I just left a message with my new insane senator ( in Texas this is not uncommon with legislators) that ballots have to count. Sen Cruz is saying basically that the House should rebel and not follow the clear intent of the majority of the country. Only if you consider people of the ethnicity of Mr Cruz non humans can you say conservatism is the will of the people, ( something our Rep friends often do). Either the losing party accept that it LOST, can there be a democratic transition. How many times in the last 60 years have the losers refused to go. The reason Washington and Mandela are so great is they retired when they could have been President for life. I do not think the Rightists even know they should feeel cognitive dissonance.