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Ted Cruz

U.S. Senator · Texas · Republican · Chair, Commerce, Science, and Transportation

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
5.01· expected 1.48

Above expectations

Rank 1 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 21 majority-party committee chairs

How far Cruz’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 129
  2. Action in committee 30
  3. Action beyond committee 29
  4. Passed chamber 13
  5. Became law 4

129 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 6 significant (got a roll call vote), 121 substantive, 2 commemorative. Compare the Senate

Became law (4)

3 national policy · 1 Texas and California-specific

  • S. 283 Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement ActUnknown; bill summary not yet available. AI-readBecame law Oct 15, 2026 · Public Lands and Natural ResourcesNational policy
  • S. 759 Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans ActModernizes access to public oceans. AI-readBecame law Sep 25, 2026 · Transportation and Public WorksNational policy
  • S. 32 LACAAdds College Station and El Centro as court locations in two federal judicial divisions. AI-readBecame law Sep 16, 2026 · LawLocal or single-entity · Texas and California
  • S. 146 TAKE IT DOWN ActProhibits nonconsensual online publication of intimate images and requires platforms to remove them. AI-readBecame law May 19, 2025 · Science, Technology, CommunicationsNational policy

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

Became law inside another bill (1)

Cruz’s own bill stalled, but the Congressional Research Service lists an identical bill, or one with similar text, that became law. Shown for context; not counted in the score, which follows the Center for Effective Lawmaking. How this works

How Cruz’s ratings compare with every senator

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Cruz.

Cruz in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

95/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 47 missed of 915

Voted on 868 of 915 roll calls; missed 47. Lower than 83% of senators.

85%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
100/ 100

Senate R median 100 · Rank 17 of 53

Sided with the Republican majority on 798 votes that split the parties. Higher than 82% of senators.

75%100%
8/ 100

Chamber median 9 · −1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 78% of senators.

0%30%
+0.78

Republican middle 80%: 0.38 to 0.78

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 133 (median 61) · cosponsored 279 (median 307.5), 144 as an original cosponsor (signed on the day the bill was introduced). Medians are for all voting members of the Senate. From congress.gov.

How we count words

Sponsored

Cosponsored