Call your Senators to support Rand's bill to end foreign aid (update: bill defeated 10-81)

[tsai3904]

"The learning curve around here is so slow that we will get 10, maybe 20 senators to place any restrictions on foreign aid"

We're gonna need someone to make a highlights clip from that one hour speech.

 

[Occam's Banana]

We're gonna need someone to make a highlights clip from that one hour speech.

That's gonna be pretty hard to do ... the whole damn thing is a highlights clip!

 

[specsaregood]

That's gonna be pretty hard to do ... the whole damn thing is a highlights clip!

dunno, some might even call it subversive.

 

[tsai3904]

Rand's facebook says vote is scheduled for 11:30 PM ET.

 

[jct74]

Senate to vote on Rand Paul’s foreign aid cutoff

By W. James Antle III
Published: 5:15 PM 09/21/2012

After weeks of pressure from Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, the Senate is scheduled to vote on cutting off U.S. aid to Pakistan, Egypt and Libya.

A resumption of aid would be contingent on Egypt and Libya arresting the people responsible for the recent embassy attacks and turning them over to American authorities.

Pakistan would be required to release an imprisoned doctor who helped the CIA identify Osama bin Laden.

Paul had threatened to hold up all Senate business until the measure came up for a vote.

...

Paul has been at the forefront of a growing conservative push against foreign aid to governments viewed as unreliable allies.

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A vote is expected at around midnight Saturday [tonight].

http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/21/senate-to-vote-on-rand-pauls-foreign-aid-cutoff/

 

[JK/SEA]

called Sen. Murray.

 

[thehungarian]

Wow, this is impressive. And not even half-way through.

 

[eleganz]

The harder we push these bills and win victories in senate/house, it gives a lot of influence to our movement and brings less and less resistance for the future. think of making the calls and emails as an investment for the future!

 

[lakefx]

Winning.



Graham: Shutting off foreign aid means you support terrorists.

Rand Paul: Nations, including dictatorships, are receiving foreign aid right from our very pockets and are openly terrorizing their citizens with that money.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Both of my Senators were called this afternoon, and I have emailed them as well.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Did he call for an "American Spring"?

edit: Start listening at 45:22

edit: He's not talking to the senate, he's talking to the people.

 

[FrankRep]

Senate to vote on Rand Paul's foreign aid cutoff

Senate to vote on Rand Paul's foreign aid cutoff


Daily Caller
Sept. 21, 2012

 

[fisharmor]

That picture really puts the last couple months in perspective, doesn't it?

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

Might be the best Senate speech I ever heard!!!

 

[ClydeCoulter]

He's starting to sound like his father. I've always said, he has to prove himself. This was a pretty good start.
Will we see this as part of a hologram showing what he has been trying to tell the american people for 20 years, 20 years from now?

 

[Melissa]

My Senators are trying to scare the Tea Party now just got this......JUST HAD A CALL FROM PAUL LAGEMANN.....SENATOR COATS' LIAISON FOR OUR AREA.

THE SENATOR IS ASKING THAT THE WORD GET OUT ASAP THAT THERE WILL BE A VOTE AT 1AM THIS NIGHT ON RAND PAUL'S BILL TO IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL ALL! FUNDING TO LIBYA, EGYPT AND PAKISTAN.

WHILE YOU MAY THINK THIS SOUNDS GOOD......IT IS NOT. PAKISTAN HAS NUKES. THEY ARE THREATENING ISRAEL .....AND THE LOBBYISTS ARE BEGGING THEM TO VOTE NO ON THIS BILL.

Senator Coats and Senator Rubio will indeed vote no. Sen. Coats had offered an amendment to reduce this thing to Egypt and Libya only. The amendment failed. He believes they should handle this on a nation by nation, one at a time, basis. And not cut Pakistan off right now because of the tenuous situation between P. and Israel.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

My Senators are trying to scare the Tea Party now just got this......JUST HAD A CALL FROM PAUL LAGEMANN.....SENATOR COATS' LIAISON FOR OUR AREA.

THE SENATOR IS ASKING THAT THE WORD GET OUT ASAP THAT THERE WILL BE A VOTE AT 1AM THIS NIGHT ON RAND PAUL'S BILL TO IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL ALL! FUNDING TO LIBYA, EGYPT AND PAKISTAN.

WHILE YOU MAY THINK THIS SOUNDS GOOD......IT IS NOT. PAKISTAN HAS NUKES. THEY ARE THREATENING ISRAEL .....AND THE LOBBYISTS ARE BEGGING THEM TO VOTE NO ON THIS BILL.

Senator Coats and Senator Rubio will indeed vote no. Sen. Coats had offered an amendment to reduce this thing to Egypt and Libya only. The amendment failed. He believes they should handle this on a nation by nation, one at a time, basis. And not cut Pakistan off right now because of the tenuous situation between P. and Israel.

Okay, Melissa, going to contact Coats again.

Do they really think Pakistan is that stupid? No, it's just an excuse so that the MIC can get more funds in a circular fashion and they will owe a "favor".

edit: Dang, their office is only taking messages (after hours), sending email.

 

[Sola_Fide]

“Some argue that without foreign aid we’ll have war,” Paul said in debate Friday. “I’m arguing that because of foreign aid we have war.”

Awesome.

“Rand Paul is one nice fellow, but I bet you he’s never talked with CIA Director General Petraeus about what would happen if we cut our aid off to Pakistan,” South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters at a Politico event Thursday. “It’s 90 percent popular, but I can show you things in history that were 100 percent popular that were really bad ideas.”

Will South Carolina please do a service to the country and boot this moron out of office?

 

[Melissa]

Thanks I think they are so horrible to try and scare people like this.

Okay, Melissa, going to contact Coats again.

Do they really think Pakistan is that stupid? No, it's just an excuse so that the MIC can get more funds in a circular fashion and they will owe a "favor".

edit: Dang, their office is only taking messages (after hours), sending email.

 

[lakefx]

WHILE YOU MAY THINK THIS SOUNDS GOOD......IT IS NOT. PAKISTAN HAS NUKES. THEY ARE THREATENING ISRAEL .....AND THE LOBBYISTS ARE BEGGING THEM TO VOTE NO ON THIS BILL..

LMAO! So wait, the argument is that we need to continue to bribe Pakistan, our so-called "ally" to NOT nuke Israel? Did they really just make that argument? That is awesome, I don't think you need to be awake to see through that...And bringing up the lobbyists...wow what a way to make your cause sound urgent!