Rand Paul Holds Up Spending Vote (2/8/18)

Rand is being shown on the CSPAN "live" as earlier replay while in recess - no one will see this watching Fox -
Rand is gonna be a Dr. No on this vote - and he will be proud of it.
Lee will join him - not sure if anyone else(?)
 
phill4paul said:
He's taken the bit and thrown it off and distanced himself from party politics. It's what anyone on this site should be supportive of.
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Yea, this seems like a turning point. I'd almost given up on the idea of him running in a contested primary in 2020, but now that's looking more feasible. As deficits explode (along with interest rates, the economy, and the GOP's prospects of holding the House), he should be in a strong position to say "I told ya so" and gather some serious momentum.
 
Rand's equivalent of the Golden Fleece awards continues in the replay . . . for one,
$700,000 spent on Neil Armstrong's first words from the moon - unequivocal result,
even though Neil Armstrong himself said that he said "a man", fwiw

He is being very articulate . . . this has been a great stand by Rand
 
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r3volution 3.0 said:
Yea, this seems like a turning point. I'd almost given up on the idea of him running in a contested primary in 2020, but now that's looking more feasible. As deficits explode (along with interest rates, the economy, and the GOP's prospects of holding the House), he should be in a strong position to say "I told ya so" and gather some serious momentum.
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I think he's decided he's going to just lay it out there and see where it lies. After being shot at and tackled by political adversaries he might have decided it's just best to get fired from the Republican party by the likes of Lindsey Graham and go back to optometry.
 
 
Rand : "I think the American people will see through this (what we are doing tonight)"
I hope he gets a lot of press of what he has said tonight on the Senate floor.

Government shuts down for one hour before they vote (?) - they will vote on some 700 pages they haven't read -
Government gets extended for six weeks (?)
 
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Rep. Jordan, “Republicans control government and are going to allow a spending increase of a quarter of a trillion dollars, second only in the past decade to the Obama spending stimulus boondoggle? And run a $1 trillion deficit? It makes no sense. And it’s certainly not what we told the American people we would do when they elected us.”

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“I’m discouraged. The amount of military spending, defense spending is far above the president’s request,” Corker said. “It’s very difficult to have that big of an increase in one year and then be able to use it.”

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“This spending proposal is disgusting and reckless — the biggest spending increase since 2009,” tweeted conservative Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) "I urge every American to speak out against this fiscal insanity."

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Brat said as he left the meeting, "You got trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see.”

Politico
 
2.09.18 2:06am
Updated at 2 a.m. ET
Two hours into a government shutdown, the Senate passed a $300 billion bipartisan budget agreement to keep the government funded after a filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who objected to what he said is its out of control spending.
But it still must get through the House.

With a 71-28 vote in the Senate, the measure faces a far from certain outcome in the House,
amid the chaos that's forced a second shutdown in three weeks.

Paul was able to use Senate rules on Thursday to his advantage to delay the vote, much to the frustration of his fellow members. Senate rules usually typically allow a set amount of time for senators to debate legislation before voting.

Senate Republicans tried at various points throughout the night to persuade Paul to back down. At one point, the number two Senate Republican, John Cornyn, R-Texas, tried repeatedly to schedule votes ahead of the midnight deadline.

Paul objected each time until Cornyn, the majority whip, accused him of "wasting everybody's time and inconveniencing the staff."
 
Spending Bill Passes After a Long Night





Wat about our CHILDREN soldiers???? Oh the yuge manatees!!!

manatee.jpg
 
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Cornyn, the majority whip, accused him of "wasting everybody's time and inconveniencing the staff." - lazy arsehole and staff.
"Senate leaders, facing an implacable foe in Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, adjourned the chamber until just after midnight,
conceding they could not prevent at least a short-term government shutdown, which will begin Friday morning."

House slipped in their vote in the wee hours . . .

looking for correct Senate roll call to find the 28 Nays of 02.09.2018

NAYs ---28​
GOP
Burr (R-NC)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Corker (R-TN)
Crapo (R-ID)
Daines (R-MT)
Enzi (R-WY)
Flake (R-AZ)
Grassley (R-IA)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Sasse (R-NE)
Toomey (R-PA)

DEM
Bennet (D-CO)
Booker (D-NJ)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hirono (D-HI)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Sanders (I-VT)
Warren (D-MA)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 1​
McCain (R-AZ)


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H.R.1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1892

 
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