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Rep. Cory Gardner, Colorado Republican, holds up a letter he wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking that she consider waiving Obamacare for the 4th Congressional District of Colorado, as she testified on Capitol Hill in Washington Oct. 30, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Tea party ready for fight with GOP establishment

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

"I am hopeful. I am optimistic. I am filled with the promise that we are going to turn this country around because there is a grass-roots revolution going on," says tea party-backed Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Ted Cruz vows to ‘repeal every single word of Obamacare’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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"I am hopeful. I am optimistic. I am filled with the promise that we are going to turn this country around because there is a grass-roots revolution going on," says tea party-backed Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Struggling tea party movement throws 5-year birthday party, counts achievements

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rep. Michele Bachmann is among 10 lawmakers who will assemble to celebrate the tea party on Thursday, marking the grass root movement's fifth anniversary. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: The tea party at five years

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, during a news conference with conservative Congressional Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Club for Growth gives Ted Cruz, Mike Lee perfect marks

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, stands in front of pheasants that were shot during a hunt hosted by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Akron, Iowa. Cruz attended the Iowa GOP's annual fundraising dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Ted Cruz beats back criticism, defends his debt-limit moves

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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BRUCE: Mitt Romney, the new comeback kid?

By Tammy Bruce

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks about energy, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, at the Heritage Action for America 2014 Conservative Policy Summit at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Ted Cruz slams GOP for ‘trickery’ on debt ceiling vote

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, accompanied by GOP leaders, talk to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, prior to President Barack Obama&#8217;s State of the Union address. From left are, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the Republican Policy Committee chairman; Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.; and and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell helps Senate pass hike in debt limit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, as senators go to the chamber for a vote to extend the Treasury's borrowing authority. Congress appears on track to send President Barack Obama must-do legislation to extend Treasury's borrowing authority without any concessions from the White House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cruz’s demand ensnares GOP leaders on debt vote

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

In the Cruz family, Ted is the diplomatic one

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

US Sen. Ted Cruz to speak at New Orleans GOP event

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'ONE OF THE STRONGEST VOICES' Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, stands tall among conservative groups such as the Tea Party Nation, the American Conservative Union and the Club for Growth. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Sessions: A tea partyer before the tea party was cool

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, arrives at the Capitol as the Senate votes to approve a $1.1 trillion spending package, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The legislation is a follow-up to the budget compromise the two parties pushed through Congress in December that set overall spending limits for the next two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Cruz rips Putin’s Human Rights record, demands more U.S. leadership

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Utah Sen. Mike Lee gives tea party speech

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, right, participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony with Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, for the 113th Congress in Washington. Stockman, a suburban Houston Republican is mounting a long-shot challenge from the right against Senate minority whip John Cornyn but has made virtually no public appearances in Texas as questions mount about his campaign finances. Now, he’s stopped showing up for his day job, too. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Primary challenger to Texas’ Cornyn goes missing

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 18, 2013 file photo shows the White House in Washington. This is a year of auditioning, positioning, networking and just plain hard work for people who are considering running for president in 2016. You could see them stirring in 2013 as they plugged holes in resumes, took preliminary steps to build potential campaign organizations and made carefully calibrated moves to get better known by Americans generally and key constituencies in particular. Most _ but not all _ are ticking off items on what could be called the presidential prep checklist. And they’ve got baggage to deal with. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

A fast 2014 start on presidential prep

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Republican lawmakers arrive at the Capitol as the Senate votes to approve a $1.1 trillion spending package, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. From left to right are: Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. The legislation is a follow-up to the budget compromise the two parties pushed through Congress in December that set overall spending limits for the next two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate easily passes $1.1 trillion spending bill

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

United States Senator Ted Cruz-R from Texas speaks out against Obamacare at the Texas Public Policy Foundation morning keynote address Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 in Austin, Texas. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told a conservative conference in Austin Friday that President Barack Obama is lawless, dangerous and terrifying, providing the right-wing rhetoric to his base that makes him so popular in his home state. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, MAGS OUT; NO SALES; INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM

Cruz hires ousted Republican Study Committee director

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times