The Freshman with More Senate Sway Than Cruz or Rubio
Other Senate Republicans used to privately call Mike Lee “Robin” to Ted Cruz’s “Batman” β just another freshman rabble-rouser and orchestrator of the GOP strategy that led to the 2013 government shutdown.
But as Cruz built a national reputation of rankling just about everyone in Congress, Lee has quietly remade himself as an unexpected Senate dealmaker. In the process, he’s upended what it means to be a freshman backbencher: His three pals in the Senate vying for the GOP nomination may get the attention, but the Utah Republican has amassed arguably more clout inside the Capitol than Cruz, Marco Rubio, or Rand Paul.
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