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** FILE ** Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform. (Associated Press)

Grover Norquist: Sen. Ted Cruz owes GOP an apology

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, speaks at a rally Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Haltom City, Texas, where she formally declared her candidacy for governor of Texas. (AP Photo/The Daily Texan, Charlie Pearce)

EDITORIAL: It’s ‘hijack’ if GOP filibusters, but ‘courage’ if it’s a Lib with ambitions

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Virginia gubernatorial candidates Democrat Terry McAuliffe (left) and Republican Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II. (Associated Press)

Shutdown seen helping McAuliffe, hurting Cuccinelli

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at the Family Foundation of Virginia Annual Gala, Greater Richmond Convention Center, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 in Richmond, Va. Quoting from the Bible, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told a socially conservative advocacy group that President Barack Obama&#8217;s Democratic administration is &#8220;the most hostile to religious liberty&#8221; in American history and the health reform law is its most formidable weapon against them. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Daniel Sangjib Min)

Cruz: Democrats’ attacks show Republicans are ‘winning’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas epitomizes a new generation of headstrong conservatives. He has become a hot commodity since his all-night filibuster on the Senate floor in an effort to stop President Obama's Affordable Care Act from taking effect, but has upset the GOP establishment. (Associated Press)

Cruz control: Inside GOP’s great divide on Obamacare

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, arrives at the Senate floor for a vote on the government funding bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Ted Cruz: ‘We’re winning’ on Obamacare

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

llegal immigrant advocates interrupted Sen. Ted Cruz’s speech to the Values Voters Summit on Friday more than a dozen times on, calling on the Texas Republican and potential presidential candidate to support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. “How scared is the president?” Mr. Cruz said. “Oh, they don’t want the truth to be heard. They definitely don’t want the truth to be heard.” (Associated Press)

Love him or hate him, Sen. Ted Cruz stirs up political passion

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, demands that the White House and congressional Democrats negotiate with congressional Republicans about ways to reopen the government and address criticisms of the nation's new health care law, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner, Ted Cruz: Upcoming debt-ceiling vote will have conditions

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, emerges from the Senate chamber after his overnight crusade railing against the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Furloughed Texan Cruz supporters to America: ‘You’ve got to stand up’

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**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., tells reporters that Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Republicans are the obstacle to ending the government shutdown crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. President Barack Obama brought congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since a partial government shutdown began, but there was no sign of progress toward ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services around the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Reid apologizes for nasty tone on Senate floor

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Virginia gubernatorial candidates Democrat Terry McAuliffe (left) and Republican Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II are calling upon big-name supporters in the final weeks of the campaign to make appearances in the state to help them raise money and garner votes. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Ted Cruz wades into Virginia race as battle of VIP surrogates rises

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

MURCHISON: The problem isn’t Obama, but dependency

By William Murchison

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, returns to his Capitol Hill office after the Senate once again rejected the House version of the government funding bill, Monday night, Sept. 30, 2013, in Washington. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse as Congress continues to struggle over how to prevent a possible shutdown of the federal government when it runs out of money. President Barack Obama ramped up pressure on Republicans Monday to avoid a post-midnight government shutdown, saying that failure to pass a short-term spending measure to keep agencies operating would "throw a wrench into the gears" of a recovering economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cuccinelli, Cruz scheduled to appear at Family Foundation dinner

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz’s dad rips RINOs: ‘We, the people, are not stupid’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obamacare represents a crossroads

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews: ‘I think Ted Cruz is brilliant’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. (Associated Press)

Sen. Ted Cruz plans to donate salary to charity each day of government shutdown

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The hyperbole disease

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cruz’s filibuster not ‘ranting’