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Facing a tight re-election race, hardline Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is now claiming that he’s a bipartisan champion of reaching across the aisle.
“What is new is not that I’m passing bipartisan legislation that helps produce jobs in Texas,” Cruz—one of Congress’ most resolutely partisan members, so much so that many of his own colleagues reportedly hate him—told Politico on Monday. “I’ve been doing that since the day I arrived in the Senate. What is new is we’re finally getting the press to report on it.”
The site noted Cruz’s bipartisan achievements—“new, trade-promoting bridges across the Rio Grande; tax relief for hurricane victims; and the most recent FAA Reauthorization Act”—but then also flagged his opposition to major across-the-aisle initiatives like the CHIPS and Science Act and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. His Texas colleague in the Senate, John Cornyn, supported both.
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