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
s493-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require Visa Waiver Program countries to share watch list information about known or suspected terrorists and to fully cooperate with United States law enforcement entities in preventing and combating serious crime.
s467-118
Cosponsor Enrolled (Passed Congress)To modify the age requirement for the Student Incentive Payment Program of the State maritime academies.
s472-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo declare that any agreement reached by the President relating to the nuclear program of Iran is deemed a treaty that is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.
s470-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes.
s444-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by the World Health Assembly to be subject to Senate ratification.
s459-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for convicted murderers who kill or target America’s public safety officers.
sres69-118
CosponsorExpressing support for the designation of February 18 through February 25, 2023, as National FFA Week, recognizing the important role of the National FFA Organization in developing the next generation of globally conscious leaders who will change the world and in celebration of the 95th anniversary of the National FFA Organization.
s453-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prohibit the implementation of new requirements to report bank account deposits and withdrawals.
s422-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo remove legal impediments preventing construction of a border barrier along the international border between the United States and Mexico, improve the construction requirements for such barrier, make previously appropriated funds available for constructing such barrier until expended, and for other purposes.
s412-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo provide that it is unlawful to knowingly distribute private intimate visual depictions with reckless disregard for the individual’s lack of consent to the distribution, and for other purposes.
s401-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.
s396-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress regarding the ties between criminal gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti and impose sanctions on political and economic elites involved in such criminal activities.
sres57-118
CosponsorHonoring the life of David Ferdinand Durenberger, former Senator for the State of Minnesota.
s344-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans’ disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related disability, and for other purposes.
sres53-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeEstablishing a Women’s Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law.
s333-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for extensions of detention of certain aliens ordered removed, and for other purposes.
s380-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 18, United States Code, to punish the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death as felony murder.
s332-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo appropriate $25,000,000,000 for the construction of a border wall between the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.
s319-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prohibit the President from issuing moratoria on leasing and permitting energy and minerals on certain Federal land.
s361-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the National Firearms Act to provide an exception for stabilizing braces, and for other purposes.
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