How Ted Cruz, once a Republican gadfly, became a bipartisan dealmaker

Texas Senator Ted Cruz led a bipartisan effort to pass legislation regulating college athletics.
The Texas senator was the driving force behind a bill to overhaul regulation of college athletics that passed the chamber Monday night.
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