Rand Paul casts key vote, Mike Pompeo moves towards confirmation as Secretary of State
CIA Director Mike Pompeo has been approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be secretary of state in a party line vote. Rand Paul switched his vote late in the day, enabling Pompeo’s nomination More...
Rand Paul grills Mike Pompeo on Constitutional authority of President to make war
During the confirmation hearing of Secretary of State Nominee Mike Pompeo in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul asked some very important question to Mr. Pompeo concerning More...
Rand Paul Quotes: $1.3 trillion Omnibus spending bill
“Republicans control the government, yet Congress still follows the Democrats’ playbook. Time and again, spending skyrockets, and conservatives are expected to fall in line to praise the party for making More...
Rand Paul: Larry Kudlow gets a thumbs up, Not so much for Mike Pompeo, Gina Haspel
President Trump announced some important cabinet and administration moves this week to include Larry Kudlow as Gary Cohn’s replacement as Director of the National Economic Council and after the firing of More...
‘Audit the Fed’ to be introduced as amendment to Senate Banking Bill
With the U.S. Senate expected to vote on S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, this week, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) announced he will introduce his “Audit the Fed” More...
Republicans are the OTHER big government party: Shame on John Cornyn, John Thune
When the vast majority of the US Senate, including “fiscal hawk” Republicans, was wanting to vote for a bipartisan budget bill that would put annual deficits in the ballpark of $1.2 trillion and get More...
Bette Midler’s tasteless tweet about Rand Paul
While Kentucky Senator Rand Paul challenged his big spending colleagues in the Senate last night, one “celebrity” thought it would be funny to tweet about advocating violence against the eye surgeon. I More...
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act fails to pass cloture
On Monday, the US Senate voted on S. 2311, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. This legislation, which passed the House of Representatives last October, would have protected the lives of unborn children More...
Rand Paul introduces bill to redirect funds for Pakistan to fund infrastructure
Senator (Dr.) Rand Paul of Kentucky, a long time foe of foreign aid, introduced legislation to prohibit the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from sending American More...
Kentucky man, Rene Boucher, charged with assaulting Sen. Rand Paul, faces 10 years in prison
On Friday, Rene A. Boucher, 58, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, was charged with assaulting a member of Congress resulting in personal injury, a felony under federal law. Rene Boucher photo/ Facebook “Assaulting More...
Dr. Rand Paul: Statement honoring the annual March for Life
On Friday, Senator and Dr. Rand Paul of Kentucky released the following statement honoring the annual March for Life: “Each life comes to us fragile, a precious gift from our Creator we are entrusted with protecting. More...
Rand Paul assaulted in home, Rene Boucher arrested
Police detailed an assault case and arrest as Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was assaulted inside his own home in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Friday afternoon. The former presidential candidate suffered only minor injuries. Kentucky More...
Whoopi Goldberg shows her ignorance about automatic weapons…more than once
Good evening, Gramps here, I can honestly say that I’ve never watched a complete episode of The View, you know that daytime talk show with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, et al. However, I’ve seen enough More...
Rand Paul speech on government spending most important this year: Must Watch!
On Tuesday, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul took to the Senate floor discussing government spending, wasteful spending and pointing at both parties as being guilty for the runaway deficits and $20 trillion More...
USA RIGHTS Act introduced in the Senate to protect Americans’ security and liberties
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and a total of 11 senators today introduced the USA RIGHTS Act, which reforms a sweeping, secretive government spying program to protect the Constitutional rights of More...
Rand Paul wants to save tax dollars, getting scientific types unwound
Good afternoon, Gramps here, Did you know that the US government, through the National Science Foundation (NSF), spent $30,000 of yours and mine hard earned tax dollars to study the gambling habits of people in More...
Rand Paul, Ron Wyden and Brian Schatz reintroduce the Stop Militarizing Our Law Enforcement Act
This week, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) reintroduced the Stop Militarizing Our Law Enforcement Act (S. 1856) to establish limitations and create greater transparency More...
New President Trump executive order on Obamacare will allow policies across state lines, group associations to lower costs
As Congress failed to repeal and replace Obamacare, ending funding to Planned Parenthood and allow the massive insurance rate hikes from the Affordable Care Act to move ahead, impacting millions in 2018, President More...
Republicans failed their constituents as Obamacare repeal falls apart, Senate cancels vote on defunding Planned Parenthood
Senate Republicans decided today to scrap a vote on a proposed bill to repeal Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood. Siding with Democrats, GOP members Susan Collins of Maine and Arizona’s John McCain joined More...
Rand Paul’s ‘America First’ amendment tabled by Senate
On Thursday, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul introduced the “America First” amendment to the hurricane relief legislation that would provide assistance while preventing the federal government from further running More...
