On Cruz control in the new GOP Senate majority

By Kevin Diaz

November 5, 2014 | Updated: November 5, 2014 9:58pm

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U.S. Senator John Cornyn speaks to the audience at the GOP election night party in Austin on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

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U.S. Senator John Cornyn speaks to the audience at the GOP election night party in Austin on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

By Kevin Diaz

November 5, 2014 | Updated: November 5, 2014 9:58pm

WASHINGTON - When new Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell listed all the national political leaders who called to congratulate him on Wednesday, he mentioned one in particular by name: Republican Ted Cruz, the junior senator from Texas.

Kevin Diaz

Kevin Diaz

Houston Chronicle Washington Correspondent

Kevin Diaz

Kevin Diaz

Houston Chronicle Washington Correspondent

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