[hummingbird]

"He lost his cover when Kay Bailey retired and was replaced by Cruz."

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Agree. Had not thought of this before, but I think you are 100% right.

[Grams A]

I just remembered that during the last four years or so when KBH was in the Senate it seemed like if she voted no on a bill, Cornyn voted yes and visa versa. So we always ended up with essentially no representation in the Senate.