On September 30, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Federal Election Commission v Cruz for Senate, 21-12. The issue is a federal law that limits a candidate to raising no more than $250,000 after an election is over, for the purpose of paying back to the candidate money he or she had loaned to the campaign. The lower court had struck down the law. The FEC asked the U.S. Supreme Court to summarily reverse the lower court decision, and the Ted Cruz Senate Campaign asked the U.S. Supreme Court to summarily approve the lower court decision. But the Court will do neither, and will hear the case itself.