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Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

R TX · Senate

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Defense

+32
Helped 964 Hurt 932 Unclear 889

Energy

+138
Helped 521 Hurt 383 Unclear 191

Healthcare

+44
Helped 339 Hurt 295 Unclear 270

Weather

-351
Helped 275 Hurt 626 Unclear 3

Transportation

+105
Helped 346 Hurt 241 Unclear 283

Finance

-45
Helped 314 Hurt 359 Mixed 1 Unclear 188

Agriculture

+200
Helped 384 Hurt 184 Unclear 109

Education

+27
Helped 262 Hurt 235 Unclear 171

Government Operations

-8
Helped 80 Hurt 88 Unclear 484

Criminal Justice

+257
Helped 426 Hurt 169 Unclear 36

Veterans Affairs

+218
Helped 372 Hurt 154 Unclear 89

Technology

+86
Helped 245 Hurt 159 Unclear 54

Environment

-59
Helped 113 Hurt 172 Unclear 162

Trade

+49
Helped 202 Hurt 153 Unclear 51

Science & Space

+109
Helped 249 Hurt 140 Unclear 16

Housing

+108
Helped 214 Hurt 106 Unclear 14

Foreign Policy

-31
Helped 124 Hurt 155 Mixed 2 Unclear 52

Appropriations

+93
Helped 203 Hurt 110 Unclear 17

Immigration

-147
Helped 50 Hurt 197 Unclear 68

Federal Budget

+162
Helped 207 Hurt 45 Unclear 36
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

15801 industry impacts

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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.

Positive-Effect Industries

Direct (1578), Defense (153), Veterans Affairs (114), DoD (33), VA (19), Legislative (17), Executive (16), USDA (16), Justice (14), Congress (12), Treasury (12), Agriculture (11), CMS (9), Judiciary (7), NPS (7), State (7), Oversight (6), DHS (4), DOJ (4), Education (4), Foreign Affairs (4), ICE (4), Legislative Branch (4), Weather (4), Intelligence (3), Transportation (3), Cemeteries (2), DOD (2), FDA (2), FEMA (2), Federal (2), Housing (2), Interior/USDA (2), International Development (2), Local (2), Military Logistics (2), NASA (2), NOAA (2), SBA (2), SSA (2), State Department (2), State/Local (2), Commerce (1), Defense R&D (1), HHS (1), Judicial (1), Manufacturing (1)
Direct (344), Veterans (121), Military Families (16), Military (3), Foreign (2)
Direct (309), Naval (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1), Missiles (1), Missiles/Hypersonics (1), Nuclear C3 (1), Rotorcraft (1), Small Business (1), Small/Innovative (1), Space Systems (1)
Direct (243), Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2)
Direct (233), Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)
Direct (208), Research (15), Community (3), Tribal (3)
Direct (177), Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (2102), Defense (123), Veterans Affairs (66), EPA (22), Justice (12), NPS (11), FDA (9), Weather (9), DHS (8), Education (8), Agriculture (7), BLM (7), Executive (7), Forest Service (7), HHS (7), Commerce (6), Foreign (5), Intelligence (5), Banking (4), CFPB (4), Federal (4), Treasury/IRS (4), VA (4), Homeland Security (3), Legislative (3), Legislative Branch (3), NOAA (3), NOAA/EPA (3), SEC (3), Treasury (3), Acquisition (2), Border Security (2), Congress (2), Courts (2), Defense Acquisition (2), GAO (2), Judiciary (2), Military (2), State (2), State Department (2), Veterans (2), Coast Guard (1), Development Finance (1), DoD (1), Energy/Defense (1), Executive Agencies (1), FDIC (1), FTC (1), Federal Reserve (1), Foreign Assistance (1), Housing (1), Immigration (1), Interior Department (1), Monetary Policy (1), NNSA (1), OCC (1), Oversight (1), Revenue (1), Space Force (1), State/Local (1), Strategic Command (1), Trade (1), U.S. Coast Guard (1), USDA (1), Waste Management (1)
Direct (169), Nuclear (2), Logistics (1), Maintenance (1)
Direct (123), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Family Planning Services (2), Public Health (2), Reproductive Health (2), Safety Net Providers (2)

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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.

Analysis coverage
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S+ Supported Benefits
S- Supported Burdens
O+ Opposed Benefits
O- Opposed Burdens
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
+655
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)
- - +120
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)
- - +8
Transportation - - 0
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

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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

s453-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the implementation of new requirements to report bank account deposits and withdrawals.

1 clause Feb 15, 2023
Financial Services Consumers Federal Government

s444-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To 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.

2 clauses Feb 15, 2023
Environmental Groups Scientific Research Foreign Affairs Federal Government

s422-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To 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.

4 clauses Feb 14, 2023
Environmental Groups National Security Federal Government Native American Tribes

s412-118

Cosponsor Reported

To 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.

14 clauses Feb 14, 2023
Transportation Education General Public Internet Service Providers

s401-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Feb 14, 2023
Foreign Businesses Regulated Industries Federal Government Business

sres57-118

Cosponsor

Honoring the life of David Ferdinand Durenberger, former Senator for the State of Minnesota.

0 clauses Feb 13, 2023

s396-118

Cosponsor Reported

To 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.

5 clauses Feb 13, 2023
Humanitarian Aid Criminal Organizations Federal Government Sanctioned Entities

s345-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To modify a provision relating to adjustments of certain State apportionments for Federal highway programs, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Transportation

s344-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To 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.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Veterans Homeowners Federal Government Consumers

s370-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure that efforts to engage in espionage or technology transfer are considered in visa issuance, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Foreign Businesses Immigrant Communities Scientific Research Federal Government

s319-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the President from issuing moratoria on leasing and permitting energy and minerals on certain Federal land.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Agriculture Oil & Gas Energy Production Federal Government

s352-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a highway formula modernization study, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Foreign Affairs Transportation Environmental Groups Federal Government

s360-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To address foreign threats to higher education in the United States.

3 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Telecommunications Environmental Groups Education Federal Government

sres45-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the current influx of migrants is causing a crisis at the southern border.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Homeowners Immigrant Communities

s333-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for extensions of detention of certain aliens ordered removed, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Environmental Groups Immigrant Communities Federal Government National Security

s380-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death as felony murder.

0 clauses Feb 9, 2023

s314-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax deduction at the time an investment in qualified property is made, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Consumers Oil & Gas Federal Government Lobbying

s332-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To appropriate $25,000,000,000 for the construction of a border wall between the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Environmental Groups Immigrant Communities Agriculture Federal Government

s369-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review any purchase or lease of real estate near a military installation or military airspace in the United States by a foreign person connected to or subsidized by the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Transportation Environmental Groups Energy Production Federal Government

s361-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the National Firearms Act to provide an exception for stabilizing braces, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Regulated Industries Consumers Federal Government

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