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Ted Cruz: “The CRA only takes 50 votes and we have 53 Republicans.”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 14:09

Listen, it was very interesting. When we voted on, on the DeFi cra, I didn't know where the votes would be. Now I had the votes to win because The CRA only takes 50 votes and we have 53 Republicans. So I knew I was going to win and I thought there was a real possibility that we would get the vote we got. (14:09–14:14)

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Asserts that the Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires only 50 votes to pass and Republicans have 53 votes.

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