The 2,313-page piece of legislation spends $1.4 trillion and will fund the government until September 30, 2020, through most of what is anticipated to be a combative election season.

"Deals cut in the dead of night," Cruz asserted in a Twitter video message this week that summarized some of the provisions in the spending package:

The senator said the spending deal benefits the "lobbyists who are bankrupting this country," and told CBS 11 it represents "lobbyists' Christmas present."

"While you were with your family, shopping for Christmas, the lobbyists were spending and spending," Cruz said in his video message.