WASHINGTON—The possibility that Ted Cruz might be in the White House next year has led to questions on Capitol Hill about whether he'd be able to work with his former colleagues in the Senate.
Cruz earned the wrath of his own party—Sen. John McCain of Arizona once called him a “wacko bird”—after an effort to thwart Obama’s health care law led to a 16-day, partial government shutdown in 2013.
Cruz later urged senators to end government funding for Planned Parenthood, a move that could have led to a second shutdown.
