Swalwell wrote in a tweet he was going to propose an "open bet" to Cruz.
"If the @dallascowboys beat the @49ers I won’t tweet for the rest of January. If the @49ers win you can’t tweet for rest of January. How Texan are you, Ted? Deal?" he wrote.
Cruz responded, "How about we bet a Chinese dinner instead?"
Sen. Ted Cruz jabbed Rep. Eric Swalwell after the Democratic California congressman proposed a bet to the Texas Republican on this weekend's playoff game.
AUBURN, NY — Following the new tradition of erecting disturbing modern-art monuments for prominent historical figures, the city of Auburn has unveiled a bronze statue of abolitionist and Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman's left big toe.