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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, as the Senate considers a spending bill. The House has passed an additional stopgap spending to make certain the government doesn't shut down at midnight Saturday when current funding authority runs out. The move would give the Senate additional time to process a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Ted Cruz: ‘Open question’ on whether GOP defunds amnesty next year

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2104, as the Senate considers a spending bill. The House has passed an additional stopgap spending to make certain the government doesn't shut down at midnight Saturday when current funding authority runs out. The move would give the Senate additional time to process a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

EDITORIAL: Ted Cruz gives Harry Reid a Senate win on Obama nominees

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Georgia Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Rep. Jack Kingston, delivers his concession speech after being defeated by businessman David Perdue in the primary runoff at his election night party, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Jack Kingston: ‘Absolutely no excuses’ for Republicans in January

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, tried to take a stand on immigration enforcement and scuttled a deal arranged by Senate GOP leaders, thus allowing Democrats more time to approve key nominees before they lose control of the Senate at the end of the year. (Associated Press photographs)

Spending bill battle exposes intraparty rifts among Democrats, Republicans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks with reporters after the Senate voted on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through the next fiscal year on on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Ted Cruz’s moves on spending bill roil Republicans

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Nov. 4, 2014, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks in Austin, Texas. The presidential contest that's starting to take shape is exposing divisions among likely Republican candidates on the nation's role in global affairs. Among those outlining foreign policy this week: Bush, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal, as well as the party's 2008 presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

SUGHED Ted Cruz rips Obama-Clinton team: ‘Our enemies no longer fear us’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The national parks and other land deals attached to the defense bill sparked a bitter dispute, with those on both sides of the aisle decrying a "land grab" being pushed as part of the bill to set benefit levels and military policy for U.S. troops. "It is offensive that this bill would be used to fund congressional pork," said Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz lambastes ‘Obama-Clinton foreign policy’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, one of several ex-members of Congress to become a successful lobbyist, is shown in this 2011 file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

STEVE DEACE: Trent Lott sells out, thrashes Ted Cruz

By Steve Deace

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts as she is introduced to speak at the Massachusetts Conference for Women in Boston, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Hillary Clinton outpacing GOP rivals in early look at 2016

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Nov. 4, 2014, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks in Austin, Texas. The presidential contest that's starting to take shape is exposing divisions among likely Republican candidates on the nation's role in global affairs. Among those outlining foreign policy this week: Bush, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal, as well as the party's 2008 presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

SUGHED Ted Cruz to GOP: Let’s use ‘power of the purse’ to control Obama

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Nov. 4, 2014, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks in Austin, Texas. The presidential contest that's starting to take shape is exposing divisions among likely Republican candidates on the nation's role in global affairs. Among those outlining foreign policy this week: Bush, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal, as well as the party's 2008 presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Ted Cruz: No money for amnesty

By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas

Ted Cruz: Obama wants yes-man as defense secretary

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Under President Obama, the national debt crept up over $18 trillion. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Ka-ching: The national debt tops $18 trillion

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Joe Lieberman

Ted Cruz floats Joe Lieberman as possible replacement for Chuck Hagel

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz: ‘Iran will either stop, or we will stop them’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, has called on Senate GOP leaders to refuse to confirm almost all of President Obama's nominations to judicial or executive offices until the president rescinds his amnesty order. (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz on Obama immigration move: ‘For anyone concerned about liberty, it’s just dangerous’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, said that Mr. Obama had initiated a constitutional crisis by assuming the powers of "a monarch." (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz: Change tax benefits for military members fighting Ebola in Africa

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is surrounded by preachers as he addresses a crowd at a Houston church, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. Cruz spoke about a legal dispute involving several pastors fighting subpoenas from Houston city attorneys demanding they turn over copies of any sermons they delivered that relate to Houston’s equal rights ordinance championed by the city’s gay mayor, Annise Parker. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Ted Cruz invokes Cicero to knock Obama on immigration

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, said that Mr. Obama had initiated a constitutional crisis by assuming the powers of "a monarch." (Associated Press)

Obama immigration executive action to haunt Democrats, Republicans warn

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, said that Mr. Obama had initiated a constitutional crisis by assuming the powers of "a monarch." (Associated Press)

Obama immigration executive action to haunt Democrats, Republicans warn

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