Senate Democrats rally and block Coronavirus stimulus spending bill as 5 GOP Senators absent due to virus
Democrats blocked the $1.8 trillion stimulus spending bill to protect the U.S. economy and provide relief to American families who are suffering as a result of the Chinses Coronavirus outbreak. “The fate of a More...
Rand Paul declares the Death of the Tea Party
Last week, the U.S. of Representatives voted through a massive budget-busting deal, 284 to 149, which the Senate passed this week, 67 to 28, and President Trump signed it. photo 401(K) 2012 via Flickr The budget More...
Dear Mr. President: Bipartisan, bicameral letter urging the completion of the Syria withdrawal process
Republicans and Democrats, Senators and Representatives. A diverse group of lawmakers sent President Trump a letter in support of his decision to bring U.S. troops home from Syria and urging the completion of the More...
Russiagate part 2: What happens with James Comey, John Brennan, James Clapper and Andrew McCabe
A great post at The Daily Wire asked: “Will the government officials and members of Congress who perpetuated the Russian collusion narrative, hyping every non-story as evidence of treason, face consequences More...
Support and Disdain for Kavanaugh’s confirmation: Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Jon Favreau, Kathy Griffin
U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released the following statement in support of Judge Brett Kavanaugh prior to the vote: “Having looked at the totality of Brett Kavanaugh’s life and career, I am persuaded to vote More...
Sen Rand Paul calls for investigation into ‘House of Representives’ doxxing of Mike Lee, Orrin Hatch and Lindsey Graham
Sen. Rand Paul called for an investigation Friday to identify and punish who published the personal information (slang: doxxing) of three Republican senators during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Supreme More...
Senators plan to investigate National Science Foundation climate change grants
A group of senators is calling for an investigation into National Science Foundation (NSF) grants designed to educate meteorologists about climate change, saying the $4 million program has moved beyond science More...
Gina Haspel confirmed as the new CIA director
President Trump’s new appointee for CIA director, Gina Haspel, has been confirmed by the Senate as several Democrats crossed party lines, giving Haspel a 54-45 vote. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) More...
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: 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...
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...
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...
Trump takes aim at Obamacare with insurance marketplaces, praised by Rand Paul
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed new rules to let certain small businesses and trade groups band together to buy health care, in its latest move that could weaken Obamacare’s insurance marketplaces. The 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...
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...
Barbara Lee: ‘Members of Congress did not even know’ there were troops in Niger
Americans may be scratching their heads over the recent news from Washington as senior senators in both parties, including Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), said on Sunday that they were unaware 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...
