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Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator, R-Texas

“In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: Democrats did set a supermajority threshold, but only after Republicans pledged to filibuster the underlying bill, and Republicans unanimously agreed to the voting plan.