Sen. Ted Cruz

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Cruz has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Cruz is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Ted Cruz sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness
  • Member, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet
  • Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts
  • Member, Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest
  • Member, Subcommittee on the Constitution
• Joint Economic Committee
• Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
  • Member, Subcommittee on SeaPower
  • Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Bills Sponsored

Some of Cruz’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• S. 435: State Marriage Defense Act of 2015
• S. 336: ObamaCare Repeal Act
• S. 339: ObamaCare Repeal Act
• S. 273: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional ...
• S. 274: A bill to prohibit the Department of the Treasury from assigning tax statuses ...
• S. 249: Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2015
• S. 247: Expatriate Terrorist Act

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Voting Record

From Jan 2013 to Mar 2015, Cruz missed 45 of 722 roll call votes, which is 6.2%. This is worse than the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills