Rosen, who moved to Las Vegas after graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1979, worked as a waitress at Caesars Palace during summers in the 1980s and was a member of Culinary Workers Union Local 226.

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The Culinary Workers local, which previously slammed Trump’s proposal as “wild campaign promises from a convicted felon,” lauded the Democrat sign-on to the Cruz measure without mentioning the bill’s Texas author.

“Nevada has the highest concentration of tipped workers in the nation, and all cash and non-cash tips are currently subject to federal taxes,” union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge said in a statement.

“This bipartisan legislation will allow hospitality workers to keep their tips without paying federal income tax on them.”