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Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, gave the keynote address to close the final day of the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

CPAC 2013: Add Cruz, Walker to Paul, Rubio for high ‘wow’ factor

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, closes out the Conservative Political Action Conference.

CPAC 2013: Ted Cruz urges conservatives to stand up for the U.S. Constitution

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Dianne Feinstein seeks to reimpose weapons bans that expired in 2004. The California Democrat’s current bill would go further than her 1994 law, which was sunsetted. (Associated Press)

Broadest gun ban in two decades clears Senate committee

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz (Associated Press)

Sen. Ted Cruz’s push to withhold ‘Obamacare’ funds ends in defeat

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

CPAC 2013: Bush’s legacy lingers over new GOP stars

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican

Spending bill gives GOP opening to kill health law

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is now “the man to beat in 2016,” a Republican strategist said, after delaying a vote Wednesday on CIA nominee John O. Brennan with an old-style one-man filibuster. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul raises national profile by using filibuster to take stand on drone controversy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

“Is Cruz under attack because he’s Hispanic? Not at all … Cruz is under attack because he’s out-debating Democrats,” Powerline says of freshman GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

Statesman.com via associated press

Inside the Beltway: Cruz control

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Sen. Chuck Hagel stumbled through his Senate confirmation hearing last week, but Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said “the political knives were out for” him. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

KENNEALLY: Hagel is not the right pick for Defense Secretary

By Ivan Kenneally

Sen. Ted Cruz (Associated Press)

Cruz 0-for-11 in Senate and proud of it

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican (Associated Press/The Amarillo Globe News)

Sen. Cruz to House GOP: Stop reading The New York Times

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Members of a Yakima, Wash., weapons seller carry firearms to a Second Amendment rally near the state Capitol in Olympia, Wash., on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. (Seattle Times via Associated Press)

Senators say Obama’s proposal for gun control has little support

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Vice President Joseph R. Biden (right) administers the Senate oath to Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, accompanied by his wife, Heidi Nelson, and daughters Caroline and Catherine (second from right) during a mock swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as the 113th Congress officially began. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hard-charging Cruz creates an early splash

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is a barometer of grass-roots ferocity, reminding the press that the tea party is still percolating and libertarian conservatism remains a force. (Associated Press)

A curtain-raiser: 10 stars to watch in new season of Congress Theater

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Tea party favorite Ted Cruz easily defeated Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in July’s runoff primary election for U.S. Senate. “He’s one of us,” said Julie McCarty, a convention delegate. (Associated Press)

Cruz ascending in GOP

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican (Associated Press/The Amarillo Globe News)

Cruz: Tea party ‘overwhelmingly’ behind Romney

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration: GOP embrace of Tea Party by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Tea Party Tuesday

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Republican presidential hopeful, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, speaks to local residents during a campaign stop at the Pizza Ranch restaurant, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, in Manchester, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Inside the Beltway: Perryfied

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Ted Cruz thanks his wife, Heidi, in front of a cheering crowd after he defeated Republican rival, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, in a runoff election Tuesday for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Kay Bailey Hutchison. (Houston Chronicle/Johnny Hanson via Associated Press)

Tea party basks in Cruz’s win in Texas

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times