Cruz predicts GOP presidential victory

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he thinks Republicans will not only take control of the Senate next year but also the White House in 2017.

Cruz, who is considered a potential GOP nominee for the 2016 presidential election, wrote an op-ed for USA Today outlining what Republican priorities would be if they, take over the Senate after November’s midterm election.

{mosads}Several vulnerable Democrats in conservative states are up for reelection. Republicans need to gain six seats in order to shift into the majority party.

Cruz said if Republicans win, they would pass legislation to “jumpstart the economy, safeguard constitutional liberties, and strengthen our national security.”

Part of his economic agenda would include forcing the president to veto legislation that would repeal the healthcare law. He said, even if the president does veto GOP attempts to dismantle ObamaCare, Republicans would have their opportunity after the 2016 presidential election.

“In 2017, I believe a Republican president will repeal ObamaCare in its entirety,” Cruz wrote. “In the interim, we should pass positive healthcare reform to start over, allowing the purchase of insurance across state lines, expanding health savings accounts, and making health insurance, personal, portable, and affordable.”

Cruz also suggested that in 2015 Republicans vote to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, stop Environmental Protection Agency regulations, lower taxes, audit the Federal Reserve and repeal federal education mandates, among other things.

“We will either pass a serious agenda to address the real priorities of the American people — protecting our constitutional rights and pulling us back from the fiscal and economic cliff — or the Democrats will filibuster or veto these bills,” Cruz wrote. “And, if they do so, we will have transparency and accountability for the very next election.”