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Ted Cruz picks up another Freedom Caucus endorsement


By Tal Kopan, CNN
Updated 7:55 PM ET, Tue February 16, 2016 | Video Source: CNN


(CNN)Another member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus endorsed Ted Cruz on Tuesday, as he continues to hold support from the group known for giving Republican leadership headaches.

Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp endorsed Cruz on Tuesday, the Texas senator's rapid response director Brian Phillips tweeted.

"Ted Cruz is a full spectrum conservative that the people of Kansas should rally behind," said Huelskamp in a statement.

Huelskamp's endorsement makes 12 members of the Freedom Caucus that have supported Cruz, the most of the group behind any candidate, according to FiveThirtyEight's endorsement tracker. A number of the lawmakers had endorsed Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, another libertarian, anti-establishment Republican, who dropped out of the race after failing to gain momentum.

The group is known for causing trouble for House Republican leadership, especially during the reign of former House Speaker John Boehner. Their opposition was part of why Boehner stepped down from his role and resigned from Congress, and they also stood against his first heir apparent, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, causing the Californian to withdraw his name from contention and convincing now-Speaker Paul Ryan to run for the job.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/politi...cus/index.html

Rep. Tim Huelskamp NumbersUSA report card: Career (2011-2016) A+; Recent (2013-2016) A-; (2015-2016) B+.

2015: Voted against the FY2016 Omnibus Spending bill to increase foreign workers and refugees Sen. Huelskamp voted against H.R. 2029, the Omnibus Spending bill for 2016. This legislation would increase the number of H-2B low-skilled, non-agricultural guest worker visas issued in 2016 from 66,000 to 264,000. It also increased funding for refugee resettlement to allow for an increase of 10,000 refugees in 2016.


Voted in favor of Brooks amendment to remove military amnesty from National Defense Authorization Act in 2015 Rep. Huelskamp voted in favor of an amendment by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) to strip an amnesty provision from the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735). The provision stripped by the Brooks Amendment would have encouraged the Secretary of Defense to waive military enlistment requirements for illegal aliens who received amnesty through Pres. Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Brooks Amendment passed 221-to-202.


Voted AGAINST funding Executive Amnesties by opposing clean DHS Appropriations bill, H.R. 240 in 2015 Rep. Huelskamp voted against final passage of H.R. 240, the DHS funding bill passed by the Senate which did not include riders to stop President Obama's unconstitutional Executive Amnesties. Although the House had originally passed H.R. 240 with these riders, the Senate stripped them out, thus fully funding the Executive Amnesties through September 2015. When the House voted on the bill as returned from the Senate, Sen. Huelskamp firmly opposed Executive Amnesty by voting against final passage (and consequently for a temporary shut down of DHS). Funding the President's illegal amnesties not only made Congress complicit in the President's lawless behavior, it also undermined the lawsuit filed by 26 states to stop implementation of the amnesties. If Congress is unwilling to fight to protect its own legislative powers, why should the courts fight on Congress's behalf? The bill passed by a vote of 257-167.


Voted in favor of Aderholt Amendment to H.R. 240 to defund President Obama's November 2014 amnesty for illegal aliens in 2015 Rep. Huelskamp voted in favor of the Aderholt Amendment to H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015. The Aderholt Amendment would defund implementation of all Obama and DHS November 2014 memoranda; defund 4 of the 5 Morton Memos that deal with prosecutorial discretion and detail who ICE agents can and can't deport; and prohibit federal benefits from being given to any illegal alien covered by the November memoranda. The Aderholt Amendment passed by a vote of 237-190.


Voted in favor of Blackburn Amendment to H.R. 240 to defund President Obama's DACA amnesty for illegal aliens in 2015 Rep. Huelskamp voted in favor of the Blackburn Amendment to H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015. The Blackburn Amendment would defund the processing of applications and renewals of President Obama's 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, thus making it impossible for DACA recipients to continue to receive legal status. The Blackburn Amendment passed by a vote of 218-209.


Voted in favor of King Amdt to DHS Appropriations bill to prevent amnesty by prosecutorial discretion in 2013 Rep. Huelskamp voted in favor of the King amendment to the FY2014 DHS Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2217). This amendment would have prohibited the Department of Homeland Security from using funds appropriated by Congress to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the "Morton Memos". The Morton Memos were a series of three memos issued in 2011 that authorized the use of prosecutorial discretion and/or deferred action to provide amnesty to certain illegal aliens, particularly those brought here as children by their illegal alien parents. The amendment, offered by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), passed by a 224-201 vote (6 June 2013).

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