“...Cruz has been too busy running for the presidency to be doing much Senate work.”
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That’s for sure. He still gets his pay and great benefits, and so does Bernie.
Cruz is near the bottom (worst) in missed votes.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/ted_cruz/412573
He has been worse than 90% of Senators at some point in each year he has been in office, and off the scales bad recently.