill to prohibit the Department of the Treasury from assigning tax statuses to organizations based on their political beliefs and activities.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance....
Ted Cruz
has sponsored bill
S2067
A bill to prohibit the Department of the Treasury from assigning tax statuses to organizations based on their political beliefs and activities.
Current Status
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 312....
Ted Cruz
has sponsored bill
S2066
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service.
Current Status
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 311....
Ted Cruz
has sponsored bill
S2024
A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 1, United States Code, with regard to the definition of "marriage" and "spouse" for Federal purposes and to ensure respect for State regulation of marriage.
Current Status
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time....
Ted Cruz
has co-sponsored bill S1753
A bill to extend Government liability, subject to appropriation, for certain third-party claims arising from commercial space launches.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation....
Ted Cruz
has co-sponsored bill S1702
A bill to empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance....
Ted Cruz
has co-sponsored bill S1670
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary....
Ted Cruz
has sponsored bill
S1661
A bill to require the Secretary of State to offer rewards of up to $5,000,000 for information regarding the attacks on the United States diplomatic mission at Benghazi, Libya that began on September 11, 2012.
Current Status
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time....
Ted Cruz
has co-sponsored bill S1623
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions....