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By Robert Herriman On Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
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President Obama speaks on drone policy, Rand Paul responds

A day after Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to members of Congress acknowledging the deaths of four Americans, including Anwar al-Awlaki, in counterterrorism strikes “outside of areas of active hostilities”, More...

By Robert Herriman On Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
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Rand Paul: ‘I will continue the fight to uphold our Fourth Amendment’, introduces Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013

“Today, I introduced the Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013. This bill would protect an individual’s right to privacy against unwarranted drones”, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) More...

By Robert Herriman On Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
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Menendez-Corker bill, which would authorize the Obama administration to supply arms to Syria’s rebels, passes easily in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

The Syria Transition Support Act, aka the Menendez-Corker bill, passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee easily Tuesday with a vote of 15-3. The bill, co-introduced by the committee’s chairman Sen. Robert More...

By Robert Herriman On Thursday, May 16th, 2013
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Resolution condemning the IRS actions submitted by Rand Paul is blocked by Senate Democrats

A resolution submitted by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) condemning the targeting of Tea Party groups by the Internal Revenue Service and calling for an investigation, was placed on hold by Senate Democrats Wednesday. Dr. More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, May 13th, 2013
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Rand Paul talks war on drugs, courting Evangelical support, says ‘I’m not a libertarian. I’m a libertarian Republican’

Rand Paul has a busy schedule, which includes stops in two other crucial presidential primary states, New Hampshire and South Carolina. A May 20 appearance with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus More...

By Robert Herriman On Saturday, May 11th, 2013
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Rand Paul to Hillary Clinton: ‘Where in the hell were the Marines?’

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), in what some say is part of him looking ahead to a 2016 presidential bid, spoke to Iowa Republicans last night to keynote at the Iowa Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner in Cedar Rapids. The More...

By Robert Herriman On Friday, May 10th, 2013
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Rand Paul on Benghazi: ‘I never understood the coverup, or was it intentional or incompetence’

During an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett,  Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) discussed his thoughts on the Benghazi attack, which left four Americans dead. Senator Rand PaulImage/ Video Screen Shot Paul states More...

By Robert Herriman On Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
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Rand Paul introduces bill to roll back portions of FATCA

In a move that was applauded by many anti-tax backers, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a bill to repeal anti-privacy provisions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and put an end to a defective More...

By Robert Herriman On Sunday, May 5th, 2013
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Libertarians don’t need any advice or ‘sympathy’ from socialist MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell

Self-proclaimed ”practical European socialist” and host of the little viewed MSNBC program “The Last Word”, Lawrence O’Donnell, in his closing segment called Rewrite, O’Donnell More...

By Robert Herriman On Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
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Rand Paul calls out John Kerry on his pledge

During testimony during an April 18th Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry made the following pledge when being questioned by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)–”I’ll certainly More...