Rand Paul blocks Senate from approving 9/11 victim compensation fund
Source: The Hill
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday blocked an attempt by Democrats to pass an extension of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) tried to win the Senate's consent to approve the House-passed bill, which would reauthorize funding until fiscal year 2090. The bill cleared the House in a 402-12 vote last week.
But Paul objected, pointing to the country's growing debt and arguing that any new spending should be offset by cuts to other spending.
"It has long been my feeling that we need to address our massive debt in the country," he said. "And therefore any new spending
should be offset by cutting spending that's less valuable. We need to at the very least have this debate."
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/453519-rand-paul-blocks-senate-vote-on-9-11-victim-compensation-fund
This man is despicable!
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)uptrumps_but
(14 posts)oh yeah you get some of that mr paul.....
JDC
(10,133 posts)Anything that they can do to a Blue State to screw them for voting for Hillary, they will gleefully do........
Of course this group even screws the people in their very own Red States (but lies to them and tell them the dems did it)....LOL
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,592 posts)They are such hypocritical assholes.
hlthe2b
(102,358 posts)evidence. (not that I am defending violence against him, obviously)
BillyBobBrilliant
(805 posts)Of the 'for life' paychecks of former (already filthy rich) congress men, and make them all pay for their own health care, we would probably have plenty of money to help the people that actually did the work, you know first responders and veterans.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)Many of them get into politics so they can have salary, and healthcare for life. I am a proponent of taking that away, then we will have people running for office because they love their country, and because they want to leave good legacies.
Oldtimeralso
(1,937 posts)Prevent any representative of the people from receiving money or junkets from lobbyists.
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)Like the rest of us!
Fuck You Rand Paul
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)him and McConnell must tag team.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)the asshole tRump's endless trips to Florida and golf outings, that will free up some cash. Man these guys really suck!!! Have tRump take his family off the free trip outings.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)That would pay for that bill, or at least part of it.
Plus, isn't the creature a billionaire? I mean, what is $120,000,000.00 for a billionaire? He should be paying for his own Golf.
A bill must be passed that limits three weeks vacation per year, like the rest of the people who work in corporations...
1st year, 1 week vacation
2nd year, 2 weeks vacation
3rd and the rest 3 weeks...Limit 3 weeks vacation.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)the enormous number of brainwashed stupid people that support this damn fool. Never, did I ever think I would see the US the way it is today. It's what failures and made of, and tRump is an expert in failings.
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)friends tells me they are totally inbred and have absolutely no idea of what the rest of the world is like. They live in an isolated sea of stupidity. Not everyone is like that, of course, but apparently enough ... how else can one explain it ...
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)he can't get a fatal painful disease soon enough.
Please Karma, that was evil.
dhill926
(16,355 posts)we should beat him to a pulp with this...
oasis
(49,407 posts)kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)But I bet Jon Stewart will make his life miserable going forward.
LenaBaby61
(6,977 posts)Yet not many folks are talking about this 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
Unless Dems can somehow tie the tax cuts for the richest 1% and corporations that thuglicans passed, and the spiraling out of control deficits to thuglicans, then I guess no one will be talking about the $$ for infrastructure or for The Victim's Compensation Fund.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)where did they all go?
LW1977
(1,236 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)the Libertarian. Who did at least have some integrity until he sold out to Willard Rmoney. At the time, I thought it was to get his kid a Cabinet appointment, but of course, Rmoney lost.
Rand Paul jumped on the teabag bandwagon and never looked back.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)A consistent asshole. Just like his douchebag dad.
I hope John Stuart tracks him down and whips his miserable ass for this unspeakably vile action.
MANative
(4,112 posts)J/k, mostly.
TwilightZone
(25,479 posts)Rand Paul, paraphrased: "the only good spending is what goes to my district or my pockets."
Just like his father, the king of pork.
AllaN01Bear
(18,384 posts)3catwoman3
(24,041 posts)More like the Hypocritic Oath.
EleanorR
(2,395 posts)And extended family outings to visit the queen? Have you asked trump to curb his spending? Or are you just demanding people who risked their lives on 9/11 pay the price for republican excess?
Traildogbob
(8,797 posts)Where is the outrage at endless golf, endless KKK rallies, world travel and vacations for his spawn, military no limit spending. Look at the debt the criminal regime has already given us. The fucking wall, the $750 per day per child of Christian refugees. John Stewart, he is all yours. Expose his ass to the world. And Neighbor of Paul, if your listening, you will be rewarded well. How many of those trump expenses and policies has he stood against. Maybe give those first responders some of the cash Putin gave Paul on his private trip with an immediate support of trump and Russian interference. Fuck you Paul.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)He was such a tough, vital looking man in his 'before" photos. Daily exposure to pictures of the overstuffed orange coward gets harder and harder by comparison.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)in stock buybacks in 2018 but the GOP says we can't afford to help the victim compensation fund.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)It's a safe bet that, if fire should break out at Paul's home, he would expect the local fire department to be there immediately and for firefighting personnel to risk their lives in putting out the blaze just as soon as possible. None of this "spending that's less valuable" horseshit from him, either.
PatSeg
(47,586 posts)But they are the party that does most of the wasteful spending and are only willing to cut funds to the poor and middle class.
The more things change, the more these asshats stay the same.
bucolic_frolic
(43,286 posts)Obstructionists
What causes this? Whiskey ties?
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Who's there?
Jon Stewart .
Jon Stewart who?
Jon Stewart who is going to embarrass and shame you on all the media shows, asshole!
You don't fuck with comedians on a mission!
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)ancianita
(36,133 posts)LogicFirst
(572 posts)Apparently golf is more important than people.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)I'll make countless phone calls to my congress people to stop it.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)First Responders because it would add to U.S. debt,
but he had no problem playing golf with President
Trump this week at an estimated cost of $1.2 million
for tax payers.
Link to tweet
Also, nobody likes this guy, and I mean, nobody
no_hypocrisy
(46,185 posts)Duppers
(28,127 posts)Oh, and...Support Amys campaign.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ditchmitch_email_amymcgrath
zentrum
(9,865 posts)Or he'd restore taxes to the !%.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)Novice Patriot
(22 posts)Isnt this the republican playbook? Use the great 9-11 heros as props for your elections just as you use the heroic troops that fight endless foreign wars while at the same dime they get paid dirt, kept in the dark about conditions that they work in, then when they face an early death and need our help the most, The GOP doesnt even acknowledge them. The VA suffers from budget cuts, our heros die waiting for care that they should never have to ask for.
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)Right?
HE INCREASED THE DEFICIT & DEBT BY CHOICE.
Raster
(20,998 posts)....how he could get his ass kicked over shrubbery.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/rand-paul-donald-trump-perfect-russia-stooge
The Senates resident wacko bird finds a new political family that shares his curious affinity for Moscow.
By Tina Nguyen
The unlikely, unholy alliance between Rand Paul and Donald Trump, one a libertarian iconoclast, the other the cancerous center of the Republican party, has cemented itself in golf games and frequent phone calls. Theyll talk on the phone and Trump will go on about Bedminster and golf and whatever else is going on; and Rand will drop in his libertarian ideas, a source close to Trump recently told Axios. And Trump will laugh and say, This guys crazy . . . They wont even argue. Hell let him speak his mind. Their friendship has manifested in a number of ways, including in Pauls periodic abandonment of his principles to vote however Trump needs him to, and Trumps apparent willingness to take Pauls questionable advice. But while Trumps affinity for Paul may, on some level, have been predictableafter all, they both love to needle Mitch McConnelltheir friendship has recently veered in a less likely direction, as Paul comes to Trumps defense on all matters Russia.
On Monday, weeks after Paul made an impassioned speech on the Senate floor in support of Trumps Helsinki summitThe hatred for the president is so intense that partisans would rather risk war than give diplomacy a chancethe Kentucky senator visited Moscow on a private trip to strengthen relations between Russia and the U.S., a matter he called incredibly important, according to The Washington Post. (The U.S. Embassy in Moscow told the Post that Paul was not on an official diplomatic trip, and was traveling privately with a group.) Pauls Russian jaunt reportedly included a visit with former Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, who U.S. intelligence suggests is a spy, and whose undisclosed meetings with Jeff Sessions and Michael Flynn led indirectly to Robert Muellers probe into the Trump campaign.
RVN VET71
(2,697 posts)his next door neighbor, doesn't it?
Novice Patriot
(22 posts)This should be a pay-per-view event.....or at the minimum, C-Span
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)For six of Obama's eight years, the increased debt was republican approved.
For eight of Dubya's eight years the increased debt was republican approved.
When are you republicans going to do this mythical fiscal responsibility that you preach but refuse to practice?
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)How America's Leading Conspiracy Theorist Helped Launch Rand Paul's Career
Paul Told 9/11 Truth "Founding Father" Alex Jones He Couldn't Win Senate Race Without Him
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2015/04/02/how-americas-leading-conspiracy-theorist-helped/203016
jvill
(221 posts)... has so much money, the president says we can redirect those funds elsewhere.
So let's get to it.
Buckeyeblue
(5,502 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,641 posts)He probably means all that money we waste on Senate pay.
Eugene
(61,945 posts)Source: Washington Post
By Devlin Barrett July 17 at 7:40 PM
A Republican senator moved Wednesday to stall for the moment legislation providing compensation to 9/11 workers, sparking an emotional appeal on behalf of those sick and dying after responding to Ground Zero.
Although lawmakers for several weeks generally declared broad support for the measure to extend a victims compensation fund, the objections of two conservative senators suggest its Senate passage may stall or require more political muscle to enact.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) spoke out on the Senate floor Wednesday after Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) proposed that the bill be approved by unanimous consent. Under Senate rules, an objection from a single senator can block a measure offered via unanimous consent.
Paul said he objected because any program that would last decades should be offset by cutting spending thats less valuable. We need, at the very least, to have this debate, he said, adding that he would offer an amendment on the cost of the bill when it reaches the Senate floor.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) also has placed a hold on the legislation, according to advocates.
-snip-
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/two-republican-senators-emerge-as-opponents-to-911-victims-bill/2019/07/17/b6fe830a-a89c-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html
Rebl2
(13,551 posts)we cut senators and congressmans pay to help offset spending. While they are at it cut the presidents pay too. Also get rid of the 1%ers tax cut. Plain and simple Rand Paul is disgusting.
Grins
(7,228 posts)(Note the state.)
George II
(67,782 posts)....and bouncing up and down when he hit any bumps. He looked like he didn't have a pot to piss in.
On the back of the truck was a "TRUMP 2020" bumper sticker!! Where is this guy's head???