Tag Archives: Sen. Ted Cruz

Jimmy Williams In a lively debate Tuesday night, Senator Ted Cruz and his Democratic challenger, Rep. Colin Allred, faced off over critical issues such as immigration, abortion, and transgender rights. The debate, which lasted just under an hour, was marked by substantive discussions on policy, with both candidates vying to …

Jennifer Shutt, Alabama Reflector Two Republican U.S. senators have teamed up to try to prevent states from banning in vitro fertilization, months after the Alabama state Supreme Court upended access to the procedure by ruling fertilized embryos were children under state law. Sens. Katie Britt of Alabama and Ted Cruz …

Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Update: The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 55-41 to reject an amendment from Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, that would have empowered the president to wage war against Iran. Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Jacky Rosen (Nev.) along with Democrat-turned-Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) …

Julia Forrest, The Texas Tribune Sen. Ted Cruz continued to take aim at U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, calling him “the most partisan and politicized attorney general our nation has ever seen.” These remarks came on the first day of CPAC, where …

Julia Forrest, The Texas Tribune Sen. Ted Cruz reintroduced a bill last week to limit senators from serving more than two six-year terms, even as he stands by plans to run for his third. The bill is a constitutional amendment that would prevent U.S. senators from serving more than 12 …

Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz denounced former President Donald Trump for suggesting a “termination” of the Constitution in order to overturn the 2020 election, while also framing the comment as an oversensationalized distraction. The Texas Republican offered his remarks three days after Trump’s initial comment and …

Stephen Neukam and Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune A fight is brewing between Senate Republicans as they prepare to pick their leader for the next Congress — and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is among a loud cohort voicing their discontent with leadership after the party failed to retake control …

Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune Nearly two years after former President Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol and delayed certification of the 2020 election, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz still won’t say President Joe Biden was legitimately elected. During a confrontational appearance Monday on “The View,” the Texas Republican was …

Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune 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. The bill, dubbed the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement …

by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent March 22, 2022 WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sharpened their criticisms of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, probing her work as a public defender on behalf of terrorism suspects, the judicial sentences she has handed down for child …

By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune Feb. 23, 2022 Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will stop blocking President Joe Biden’s State Department nominees now that the administration is implementing sanctions against a company that built a Russian gas pipeline meant to supply Germany with natural gas. Still, Texas’ junior senator …

The Senate on Thursday approved a stopgap extension of government funding through March 11, giving lawmakers three more weeks to work out a full-year spending deal. The vote was 65-27. With lawmakers racing this week to meet a Friday deadline — current funding was set to expire — and eager …

By Andrew Zhang, The Texas Tribune Feb. 1, 2022 U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court insulting to Americans and the eventual nominee — a comment that sparked anger from those who say Cruz is missing the …

On Wednesday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson called out Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over remarks he made regarding the January 6 attacks. During a hearing with the head of the United States Capitol Police earlier that day, Cruz acknowledged the “solemn anniversary” of what he called a “violent terrorist attack on …

By Rebekah Allen, The Texas Tribune Jan. 4, 2022 U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz predicted Republicans will impeach President Joe Biden as political payback if they win back the U.S. House this year in the midterm elections. “Yeah, I do think there’s a chance of that, whether it’s justified or not,” …