Offers to vote for Sen. Reid’s debt ceiling plan with Balanced Budget Amendment attached
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tea Party Republicans are proving once again they are not the ones holding up compromise in Washington this weekend. This afternoon, Sen. Rand Paul attempted to offer a simple amendment to Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid’s debt [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Since late last night, the Senate Majority Leader has been forcing a filibuster on his own bill. Sen. Paul offered the following statement in response:
“It seems odd that the Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid would decide to filibuster his own legislation. In fact, the Senate Republican Leader [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following tonight’s House passage the debt ceiling plan and its move to the Senate, Sen. Rand Paul issued the following statement:
“I stand in opposition tonight to the recent debt ‘deal’ passed in the House and presented to the Senate. This two-tier approach allows for a $1 trillion debt [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following tonight’s announcement of no votes in the U.S. House of Representatives on the debt ceiling, Sen. Rand Paul offered the following statement:
“House leaders tonight were forced to postpone their plan to raise the debt ceiling. As I have stated all week, I oppose the House plan because not only does it [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Republican Sens. Rand Paul, Mike Lee (Utah), Jim DeMint (S.C.), and David Vitter (La.) issued a Dear Colleague letter to their Republican House brethren, stating their opposition to tomorrow’s House vote on the debt limit extension and urging them to stand in opposition as well.
Upon issuing the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following President Obama’s prime-time national television address this evening, Sen. Rand Paul released the following statement:
“The President tonight took to the airwaves to make yet another speech – but has yet to provide a solution to address our current debt crisis, and again insisted on historic tax hikes. [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul released the following statement of opposition to the debt deal being proposed by the House of Representatives’ leadership today:
“The proposed deals being discussed today by House Republican and Senate Democrat Leaders do not make cuts to our debt. They do not solve our debt [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier today the Cut, Cap and Balance Act failed to pass the Senate on a procedural vote of 51-46 – a day after a CNN poll found two-thirds of the American people support the bill. Determined to balance our budget, Sen. Paul continued to push for the bill’s passage after it was [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Sen. Rand Paul and his Senate colleagues were given the opportunity to vote on the Cut, Cap and Balance Act, following its passage in the House of Representatives. While this proposal for dealing with the debt crisis failed to pass, Sen. Paul, an original co-sponsor of the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the request of Sen. Rand Paul, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller came to Capitol Hill this afternoon and met with Sen. Paul to answer questions regarding the recent arrest of two suspected terrorists in Bowling Green, Ky., among other issues.
The two men arrested, Waad Ramadan Alwan and Mohanad [...]
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