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“What Obama did wrong with executive power is he tried to change the law. He tried to ignore the law. And under the Constitution, Article I, all legislative authority is vested in Congress.”

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Ted Cruz is an American politician born on December 22, 1970. He is a U.S. Senator from Texas and a member of the Republican Party. Cruz graduated from Harvard Law School and taught at the University of Texas at Austin. He began his political career in the Texas State Senate before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2009. more

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