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BumRushDaShow

(129,060 posts)
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 07:50 PM Mar 20

Rand Paul vows to hold up $1T 'minibus' that must pass by Friday

Source: The Hill

03/20/24 11:38 AM ET


Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he will hold up a $1 trillion “minibus” spending package that needs to pass by the end of the day Friday to avoid triggering a partial government shutdown.

“I will hold it up primarily because we’re bankrupt, and it’s a terrible idea to keep spending money at this rate,” Paul told The Hill on Wednesday.

“The spending bills before us will lead to a $1.5 trillion deficit for the year. We’re borrowing about $1 trillion every three months. It’s an alarming pace of accumulation of debt,” he said.

“My opposition to this will be based on how much” the package would add to the U.S. debt, which now stands at $34.5 trillion, he added.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4544596-rand-paul-vows-to-hold-up-1t-minibus-that-must-pass-by-friday/

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kimbutgar

(21,155 posts)
3. I guess Putin gave him his marching orders to hold up the budget.
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 07:59 PM
Mar 20

I so wish someone opens the door and exposes these unamercian Russian agents!

marble falls

(57,097 posts)
4. One might think that citizens in a state that has so many people on social programs and social security ...
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 07:59 PM
Mar 20

... and other forms of federal pogram money would remind Rand Paul to tread his libertarian BS lightly.

BumRushDaShow

(129,060 posts)
5. He's a carpet bagger there
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 08:04 PM
Mar 20

and like his father, was born in Pittsburgh, PA. His father picked up and left for TX and infested there, and he picked up and moved to KY to destroy that.

paleotn

(17,920 posts)
6. Tribble boy isn't getting enough attention.
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 08:16 PM
Mar 20

An interstellar fluff ball or a Senator from Kentucky? You decide.


republianmushroom

(13,597 posts)
9. Rand Paul forgets he voted for the trump tax cut for the wealthy.
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 08:39 PM
Mar 20

If we are bankrupt that is part of the reason.
Now he is going to claim he has some "morals". What a joke.

canuckledragger

(1,641 posts)
11. And the lying asshole never said a peep when Trump added 8 trillion to the US debt.
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 09:05 PM
Mar 20

Tells you all you need to know about the partisan hack.

Midnight Writer

(21,768 posts)
12. Shutting down the government, even partially, costs us more than it saves us.
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 09:16 PM
Mar 20

And Rand Paul knows this.

All he knows how to do is pull stunts and promote gimmicks that do nothing to advance our country.

Mr.Bill

(24,300 posts)
13. We need to get rid of congressional rules
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 09:55 PM
Mar 20

that allow one person to shut things down. That sounds like the opposite of Democracy to me.

Bayard

(22,075 posts)
15. The national debt is $34.5 trillion, you say?
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 10:59 PM
Mar 20

Which president was it that made most of that debt, Randy? But you're going to make the rest of us pay for that, by golly!

4lbs

(6,858 posts)
17. Hey Rand, is it OK if we hold up your paycheck too? I mean it is a terrible idea to continue to spend money
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 03:10 AM
Mar 21

on someone that doesn't do a damn thing to help the people of this country.

So.... F U.

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