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Title: Rand Paul, king of Senate drama, is at it again
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Politico
URL Source: https://www.politico.com/story/2018 ... and-paul-senate-omnibus-480553
Published: Mar 22, 2018
Author: BURGESS EVERETT
Post Date: 2018-03-22 17:58:53 by Gatlin
Keywords: None
Views: 2798
Comments: 34
The Kentucky senator has yet to decide whether to really get on fellow senators’ nerves by delaying a massive spending bill. Rand Paul is keeping everyone in suspense yet again. The junior senator from Kentucky is refusing to rule out forcing another brief government shutdown over his protests of the $1.3 trillion spending bill, which he has called “budget-busting” and a return to “Obama spending and trillion-dollar deficits.” Fellow senators are trying desperately to persuade him to let the Senate vote on the spending bill Thursday and avoid unnecessarily keeping them in town on Friday and into the weekend. Paul was noncommittal on Thursday as he walked into a Republican caucus lunch. He said he had more than 2,000 pages of the 2,200-page bill left to get through before he would decide how to proceed. “I’m on page 56 right now, and so I’ve got a few more pages to read. I don’t have any other comment,” Paul said. A few hours later he tweeted that he was on page 207 of the “monstrous” bill and began singling out pieces of the bill for criticism. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) continued to try to set up a vote before the shutdown deadline, but made a procedural move that would allow the Senate to begin advancing the bill on Saturday at 1 a.m. That would mean another brief lapse in government funding, making it the third shutdown of the year. Republicans had hoped that they could produce the spending deal much earlier this week to evade Paul's procedural protests and give the Senate time to pass the bill without the possibility of a shutdown. But top congressional leaders released the bill at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, infuriating Paul and other conservatives who say it is not nearly enough time to review the legislation. "We don’t want leverage. We want a real process and time to debate, amend and vote," a Paul aide said. "It’s not too much to ask but [Senate leaders] refuse to do it, time after time." Under Senate rules, all 100 senators must agree to hold a vote before the Friday night shutdown deadline. But as of now, they don’t have it. The House cleared the massive spending measure on Thursday. R “It’s just a question of if he delays the vote. It doesn’t change anything,” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the No. 3 Senate Republican, said of Paul. “I don’t think anybody knows and I don’t think his staff knows [what he's going to do] … it’s his right and his prerogative if he wants to do it.”
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Good for him he is doing his job and reading the bill. Hands down best Senator in decade's.
#2. To: Gatlin (#0)
Here are ten ways the R's screwed us.
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/10-ways-gop-sold-omnibus- spending-bill/
#3. To: A K A Stone (#1)
I skipped the elections in 2006-14, I came out only for Trumps agenda. I will go back into my bunker and begin readying for the coming war if this continues. Veto the bill, and just let the government shut down for however long it takes to burn through the taxes collected.
THIS IS A TAG LINE...Exercising rights is only radical to two people, Tyrants and Slaves. Which are YOU? Our ignorance has driven us into slavery and we do not recognize it.
#4. To: A K A Stone (#1) (Edited)
So, in the end, all of Rand Paul’s vaudevillian theatrics again accomplished absolutely nothing to stop the bill from passing or to change the bill in any way because early this morning, the Senate passed a $1.3 trillion spending package that will increase funding for the military and domestic spending and will keep the government funded through the end of September, sending the legislation to the President for his signature house ahead of a midnight deadline. I could perhaps agree with you if he ever got anything done....anything at all. All he has is a loud mouth that he so freely uses. Shooting off his loud mouth gets absolutely nothing done. Oh, it gets him lots of face time on the TV cameras and that appears to be his political goal. Name for me a single piece of major legislation that your “best Senator in decades” ever got passed during his entire time in the Senate....JUST ONE. You can’t name one because there has not been ONE. At least his feckless daddy got ONE piece of legislation passed when he sold a federally owned house in Galveston. Yep, Rand Paul, king of Senate drama was at it again. And again, it was all bluster to no avail since he accomplished absolutely nothing. Ho hum ... Good for him he is doing his job and reading the bill.
Maybe, if he had actually been “reading” the bill. But he was not. It was reported that he only scanned the measure. And just WTF good would his reading the bill do? Not a damned thing. He has a staff who highlights the important parts for him. Hands down best Senator in decade's.
#5. To: A K A Stone (#2)
Here are ten ways the Republicans screwed us.
These are your people -
You're now forced to own their actions....
or turn against them....(republicans)
#6. To: Gatlin (#4)
But he was not. It was reported that he only scanned the measure.
Liar.
Rand Paul Reads the Omnibus Spending Bill (Because Someone Has To)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who might be thinking of holding up the Senate's vote on the insane and mysterious omnibus spending bill, is publicly conducting some basic due diligence for a legislator: demonstrating that, unlike pretty much all his colleagues in House or Senate, he's actually trying to read the monstrous thing before voting. (Paul notes it took over two hours for his office printer to even print the thing.)
He's giving the American people some insights, good and bad, in real time via his twitter feed.
Some highlights:
Page 226 of terrible, no good, rotten deficit spending bill.
I found a kernel of hope: "no funds in this act will be used to support or justify torture." — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 22, 2018
Good news on the state-level marijuana rights front:
Page 240 good news for states rights:
no funds will be spent to prevent any state's medical marijuana initiatives.
Thank you Congr. Rohrbacher — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 22, 2018
Some things Paul wonders if require this level of public (i.e. you and me) funding:
Here are a few more highlights:
o $1m for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force
o $6.25m for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
o $20m for Countering Foreign State Propaganda
o $12m for Countering State Disinformation and Pressure — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 22, 2018
And more of that:
o $1m for the World Meteorological Organization
o $218m for Promoting Democracy Development in Europe (yep..the birthplace of democracy needs promoting)
o $25m for International Religious Freedom
o $10m for disadvantaged Egyptian Students — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 22, 2018
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.†- Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#7. To: Gatlin (#4)
Shooting off his loud mouth
Oh - the irony!
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.†- Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#8. To: Deckard (#6)
I seriously doubt that he wasted time to read the entire bill. The fact that Reason suggests he did makes it even more unbelievable. As for as the “highlights” go....those were obviously assembled for him by his staff, which is their job to do so. Besides, when all was said and done....what good did the little pip squeak TV camera hog accomplish? Nothing....he accomplished NOTHING as he wasted time and effort while he continued to play to the media. The bill PASSED....everyone knew it was going to.
#9. To: A K A Stone (#1)
Good for him he is doing his job and reading the bill. Hands down best Senator in decade's.
EXACTLY.
Leave it to a Statist Toad to see it the OPPOSITE way.
#10. To: Deckard (#6)
Rand Paul Reads the Omnibus Spending Bill (Because Someone Has To)
BAM!!
Only an obedient "good German" and Statist soldier (Like Gilligan) would see actually reading and examining a $1.3 T bill as a "drama queen" act.
He's acting as though someone was sneaking a peak under his skirt.
;-P
#11. To: Deckard (#6) (Edited)
o $1m for the Cultural Antiquities Task Forceo $6.25m for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
o $20m for Countering Foreign State Propaganda
o $12m for Countering State Disinformation and Pressure — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 22, 2018
And more of that:
o $1m for the World Meteorological Organization
o $218m for Promoting Democracy Development in Europe (yep..the birthplace of democracy needs promoting)
o $25m for International Religious Freedom
o $10m for disadvantaged Egyptian Students — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 22, 2018
BECAUSE it bear repeating. GOOD ON RAND PAUL!
#12. To: Deckard (#7) (Edited)
Oh - the irony! The Senate needed unanimous consent -- and for dumbasses like you, it means ALL members have to agree -- to bring the bill up for a timely vote. If one member objects, it could force the government into a brief shutdown. Rand Paul did NOT stand up and OBJECT to bill like he did last month to again force a shut down of the government using a procedural maneuver. He capitulated....he caved....he ceased to resist....he buckled under....he succumbed to the will of the Senate. So, there is the Senator you call a “hero.” He talks big but he had no balls to stand up for his principle and again shut down the government. . He is just another frigging, loud-mouth do-nothing asshole politician. Shooting off his loud mouth
There is no irony....absolutely none at all.
#13. To: Deckard (#7) (Edited)
Liar. Rand Paul Reads the Omnibus Spending Bill (Because Someone Has To) Rand Paul said he wants to read the 2,232-page spending bill before voting on it. "I've been working diligently all day on the bill and I'm up to page 600," Paul said on "Tucker Carlson last night." "I've still got quite a ways to go to read the bill." And yet a scant five hours later and shortly after midnight....the bill passed early this morning. Where’s the lie? But he was not. It was reported that he only scanned the measure.
Where’s the lie?
#14. To: Gatlin (#13)
old friend. L:D
#15. To: mel ... (#14)
old friend.
Indeed ...
#16. To: Deckard (#6)
Liar. Rand Paul Reads the Omnibus Spending Bill (Because Someone Has To) Now read this very carefully: Rand....Paul....said....he....never....read....the....bill !!! I shared 600 pages tonight. I’m done tweeting them for the evening. If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much and there’s just too little time to read the bill and let everyone know what’s actually in it. Thanks for sticking with me. His sitting there eating pizza and posing for the TV cameras while he pretended to read the bill in front of him was all a part of his STAGED burlesque show act. Although he is a nothing as a Senator, he is indeed a good showman and knows how to con people. He must be given some credit for his ability to do that. But he was not. It was reported that he only scanned the measure.
I told you that Rand Paul NEVER read the bill and you called me a liar. Senator Rand PaulVerified account
@RandPaul
5:05 PM - 22 Mar 2018 
#17. To: Gatlin (#16)
Shame on Rand Paul for wanting to fund the border wall. Shame on Rand Paul for being the best senator. Shame on Trump for signing the bill.
#18. To: Gatlin (#16)
Oh yes thank God for the planned murder funding huh?
#19. To: Gatlin (#16)
Rand: If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much...
There's the bottom line right there - it spends TOO MUCH.
Call it grandstanding or whatever you like Parsons, but at least Rand made an effort to read this fiscal boondoggle while the rest of the scumbag Republican politicians did nothing. The Democrats are very pleased with this, and so apparently are you.
You sit on your high horse and condemn one of the few senators who is working for the people and not corporate interests as they line their own greedy pockets while you gleefully cheer for even more massive spending by fed.gov.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.†- Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#20. To: A K A Stone, Gatlin (#18) (Edited)
Oh yes thank God for the planned murder funding huh?
That's not the only thing odious about this bill:
How the spending bill affects our Second Amendment rights
In this budget bill are some insidious things that affect our Second Amendment rights.
The bill revives an Obama-era restriction on firearms for senior citizens.
Just before President Obama left office, his administration finalized new regulations banning Social Security recipients from buying a gun if they have trouble managing their finances.
Using the Congressional Review Act, Republicans and two Democrats passed a bill overturning the regulation. But the bill did more than that. It also prevents any future president from reinstituting the ban without new legislative authorization from Congress.
Unfortunately, the spending bill passed Thursday allows the ban to be reinstituted because it reauthorizes the 2007 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Improvement Amendments Act. This act allowed government agencies, not just the courts, to determine if someone is mentally incompetent to buy or possess a gun.
House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, said during testimony late Wednesday that he was “disturbed” that the bill would undo part of Republicans’ good work. But by Thursday morning, the House leadership had decided to go ahead with the measure. (source)
And that’s not all.
The bill funnels $50 million dollars into strict anti-gun organizations, namely the STOP School Violence Act, designed by the Sandy Hook Promise, which advocates extreme gun control.
At the same time, the bill forbids the use of federal money for arming and training school staff. That’s right – our tax dollars will be put to work against us. And representatives that are supposed to be pro-gun are allowing it to happen.
Finally, the bill will authorize the CDC to research “gun violence.” But the CDC has been allowed to research this for years, despite what you see to the contrary from the MSM. In 1996, the Dickey provision prohibited the CDC from using government funds to advocate or promote gun control.” There is no such provision in the current bill
Here's the link in case Gatlin decides to whine.
www.shtfplan.com/headline...second-amendment_03232018
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.†- Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#21. To: A K A Stone (#17)
But shame can be placed on your “best Senator ever” for his painfully humiliating and wrongfully foolish behavior with his revolting theatrics of PRTENDING to read the entire bill while eating pizza...,all the time playing to the TV cameras as the champion pied piper savior. This new Omnibus bill is terrible and it shows that Congress is broken. It is a product of a malfunctioning, secretive, centralized legislative process. The one person who staunchly said he would stand in the way got chicken-livered and capitulated to give the Senate the needed unamious consent to bring the bill up for a timely vote. Yes, that was RAND PAUL. His pretending to read the bill while eating a pizza did absolutely NOTING. At least the last time your “best Senator ever” had the balls to “filibuster.” This time all he could do was issue a barrage or worthless tweets and stuff his face with pizza. Shame on Rand Paul for wanting to fund the border wall. Shame on Rand Paul for being the best senator. Shame on Trump for signing the bill.
There is no shame and nothing is wrong with wanting the border wall funded. The funding needs to get done and the wall needs to get built. Furthermore, Trump had no choice but to sign the latest massive omnibus spending bill which represented everything that is wrong with Washington.
#22. To: Deckard (#19)
There's the bottom line right there - it spends TOO MUCH. There were 23 Senate Republicans who voted against the omnibus bill and they were just as adamantly against it as was Rand Paul, Have you seen their names anywhere? No? Because they are not egotistical publicity hounds like Rand is....wanting to always be in front of a TV camera. They do no seek the limelight and run to the TV cameras in the lobby every few minutes to give interviews. Rand: If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much...
No, that is not correct. The bill spends TOO MUCH in the WRONG PLACES and NOT ENOUGH in the RIGHT PLACES. Big difference there, sonny boy. Call it grandstanding or whatever you like Parsons, but at least Rand made an effort to read this fiscal boondoggle ...
It was grandstanding and Rand Paul never made an effort to read through this fiscal boondoggle. He set the stage for his performance and then he played his part according to the script. ... while the rest of the scumbag Republican politicians did nothing.
Bullshit....BULLSHIT. The Democrats are very pleased with this, and so apparently are you.
So they were ....I was not. You sit on your high horse and condemn one of the few senators who is working for the people ...
Name one piece of major legislation he ever got passed. You cannot….because it has naver happened. Rand Paul is working for his personal glorification as he attempts to continuously bask in the public limelight.
#23. To: Deckard (#20)
I am not whining about anything. The bill is TERRIBLE. I am just ridiculing the way “the best Senator ever” made a ass of himself with his theatrics. They were hilariously funny … Here's the link in case Gatlin decides to whine.
#24. To: Gatlin (#21)
You can eat pizza and read at the same time.
#25. To: A K A Stone (#24)
Why aren't more formititive ideas about personal freedoms as a jesrure about individual rights? produced
#26. To: buckeroo (#25)
Why aren't more formititive ideas about personal freedoms as a jesrure about individual rights? produced
2 Timothy 3:2-4 King James Version (KJV) 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
King James Version (KJV)
#27. To: A K A Stone (#24)
The ”best Senator ever” and “king of Senate drama” did prove that to the whole world. You can eat pizza and read at the same time.
But you can’t eat pizza and read the complete bill at the same time.
#28. To: Gatlin (#27)
Sure you can. If Mitch the little bitch gave them more time.
#29. To: A K A Stone (#28)
The Senate did not get the bill until Thursday, one day before the looming shutdown. Where was Mitch to get “this time” of which you speak from? Sure you can. If Mitch the little bitch gave them more time.
#30. To: A K A Stone (#28) (Edited)
I wondered why Rand Paul did not stand his ground like he did the first time and again force a government shutdown on principle. So, now….we all know why. Rand Paul was adamantly opposed Thursday night to letting the bill come to the floor for a vote. The senator later changed his tune after a private discussion Thursday night with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in which Paul said he was given a certain level of “commitment” on allowing more amendments and debate, Politico reported.
#31. To: Gatlin (#29)
He should have passed a good one weeks ago. End the filibuster demoncrats will.
#32. To: Gatlin (#30)
Probably because he knew it would pass anyways and that would just delay it and shut down the government.
#33. To: A K A Stone (#31)
True and True.
#34. To: A K A Stone (#32)
So true and a smart move on his part. At least he bargained for some kind of future concession from Mitch. Something is better than nothing.
I tip my hat to the 22 other Republican Senators who voted no against the bill.
This entire Republican leadership negotiating compromises behind closed door and jamming a bill through with 48 hours remaining before a deadline has to cease. How that can be changed….I know not. I only know it needs be.
I believe in many if not most all of the same things that Rand Paul does. I think he would be more effective in achieving his goals by acting as a statesman than he is trying to perform as a vaudevillian actor playing only to his peanut gallery. JMHO …
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