Congrats to Sen. Rand Paul for highlighting an important issue by using his prerogative as a U.S. senator to launch a good, old-fashioned filibuster on John Brennan’s nomination for CIA director. As I’ve written previously, it seemed earlier that he
Senator Rand Paul yielded the floor to end his filibuster Thursday after 12 hours of speaking and taking questions on the floor. Paul thanked the Senate staff and fellow members for sticking through the “long day” while he brought up
Update – Sen. Paul shut down debate after a 13 hour filibuster at about 12:45 am late Wednesday light. —— Senator Rand Paul (R – KY) has been filibustering President Barack Obama’s CIA Director nominee John Brennan since 11:47 AM
Wednesday evening, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave filibustering Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) a brief break during a planned question period by reading #StandWithRand tweets that have dominated the Twittersphere today. Support for Paul’s principled stand in opposition to the unconstitutional
By MORGAN TRUEAssociated PressCONCORD, N.H.When 20 slaves petitioned New Hampshire two centuries ago seeking their freedom, lawmakers decided the time wasn’t right and delayed action. Now, 233 years later, legislators in one of the nation’s whitest states have decided the
Senator Ron Wyden on the Senate floor spoke in support Of Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan…
Congressman Louie Gohmert (R – TX) went to the floor of the Senate and delivered chocolates and cough drops to the long filibustering Senator Rand Paul (R – KY). Senator Paul, with the help of Senators Mike Lee (R –
Senator Ted Cruz on the Senate floor in support of Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan…
On Wednesday afternoon, Christopher Anders, Senior Legislative Council at the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington D.C., spoke with Breitbart News exclusively about Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster of the John Brennan nomination to CIA director over the administration’s failures to
As I write this, Sen. Rand Paul is entering his 7th hour filibustering the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. His filibuster is driven by fundamental constitutional questions regarding due process and the powers of the Executive Branch.
In response to It’s On: Who Blinks, Rand Paul or Barack Obama?: I agree with you, John–Paul’s filibuster was brilliant, and shows that the GOP does have power, even in the minority, if it has the courage to wield it.
When the cameras are on, Democrats pretend to care about civil liberties. What they actually care about is expanding government’s power and identifying wedge issues to use politically against Republicans. If you think I’m overstating the case, look no further
In the first hour of his filibuster over the nomination of John Brennan, Sen. Paul spoke 9,024 words, enough to fill 15 pages as a standard Word document. A transcript of the first hour was provided by Sen. Paul’s office
The reason Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid interrupted when he did was likely in the hopes of stealing some of Rand Paul’s thunder in tonight’s Nightly News broadcasts. That little bit of tension, he hopes, will be what the networks
The most precious commodity in politics today is clarity. The entire process is designed to confuse, obfuscate, or make things seem more complicated than they actually are. In February 2009, CNBC contributor Rick Santelli gave birth to a movement, not
A Republican irate over the Obama administration’s refusal to rule out drone strikes on US soil took to the Senate floor Wednesday in a classic filibuster to block the president’s CIA nominee. The issue gained further currency on Capitol Hill
Politico’s Kate Nocera: — Marco Rubio now sitting at his desk on Senate floor. — KateNocera (@KateNocera) March 6, 2013 — Shit just got real folks. RT @katenocera: Marco Rubio now sitting at his desk on Senate floor. — M.
The U.S. Senate rejected a motion to proceed to a final vote on the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Of the nine justices on the
During his old-fashioned, “talking filibuster” of John Brennan’s nomination as CIA Director, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) called for President Barack Obama “to re-think the Lochner case” en route to strengthening protections of individual rights against, among other things, drone strikes. Obama
In response to The Fastball Special: I don’t read comic books, but being a huge LOTR fan, I am partial to Victor Davis Hanson’s analogy of today’s Journolistas as J. R. R. Tolkien’s Ring Wraiths, “petty lords who wanted a
Rand Paul’s filibuster should only ensure Obama sticks to this: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told a Senate committee Wednesday that he expects President Obama to explain the legal rationale underpinning the use of armed drones to target and
AP: Attorney General Eric Holder spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday to urge Congress to act on gun control legislation. He also said the recent budget cuts brought on by the sequester could hamper national security. (March 6)
Attorney General Eric Holder testifying before a Senate panel on Wednesday…
Attorney General Eric Holder has officially informed Sen. Rand Paul that under extraordinary circumstances President Barack Obama has the power to kill U.S. citizens with drone strikes on American soil. Believe it or not, Holder is right, and Paul is
Following Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn’s Senate testimony in support of an assault weapons ban last week, Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has submitted a letter to Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) accusing Flynn of being a “mouthpiece for the Mayors Against
