by Ted Cruz
Turley, Jonathan, 305, 309
Turow, Scott, 67
Twitter, 124, 262
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 211–12
Cruz’s senatorial career and, 243–44
Ukraine, 288, 296–97, 301
United Nations, 340
Iran and, 167, 295–96
Israel and, 300
Texas and, 139–40, 160–64, 192, 296
United States v. Jones, 310
United States v. Lopez, 84
Van Orden v. Perry, 157–59
Vienna Convention, 160–61, 164
Wall Street Journal, xxii–xxiv, 254
Warner, Jack, 175
Washington, D.C., xx, 36, 38, 87, 90, 100, 102, 108, 125, 134, 138–39, 142, 175, 178–81, 193, 239, 286, 317
Bush’s presidential campaign and, 103, 114
corruption in, xxi, xxv, xxvii
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 197, 200, 203–5, 213, 215, 218–19
Cruz’s senatorial career and, xxvi–xxvii, 222–23, 225, 228, 230, 232, 235
DeMint and, 198
Washington, D.C. (cont.)
government shutdown and, 277–78, 284
gun control laws and, 168–71, 247, 250, 253, 255
national debt and, x–xi, xv, xix, xxiv, xxvi, 224
National Lawyers Convention in, 196–97
Obamacare and, xii, 261–62, 264, 274–75, 277–78, 280, 285
Perot and, 220
and promise of America, 327, 331–33, 338, 340
Watergate scandal, 135–37, 139
welfare, 100, 176–77, 319, 331
Cruz’s essay writing and, 63–64
-to-work reform, 309
West Briar, 33
West Wing, 315
White House Correspondents’ Association dinners, 296
Wiesel, Elie, 96–98, 107
Wiley, Galen, 31–32
Williams, Michael, 198–99
Wilson, Alan, 29–30
Wilson, Michael (half brother), 29
Wilson, Ron, 151–52
wine industry, 132–33
women:
gun control laws and, 253
Harvard Law Review and, 78
war on, 28
Woodward, Bob, xxiv, 72
World Court, 140, 317
Medellín case and, 160–67, 296
World War II, 83, 324, 339
World War II Memorial, 277
Yifrach, Eyal, 299–300
Yom Kippur War, 286
Younesi, Ali, 304
Zoellick, Robert, 127–28
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
In 2012, Ted Cruz was elected the thirty-fourth U.S. Senator from Texas. A passionate fighter for limited government, economic growth, and the Constitution, Ted won a decisive victory in both the Republican primary and the general election, despite having never before been elected to office. Before joining the Senate, he was the solicitor general of Texas. Ted and his wife, Heidi, live in his hometown of Houston, Texas, with their two young daughters, Caroline and Catherine.
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