Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) spoke with Clay W. for Potter Gray Elementary School 4th Grade project. Paul talks about how often he is in Washington, his favorite hobbies, if he is going to run for president and more.
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Sen. Rand Paul on Last Episode of Freedom Watch
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Sen. Rand Paul on Last Episode of Freedom Watch
Sunday, March 16, 2014
CNN Poll: Rand Paul Edges Out Paul Ryan in GOP Presidential Field
A new national poll shows Kentucky Republican Rand Paul is slightly ahead of the many potential GOP presidential candidates in 2016.
A new CNN/ORC International poll shows 16 percent of Republicans and independents who lean right say they’d support Paul for the nomination.
However, there isn’t much breathing room between Paul and other possible candidates, with 15 percent of the respondents backing Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Texas Gov. Rick Perry gathering 11 percent. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran in 2008, also broke double digits in the poll, reports CNN.
Coming in behind them were former Gov. Jeb Bush, 9 percent; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 8 percent each; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio with 5 percent and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a 2012 candidate, polling at 3 percent.
“With a crowded field and no clear frontrunner among the potential candidates, we should expect to see constant fluctuation in the amount of support most candidates get and the order of finish, so it would be easy to read too much into these numbers,” said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton remains her party’s favorite, with the poll showing 63 percent of Democrats and left-leaning independents choosing her as the Democratic nominee. Vice President Joe Biden trailed her at 13 percent.
Both Clinton and Biden have said they’ll decide later this year if they’ll run for the presidency.
The poll showed that three other possible Democratic candidates, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer all got single-digit ratings.
ORC International conducted the poll on March 7-9, questioning 801 Americans nationwide by telephone. In the sample, 367 Republicans and right-leaning independents responded, along with 372 Democrats and independents who favor the Democratic Party.
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CNN Poll: Rand Paul Edges Out Paul Ryan in GOP Presidential Field
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Wake Up America! - RAND PAUL BRINGS IT!
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Wake Up America! - RAND PAUL BRINGS IT!
ON THE ROAD WITH RAND PAUL, DEMOCRATS SEEK TO NEUTERLIZE OBAMACARE, Gallup poll finds unemployment top American concern, CANTOR BLASTS ISOLATIONISTS
By Ginger Gibson (ggibson@politico.com or @GingerGibson)
ON THE ROAD WITH RAND PAUL – POLITICO’s Katie Glueck spent time in Texas with Sen. Rand Paul: “It’s 7 a.m. on a Saturday, Rand Paul is exhausted and airport security has just confiscated his morning joe. “The TSA took away my coffee,” the libertarian-leaning senator, Houston-bound for a day of events with GOP activists, complains of the federal agency he’s proposed abolishing. “I offered to drink it to show it wasn’t a bomb.”
“The Kentucky Republican has many more sleep-deprived moments in store as he prepares for a near-certain 2016 presidential bid. On an early February political swing through his native Texas, where Paul was joined by a POLITICO reporter, the contradictions and challenges that would define such a run were on vivid display — as was Paul’s belief that his blend of libertarian-infused conservatism could forge an entirely new path to the White House.
“In an extensive in-flight interview, the first-term senator outlined his vision for a more inclusive GOP — only to meet a frosty response hours later when he spoke favorably about immigration to a roomful of people enamored of the tea party’s luminary of the moment, Sen. Ted Cruz.” http://politi.co/1eLOufh
DEMOCRATS, OBAMACARE AND 2014 – POLITICO’s James Hohmann writes: “Democrats know their biggest problem in this year’s midterm election is Obamacare. So top party operatives have settled on a strategy to try blunting the GOP’s advantage: Tell voters Republicans would make the problem worse — raising prescription drug prices, empowering insurance companies and even endangering domestic violence victims.
“The battle plan, details of which were in a memo obtained by POLITICO, recognizes the unpopularity of the Affordable Care Act. But it also banks on voter fatigue with the GOP’s relentless demands for repeal and counts on poll-backed data that show many Americans would rather fix Obamacare’s problems than scrap it altogether.” http://politi.co/1bZ8lYB
– The New York Times’ Ashley Parker looks at some examples: “The ad supporting Representative Ann Kirkpatrick, Democrat of Arizona, opens with a montage of Americana Main Streets, followed by the green fields and dirt roads of the West — the “small towns and wide-open spaces,” the narrator explains, where Ms. Kirkpatrick “listens and learns.”
“His voice remains tranquil even as he turns to a more cutting message about President Obama’s signature health care law: “It’s why she blew the whistle on the disastrous health care website, calling it ‘stunning ineptitude’ and worked to fix it,” he says, before adding, “Ann Kirkpatrick: Seeing what’s wrong, doing what’s right.”
“As Democrats approach the 2014 midterm elections, they are grappling with an awkward reality: Their president’s health care law — passed with no Republican votes — remains a political liability in many states, threatening their ability to hold on to seats in the Senate and the House.” http://nyti.ms/1oJ7vrA
– FLASHBACK: Headline from June 2013 “Democrats 2014 strategy: Own Obamacare” http://politi.co/1gcUFM6
– REPUBLICAN MEGA-DONORS ORGANIZE COUNCIL HEAD OF MIDTERMS: http://politi.co/1fv8Zhn
– NRSC raised $ 4.62 million in January: http://politi.co/1gQpVCe
DOUTH PROTEST TOO MUCH? Rep. Issa was in New Hampshire this weekend – The New Hampshire Union Leader’s Doug Alden reports: “California Republican Darrell Issa opened his speech at Monday night’s Lincoln-Reagan Dinner saying he was not there as a candidate.
“I came here to hopefully shape the debate for 2016 — not join it — but shape it,” the congressman told the audience, which filled a banquet room at the Grappone Center. “I did so in part because over the last five years, I’ve had the distinction and dubious honor of overseeing an administration that doesn’t do the fundamentals of government well — but wants to grow government and expand it in new areas.” http://bit.ly/1gdJFhw
– And so does National Journal’s Billy House: “Rep. Darrell Issa, the bombastic chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee and prominent scourge of liberals everywhere, is in New Hampshire this week.
The 60-year-old Californian is making speeches. He published an op-ed that introduces his life story to Granite State residents. And he’s prompting the obvious question.
“He is not running for president,” said Kurt Bardella, a former Issa congressional aide whose firm, Endeavor Strategic Communications, now handles Issa’s politically related media inquiries.” http://bit.ly/1oLYdLk
CANTOR BLASTS ISOLATIONISTS – Politico Pro’s Austin Wright reports: “Make no mistake: Eric Cantor sides with the strong-on-defense wing of the GOP. In a Presidents Day at the Virginia Military Institute, the House majority leader offers a full-throated rebuke of the “isolationist sentiment” he says caused the United States to hesitate to enter World War II and again threatens to unleash global horrors. http://politi.co/1nI5msQ
DON’T DITCH PAPER YET – The Washington Post’s Lisa Rein reports on the efforts to hold on to good old fashioned paper in an increasingly digital age: “As the Obama administration pushes to do more business over the Internet, finally seeking to close the technology gap with the private sector, the digital makeover is running into a dogged opponent called Consumers for Paper Options.
“The group is working the halls of Congress in closed-door meetings, underwriting research favorable to its position and mounting a news media campaign in an effort to preserve Washington as the capital of paper — and slow the move away from printed checks, forms and other paper communication.”
“The lobbying group has had some recent victories, including language tucked into last month’s budget deal that requires the government to plan for resuming paper delivery of annual Social Security earnings statements to some of the nation’s 150 million future retirees. And it’s been claiming these wins in the name of the elderly and low-income Americans the Internet has left behind.” http://wapo.st/1e2e3so
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GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 18, 2014, and welcome to The Huddle, your-play-play preview of all the action on Capitol Hill. Scott is out for the week, so send tips, suggestions, comments, complaints and corrections to ggibson@politico.com. You can also heckle me on Twitter @GingerGibson.
TODAY IN CONGRESS –. The House and Senate have both recessed for the week. The House will meet in pro forma session at 2 p.m., bang the gavel and then get out.
AROUND THE HILL – All is quiet on Capitol Hill.
TRANSITIONS – After three years of wrangling over the farm bill and six years on the Hill, Cullen Schwartz is out as communications director for Sen. Debbie Stabenow. His last day is Wednesday. He heads a few blocks down the street to the USDA where he will start work as a press secretary March 10. His friends are toasting his new gig tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. at The 201 Bar on Mass Avenue.
WHAT MEMBERS WILL HEAR IN THEIR DISTRICTS – A Gallup poll out Monday found unemployment is now the top problem being cited by Americans. The numbers who cite the inability to find a job as their top problem was up 16 percent since January, with 23 percent naming unemployment as the most important problem facing the nation. Unemployment edged out unhappiness with government, politicians and Congress, which previous topped the biggest problem list in the Gallup poll. In fact, Congress and elected officials in Washington slipped to third. General concern about the economy also moved up into second place. The concerns shared bipartisan agreement, with Republicans, Democrats and independents all ranking unemployment and the economy as their top problems. Read the survey here: http://bit.ly/1eKe2cA
The months ahead for the House GOP – The Washington Post’s Robert Costa reports: “After a tumultuous week of party infighting and leadership stumbles, congressional Republicans are focused on calming their divided ranks in the months ahead, mostly by touting proposals that have wide backing within the GOP and shelving any big-ticket legislation for the rest of the year.
“Comprehensive immigration reform, tax reform, tweaks to the federal health-care law — bipartisan deals on each are probably dead in the water for the rest of this Congress.” http://wapo.st/1fv8Vhu
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY STIMULUS – The stimulus would be starting Kindergarten and there is still deep disagreement over what the law meant:
From House Speaker John Boehner’s statement: “The ‘stimulus’ has turned out to be a classic case of big promises and big spending with little results. Five years and hundreds of billions of dollars later, millions of families are still asking ‘where are the jobs?’ More Americans are living at or below the poverty line.”
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) also put out a statement: “Five years after the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, we can see the difference it made in the millions of jobs created and saved and in the small businesses able to survive the economic downturn and invest again for the future.”
MCCONNELL DEFENDS DEBT VOTE – Speaking to reporters in Kentucky, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defended his vote on the debt deal. Louisville TV station WHAS’s Joe Arnold reports: “Under fire from the tea party for his part in allowing a senate vote to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday he had to act in the best interests of the country to avoid default by the United States.
“My job is to protect the country when I can,” McConnell said at a campaign appearance in Louisville, “and to step up and lead on those occasions when it’s required. That’s what I did.” Read more and watch the video: http://bit.ly/1bZLRXs
DEBT LIMIT AND THE SENATE – The New York Times’ Carl Hulse and Jonathan Martin look at the midterm implications of the Senate debt vote: “Senators Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn, two Republican leaders facing primary challenges, knew they would take an immediate political hit from the Republicans’ Tea Party wing by voting to clear the way for a debt-limit increase. They also knew that their willingness to cast that vote would enhance their party’s chances of gaining a majority in the Senate next year.
“It was not an easy exercise, but it keeps the focus on the issues we want it to be on,” said Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, who argued that by putting the debt limit fight behind it last week, his party had robbed Democrats of an opportunity to portray Republicans as reckless. “We dodged a bullet here.”
Democrats acknowledge that the Republican retreat on the debt issue was politically wise and represents yet another factor in the mounting concerns over their own Senate prospects. Democrats are counting on bursts of political extremism to wound Republican candidates. The move by Mr. McConnell, of Kentucky, and Mr. Cornyn, of Texas, showed that at least some Republicans have learned from past defeats.” http://nyti.ms/1bGPkj5
Rep. Thomas Petri (R-Wisc.) calls for investigation into himself – After news articles looking at the Wisconsin Republican’s lobbying, Petri sent a letter to the Ethics Committee requesting they look into the matter. The Hill’s Kristina Wong reports: “In the letter to the House Ethics Committee, the congressman said he was “distressed by the innuendo” that there is a conflict between his personal financial interests and his official actions in Washington.
“To end any questions, I am requesting that the committee formally review the matter and report back,” the letter read.” http://bit.ly/1fbYX8s Read the full letter here: http://bit.ly/1gXXFfZ
Obama thumbs up “Obamacare” moniker: Attention Nancy Pelosi (who has admonished reporters for calling the ACA by any other name), but President Barack Obama once again gave his approval of the health care shorthand. Politico’s Jose Del Real reports: “It may not be polling well, but President Barack Obama isn’t too worried about the Affordable Care Act’s nickname, Obamacare, or the health care law’s impact on his legacy.
“I like it. I don’t mind,” the president told former NBA star Charles Barkley in an interview that aired Sunday about the term Obamacare. “And I tell you, five years from now, when everybody’s saying, ‘Man, I’m sure glad we got health care,’ there are going to be a whole bunch of people who don’t call it Obamacare anymore because they don’t want me to get the credit.”” http://politi.co/1gwPp8r
FRIDAY’S TRIVIA WINNER – Wilfred Codrington was first to correctly answer that William Howard Taft was the president whose wife, Nellie Taft, was the main founder of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
TODAY’S TRIVIA – On this day in 1885, Mark Twain published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain spent one winter working in Washington D.C., including freelancing for several newspapers. Who was he writing for when he penned: “Congress doesn’t know anything about religion… You religious people there are too feeble, in intellect, in morality, in piety—in everything pretty much.” The first person to correctly answer gets a mention in the next day’s Huddle. Email me at ggibson@politico.com.
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ON THE ROAD WITH RAND PAUL, DEMOCRATS SEEK TO NEUTERLIZE OBAMACARE, Gallup poll finds unemployment top American concern, CANTOR BLASTS ISOLATIONISTS
Friday, February 14, 2014
Rand Paul: Without change, GOP will “not win again in my lifetime”
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February 14, 2014
Rand Paul: Without change, GOP will “not win again in my lifetime” http://t.co/bWorLC6iKx
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Rand Paul: Without change, GOP will “not win again in my lifetime”
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Rand Paul Sues Obama Administration Over NSA Fourth Amendment Violations
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Rand Paul Sues Obama Administration Over NSA Fourth Amendment Violations
Sen Rand Paul files lawsuit against NSA call surveillance
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Sen Rand Paul files lawsuit against NSA call surveillance
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Rand Paul warns Texas could turn blue
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February 10, 2014
Sen. Rand Paul on Saturday predicted that Texas would turn blue within a decade if the Republican Party doesn’t become more inclusive.
“What I do believe is Texas is going to be a Democrat state within 10 years if we don’t change,” Paul (R-Ky.), who grew up in Texas, said at a dinner held by the Harris County GOP. “That means we evolve, it doesn’t mean we give up on what we believe in, but it means we have to be a welcoming party.”
Paul, who is heavily weighing a presidential bid, noted that his assessment was shared by the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. The Lone Star state, currently the largest Republican bastion in the country, is nearly 40 percent Hispanic — a demographic that has overwhelmingly supported Democrats in recent elections.
This article was posted: Monday, February 10, 2014 at 3:33 pm
Rand Paul warns Texas could turn blue
Monday, January 27, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Real war on women: Rand Paul bashes Bill Clinton for ‘preying’ on Monica Lewinsky
Paul spoke with David Gregory on Meet the Press this week, where the two discussed recent remarks about women by former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.). Many on the Left criticized Huckabee, pointing to his remarks as proof that the GOP has a war on women. Paul, however, brushed aside that allegation.
“This whole sort of war on women thing — I’m scratching my head because if there was a war on women, I think they won,” Paul said, noting that the women in his family are very successful.
The Kentucky Senator said that, as a whole, women are doing well and outperforming men. He then blamed Democrats for creating the war on women rhetoric and dumbing down the debate about gender equality.
Additionally, Paul could point to at least one obvious instance of disrespect toward women coming from the other side of the aisle: Clinton.
Slightly later in the interview, Gregory asked Paul about the potential 2016 presidential contenders, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Gregory asked if she should be judged on the foibles of her husband while he was President, something Paul’s wife, Kelley, seemed to suggest during an interview with Vogue, calling Clinton’s actions “predatory.”
Paul stood by his wife’s remarks, blasting the former President.
“I mean — the Democrats, one of their big issues is they’ve concocted and said Republicans are committing a war on women,” Paul said. “One of the workplace laws and rules that I think are good is that bosses shouldn’t prey on young interns in their office.”
The Senator said the media had given Clinton a pass for his behavior. Paul also indirectly slammed Clinton supporters and the general public, with whom the former President is still well-liked, saying that people shouldn’t want to associate with Clinton because of his “predatory” behavior.
“Then they [Democrats] have the gall to stand up and say Republicans are having a war on women?” Paul questioned. “So yes, I think it’s a factor. It’s not Hillary’s fault, but it is a factor in judging Bill Clinton in history.”
Real war on women: Rand Paul bashes Bill Clinton for ‘preying’ on Monica Lewinsky
Real war on women: Rand Paul bashes Bill Clinton for ‘preying’ on Monica Lewinsky
Paul spoke with David Gregory on Meet the Press this week, where the two discussed recent remarks about women by former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.). Many on the Left criticized Huckabee, pointing to his remarks as proof that the GOP has a war on women. Paul, however, brushed aside that allegation.
“This whole sort of war on women thing — I’m scratching my head because if there was a war on women, I think they won,” Paul said, noting that the women in his family are very successful.
The Kentucky Senator said that, as a whole, women are doing well and outperforming men. He then blamed Democrats for creating the war on women rhetoric and dumbing down the debate about gender equality.
Additionally, Paul could point to at least one obvious instance of disrespect toward women coming from the other side of the aisle: Clinton.
Slightly later in the interview, Gregory asked Paul about the potential 2016 presidential contenders, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Gregory asked if she should be judged on the foibles of her husband while he was President, something Paul’s wife, Kelley, seemed to suggest during an interview with Vogue, calling Clinton’s actions “predatory.”
Paul stood by his wife’s remarks, blasting the former President.
“I mean — the Democrats, one of their big issues is they’ve concocted and said Republicans are committing a war on women,” Paul said. “One of the workplace laws and rules that I think are good is that bosses shouldn’t prey on young interns in their office.”
The Senator said the media had given Clinton a pass for his behavior. Paul also indirectly slammed Clinton supporters and the general public, with whom the former President is still well-liked, saying that people shouldn’t want to associate with Clinton because of his “predatory” behavior.
“Then they [Democrats] have the gall to stand up and say Republicans are having a war on women?” Paul questioned. “So yes, I think it’s a factor. It’s not Hillary’s fault, but it is a factor in judging Bill Clinton in history.”
Real war on women: Rand Paul bashes Bill Clinton for ‘preying’ on Monica Lewinsky
Thursday, December 26, 2013
WATCH: On the Day After Christmas, a Visit From Saint Ayn Rand [Fiore Cartoon]
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WATCH: On the Day After Christmas, a Visit From Saint Ayn Rand [Fiore Cartoon]
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Rand Paul: Extending Unemployment Benefits Would Be A "Disservice"
WALLACE: Senator, let me ask you a direct question. Do you personally, do you support extending unemployment benefits, or would you let 1.3 million Americans lose those benefits before the end of the year?
PAUL: I do support unemployment benefits for the 26 weeks that they’re paid for. If you extend it beyond that, you do a disservice to these workers.
There was a study that came out a few months ago, and it said, if you have a worker that’s been unemployed for four weeks and on unemployment insurance and one that’s on 99 weeks, which would you hire? Every employer, nearly 100 percent, said they will always hire the person who’s been out of work four weeks.
When you allow people to be on unemployment insurance for 99 weeks, you’re causing them to become part of this perpetual unemployed group in our economy. And it really — while it seems good, it actually does a disservice to the people you’re trying to help.
You know, I don’t doubt the president’s motives. But black unemployment in America is double white unemployment. And it hasn’t budged under this president.
WALLACE: But, Senator –
PAUL: I think a lot of African-Americans voted for him, but I don’t think it’s worked. I don’t think his policies have worked.
WALLACE: But, Senator, how do you persuade the African-American voter in the inner city, you’re not going to spend more government money, you’re going to vote to let the — the unemployment benefits lapse, how do you persuade that black voter, this is good for them? This is the right policy?
PAUL: My economic stimulus plan for Detroit would leave over a billion dollars in Detroit’s economy and would stimulate Detroit. There is no other plan on the table. And there’s not going to be some grand bail out that’s going to go through Congress. Other than my plan, if my plan would pass, I think it’s the only one that politically could pass.
Over a billion dollars would be left in Detroit. I’m also talking about restoring voting rights. I’m talking about school choice. I think there’s a lot to offer in the Republican message that hasn’t been offered in the past. And I think there’s only upside potential for voters in Detroit or all the big cities for Republicans.
Rand Paul: Extending Unemployment Benefits Would Be A "Disservice"
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Rand Paul Hints At 2016 Presidential Run
Americans are looking for “someone like myself”
Steve Watson
Infowars.com
Nov 19, 2013
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul gave the first iron clad hint that he is gearing up for a 2016 Presidential campaign, stating Monday that he thinks Americans are looking for “someone like myself” to vote for.
“I think they want someone outside of, you know, what’s been going on.” Paul said, referring to the political sideshow in Washington.
“For example, someone like myself who has been promoting term limits,” Paul told Fox News Monday. “Someone who says we shouldn’t have, you know, decade after decade longevity up here.”
The Senator left many believing that he was offering himself as a potential candidate to Republican voters as well as the party leadership, noting that he feels he is still “perceived as an outsider… should that be the choice at sometime in 2016.”
Clearly referring to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Paul also stated that “I don’t know that a governor is necessarily an outsider. A governor can be an insider as much as anybody else.”
When asked if he thinks Christie is a “true conservative”, following the Governor’s support for Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, Paul replied “You know, depends on how you define that; if you have a very loose definition, probably.”
“If you look at a lot of issues like on whether or not we should accept Obamacare, bring it to our state, expand Medicaid: those would be, I think at best, moderate positions.” Paul added.
The comments are sure to appeal to voters who believe Christie, a former attorney and lobbyist, to be an establishment backed ringer.
Paul also stated that he feels it is imperative to have forged a real profession before entering politics, prompting Charles Krauthammer to quip “Like being an eye doctor, for example?”
Paul has previously stated that he is not yet considering a 2016 run. However, the Paul family is clearly preparing for the eventuality.
In further comments during the interview, Paul spoke about the Obamacare debacle, expressing concern that Americans are going to see rates skyrocket under the new healthcare law.
“If young people don’t buy it the price in a year is going to be higher for the unhealthy people and it will essentially be a high risk pool which is very expensive to cover. and the prices go higher and higher and the only fix becomes more mandates,” said Paul.
The Senator noted that many Americans are beginning to realise that the push for the new law is less about healthcare and more to do with infringing liberty.
“It’s about freedom of choice versus coercion. The president is coercing you into four plans and he’s telling you exactly what you can buy.” Paul stated.
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Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.
This article was posted: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 12:45 pm
Tags: domestic news, government corruption, healthcare, ron paul
Rand Paul Hints At 2016 Presidential Run
Monday, November 11, 2013
Rand Paul On NSA Spying: "I"m Going To Challenge This At The Supreme Court" - Fox News 6/9/2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Rand Paul Moves to Stall Appointment of Federal Reserve Insider
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
October 25, 2013
Kentucky Republican Rand Paul is threatening to derail the appointment of Keynesian economist Janet Yellen as boss of the Federal Reserve unless he gets a vote on transparency legislation over the bankster non-government agency.
“One of my first actions in the U.S. Senate was to introduce legislation allowing for a full audit of the Federal Reserve,” Paul writes on his website. “This legislation, S. 202 The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011, is a Senate version of similar legislation long-championed by and introduced this session in the House of Representatives by my father, Congressman Ron Paul of Texas.”
“We must take a critical look at the Fed’s monetary policy decisions, discount window operations, and a host of other things, with a real audit – and not just pay lip-service to the idea of an audit.”
The move is similar to Rand Paul’s effort to impose a procedural hold on the nomination of John Brennan to oversee the CIA back in February. Paul held up the vote in order to get answers about the snoop agency’s drone program. Paul engaged in a historic filibuster to hold up Brennan’s nomination.
Establishment Democrats in the Senate will likely move to sideline Paul’s effort to waylay “Helicopter” Ben Bernanke’s successor. It now looks like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, has the 60 votes required to push Yellen’s nomination through Congress.
Democrats say they don’t believe Rand Paul has enough support to hold up the nomination. “I don’t know enough yet to know whether his request for a vote will be taken seriously, but I kind of doubt it,” a Senate Democratic aide told Business Insider on Friday.
This article was posted: Friday, October 25, 2013 at 10:51 am
Tags: domestic news, economics
Rand Paul Moves to Stall Appointment of Federal Reserve Insider
Rand Paul Moves to Stall Appointment of Federal Reserve Insider
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
October 25, 2013
Kentucky Republican Rand Paul is threatening to derail the appointment of Keynesian economist Janet Yellen as boss of the Federal Reserve unless he gets a vote on transparency legislation over the bankster non-government agency.
“One of my first actions in the U.S. Senate was to introduce legislation allowing for a full audit of the Federal Reserve,” Paul writes on his website. “This legislation, S. 202 The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011, is a Senate version of similar legislation long-championed by and introduced this session in the House of Representatives by my father, Congressman Ron Paul of Texas.”
“We must take a critical look at the Fed’s monetary policy decisions, discount window operations, and a host of other things, with a real audit – and not just pay lip-service to the idea of an audit.”
The move is similar to Rand Paul’s effort to impose a procedural hold on the nomination of John Brennan to oversee the CIA back in February. Paul held up the vote in order to get answers about the snoop agency’s drone program. Paul engaged in a historic filibuster to hold up Brennan’s nomination.
Establishment Democrats in the Senate will likely move to sideline Paul’s effort to waylay “Helicopter” Ben Bernanke’s successor. It now looks like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, has the 60 votes required to push Yellen’s nomination through Congress.
Democrats say they don’t believe Rand Paul has enough support to hold up the nomination. “I don’t know enough yet to know whether his request for a vote will be taken seriously, but I kind of doubt it,” a Senate Democratic aide told Business Insider on Friday.
This article was posted: Friday, October 25, 2013 at 10:51 am
Tags: domestic news, economics
Rand Paul Moves to Stall Appointment of Federal Reserve Insider
Monday, October 21, 2013
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Candy Crowley Asks Rand Paul If He’d Consider Becoming a Democrat
Does Candy Crowley work for CNN or the Democratic Party?
It was tough to tell Sunday when after the State of the Union host asked guest Rand Paul (R-Ky.) if recent polling indicated the beginning of the end of the Republican Party, she actually asked him if he’d ever consider becoming a Democrat (video follows with transcript and commentary):
During her conversation with Paul, Crowley predictably showed a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showing Republicans taking the brunt of the blame for the recent government shutdown.
“Do you think, as many have now started talking about, and I grant you a lot of them are Democrats, that there has been irreparable harm done to the Republican Party?” asked Crowley. “People talking about how this is the beginning of the end of the Republican Party as we know it.”
So now this CNN host is even admitting that she’s using Democrat talking points on a Republican guest.
Paul just laughed and said, “I think our demise is a little bit overstated. I would say that both parties are going to catch a lot of blame on this.”
Crowley pressed, “Do you agree that Republicans are taking a lot?”
“Well, I think both are,” responded Paul, “and I think Democrats who think this is a parlor game, who think this is fun, here’s what the Democrats think. They think we’ll send a bunch of government workers out there to close off the roadside viewing of Mt.Rushmore because that is funny. I don’t think it is funny, and I think that Democrats and Republicans are going to catch blame.”
Then came the money question from Crowley.
Paul once again laughed and said, “You mean, you’re implying a third party or some other party?
“Or if you wanted to become a Democrat,” Crowley actually clarified. “There are lots of sort of parties out there. Just wonder if you see yourself being anything other than a Republican?”
Paul once again laughed and responded, “No. I’ve always been a Republican, and I’m one of those people who actually is a real lover of the history of the Republican Party from the days of abolition through the days of civil rights. Republican Party has a really rich history. In our state, I’m really proud of the fact that the ones who overturned Jim Crowe in Kentucky were Republicans fighting against an entirely unified Democrat Party. So I am proud to be Republican. I can’t imagine being anything else.”
Bravo, Senator.
As for Crowley, CNN really needs to consider putting a D next to her name whenever it appears on screen because her behavior lately indicates that at this stage of her career, she’s nothing but a Democratic shill.
Candy Crowley Asks Rand Paul If He’d Consider Becoming a Democrat
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