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Ted Cruz: Obama, Harry Reid Are Holding Unaccompanied Minors for ‘Ransom’
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, criticized President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., today for their support of amnesty and said they were holding the unaccompanied minors coming across the southern border for “ransom.” Cruz, interviewed on “Fox News Sunday,” said the promise of amnesty is what has driven more than 50,000 young…Melissa Quinn -
Ted Cruz Calls Border Crisis ‘Heartbreaking’
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, along with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott traveled to San Antonio on Monday to assess the growing “humanitarian crisis” that has overwhelmed the U.S.-Mexico border. Cruz described the massive increase of minors illegally crossing the border as “heartbreaking” after touring the Texan Air Force facility that is lodging nearly 1,200 illegal…Natalie Johnson -
Mike Lee, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz Chart ‘Road to Majority’
Three prominent Republican senators – all rumored presidential candidates in 2016 – today projected their visions for the future of the party during the first day of the Road to Majority conference in Washington. Utah’s Mike Lee, with perhaps the lowest public profile of the three, used his limited microphone time to say that, if…Josh Siegel -
Sen. Ted Cruz’s Advice to Politicians: ‘Get Back to Listening to Main Street’
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today warned Republicans and Democrats alike that they need to “get back to listening to Main Street,” not Wall Street, to avert more electoral losses like that suffered this week by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. “There is a frustration — a deep frustration — that politicians in both parties are…Melissa Quinn -
Ted Cruz: Proposed Amendment ‘About Politicians Silencing Citizens’
In November, American will have a chance to elect a new Congress. But if some lawmakers have their way, we’d better be quiet about our intentions. The Senate Judiciary Committee today held a hearing to discuss a constitutional amendment aimed at allowing lawmakers to limit spending on political campaigns by giving Congress the power to…Rich Tucker