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U.S. Senator, Texas · Republican

Ted Cruz

46 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for64069.9%
  • Voted against22824.9%
  • Did not vote475.1%
94.9%
of the votes they could cast
46
statements indexed
1,872
words on the floor

Turned up for 94.9% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Cruz voted 95 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Alan Armstrong more than anyone else. The two agreed 99 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with John Fetterman. They agreed 25 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 4 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
January 3, 2013
Terms served
3 terms in the Senate
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2031
Born
December 22, 1970

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

A continuing appropriations act leads Cruz's indexed remarks at six. A rotorcraft oversight bill follows at three, then a Coast Guard authorization and a nomination at two each. Single remarks reach further, taking in the government shutdown.

The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.

What Was Said, and What Was Done

46 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Ted Cruz’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.

All 46 statements, with a search →

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

The Senate takes 54 votes of this kind this Congress against the House's 391: its floor time goes to cloture motions and nominations, where a yes does not mean pass the thing. There is not enough here to set out.

Voting With Their Party

On the 842 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Ted Cruz voted on 800 and was with the Republican majority on 799 of them.

800 party line votes cast

  • With their party79999.9%
  • Against their party10.1%

Votes Against Their Own Party

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Voting Across the Aisle

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record marks Ted Cruz as speaking in 164 items of business across 69 sitting days of this Congress.

Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every Recorded Vote

All 915 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists Ted Cruz. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

All 915 recorded votes, newest first →

Elsewhere in the Record

The other Texas seat in this chamber is held by John Cornyn.

How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.