I’m surprised you haven’t seen this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaWgFoVI4JU
It’s pretty historical. It explains why Cruz voted the way he did. 0 was going to get his TPP. TPA was supposed to give congress negotiating power and was part of deal to kill Ex-Im. McConnell lied, Cruz calls him out. He even explains why he trusted McConnell.
O was going to get his TPP,so we make it easier for him by giving him TPA?
Reducing the amount of votes to pass?
Really?
McConnell lied about his intentions concerning the Import/Export bank. And, whatever, nothing explains away Cruz’s decision to give his critical vote on TPA, the cloture vote, to help pass TPA.
His ‘No’ vote when only 51 were required for passage was meaningless.