“I’ve seen Ted Cruz in action as a U.S. senator stand firm when there is a lot of pressure to compromise or cave in,”
“Firm” as in TPA, Corker bill, calling for immigration reform, H1-B vistas 500 percent increase, increase in legal immigration, etc. That kind of firm?
TPA is the bill which grants Authority, and sets guidlines for the president to negotiate a Trade treaty. So what we are never allowed to trade with anyone??... or take so long to get the authority so that the trade opportunities are no longer valid. Do you mean the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 Sponsored by Sen. Corker, Co-sponsored by Sen. Alexander, Sessions, Paul, Ernst, Scott, Cruz, as well as others. A bill that required the President to turn the treaty in for approval, which he had said he wasn’t going to do. Calling for Immigration reform, that depends on how you want to reform it..... if you want to fix the problems, and make it easier to come legally; as opposed to allowing our system to take so long that people decide to come illegally; or To fix the broken system in which we release criminal illegals instead of deporting them. Then I am also pro reform, as I suspect must conservatives would be as well. If the thought is to grant a pathway to citizenship, of amnesty, then actually meaningful reform is the wrong route to take. The H1-B visas increase, was an amendment to the gang of eight amnesty bill, designed to show that the democrats, as well as the establishment republicans, were after nothing but more votes and money. Cruz’s record has been the same since he started in public affairs, with minor changes like the phase out of ethanol subsidies over five years. Cruz in 2013 wanted to end them immediately, however what he learned after study is that removing them all at once does more harm than leaving them in place; the only way to safely remove them is to phase them out over time. Show me a man who after facing the truth will never change his position, and I will show you a fool.