Ted Cruz
AnalysisR TX · Senate
Defense
+28Energy
+138Healthcare
+45Weather
-351Transportation
+105Finance
-44Agriculture
+200Education
+17Government Operations
-1Criminal Justice
+257Veterans Affairs
+218Technology
+92Environment
-53Science & Space
+109Trade
+47Housing
+109Appropriations
+93Foreign Policy
-31Immigration
-146Federal Budget
+162Industry Impact Profile
15675 industry impacts
How this is computed
P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote
Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.
Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.
Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.
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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.
Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)
How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.
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| Industry | S+ | S- | O+ | O- | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Government (58 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans Affairs (180),
Defense (158),
DoD (34),
VA (23),
EPA (22)
+53 more
|
+661 | ||||
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans (141),
Military Families (16),
Military (3),
Foreign (2),
Taxpayers (1)
|
- | +234 | |||
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Naval (2),
Nuclear (2),
Testing (2),
Ammunition (1),
Ground Vehicles (1)
+9 more
|
- | - | +76 | ||
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Families (1),
Space Force (1)
|
- | - | +89 | ||
Healthcare (8 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Research (15),
Community (3),
Gender-Affirming Care (3),
Tribal (3),
Family Planning Services (2)
+3 more
|
- | +87 | |||
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Child Care (3),
Immigrant Students (1),
Religious Studies (1),
Technical (1)
|
- | - | +54 | ||
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Federal/Military (1),
Military/Pacific (1),
Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
|
- | - | +121 | ||
| Taxpayers | - | - | +18 | ||
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Coffee (2),
Commodities (2),
Hemp (2),
Livestock (2),
Coffee Production (1)
|
- | - | +140 | ||
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Foreign (7),
Electrical Equipment (2),
Defense (1),
Foreign Adversary (1)
|
- | - | +5 | ||
| Transportation | - | - | +1 | ||
| Immigration | - | - | -107 | ||
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
HSA (7),
HSA Administration (2),
Transgender Individuals (1)
|
- | +27 | |||
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Medicaid (6),
Medicaid Programs (4),
Non-Expansion (3)
|
- | - | +19 | ||
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Distributed Generation (1)
|
- | - | +22 |
Votes are cast on entire bills; attribution to individual clauses does not imply clause-level intent. Learn more
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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
s172-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo terminate any existing mask mandates imposed by the Federal Government, to prevent the implementation of new mask mandates, to preserve individual liberty, and for other purposes.
s169-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo prohibit certain COVID–19 vaccination mandates for minors, and to require parental consent for COVID–19 vaccination of minors.
s191-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo eliminate the position of the Chief Diversity Officer of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
s171-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo prohibit the consideration of patients' race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, vaccination status, veteran status, or political ideology or speech in determining eligibility for COVID–19 treatments and vaccines distributed by the Federal Government.
s197-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions on the use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations, and for other purposes.
s163-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
s160-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, and for other purposes.
s165-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo prohibit the use of Federal and local funds to impose or enforce a COVID–19 vaccine mandate in District of Columbia schools, and to repeal the Coronavirus Immunization of School Students and Early Childhood Workers Regulation Amendment Act of 2021 enacted by the District of Columbia Council.
s181-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo protect individual liberty, ensure privacy, and prohibit discrimination with respect to the vaccination status of individuals, and for other purposes.
s184-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
s148-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo enable the Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a competing generic drug or biosimilar, to foster competition, and facilitate the efficient review of petitions filed in good faith to raise legitimate public health concerns, and for other purposes.
s150-118
Cosponsor Passed SenateTo amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit product hopping, and for other purposes.
s95-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the approval of new abortion drugs, to prohibit investigational use exemptions for abortion drugs, and to impose additional regulatory requirements with respect to previously approved abortion drugs, and for other purposes.
s110-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo allow a State to submit a declaration of intent to the Secretary of Education to combine certain funds to improve the academic achievement of students.
s78-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
s62-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.
s76-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to furnish tailored information to expecting mothers, and for other purposes.
s90-118
Primary Sponsor ReportedTo require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability in certain internet-connected devices.
s60-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow parents of eligible military dependent children to establish Military Education Savings Accounts, and for other purposes.
s56-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations and eligible workforce training organizations, and for other purposes.
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