washington. the is not who is in washington one year is unfazed. that was remarkable to see the house engaged in a profile in courage. reporter: that doesn t sit well with joe barton of texas. i respect ted cruz, he is my junior senator but i agree with you. reporter: he is controversial and brash and even those cruz s reputation might be scarred on a national level, some say it only helps cruz with texas voters. ted cruz has a lot of support among hard-core tea party supporters and a lot of them in texas so he has long support in republican pry maerms where the hard-core come out so he is likely to be senator a long time. reporter: ted cruz was elected senator by right winging tea party supporters. now consider this. every texas republican in congress voted against the budget deal to reopen the