Rand Paul
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) shakes hands with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) (L) during a news conference May 16, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) held a news conference with Tea Party leaders and congressional members to discuss the IRS scandal of targeting the Tea Party.
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People within the IRS have known this for a year and a half. It stretches credulity to think no one in the administration knew anything about this going on for a year and a half
The Inspector General has written up their description of the interviews and there’s pretty specific items like ‘expressing opposition to the president’ that makes it sound as if there was some sort of policy directive
I think the thing is, you give so much power to the IRS, the power to destroy and individual life and business--if you've ever known anyone who's been through an audit, nobody wants that power to be used in a partisan fashionMore quotes »
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Rand Paul filibuster blocks vote for John Brennan nomination to CIA top spot
filibuster Wednesday to block Senate confirmation of John Brennan to take over as director of the CIA.Sen. Rand Paul , R-Ky., took the floor shortly before noon. With intermittent support from other conservatives holding similar views, plus Democratic Sen. Read more »
Around the web
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Column: A GOP overplay
mother of the House Tea Party Caucus, said her constituents are demanding “why aren’t you impeaching the president?” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he’s “quite worried” that the Obama administration will go through the medical records of the president’s political 1:30 AM from Worthington Daily Globe Read more »
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The Prisoner
word of warning to all you Rand Paul fans. Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. I’m talking the Presidency of the United States of course and while its inspiring to think what Sen. Paul could do in the Oval Office, chances are he could 1:26 AM from Conservative Heritage Times Read more »
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Paul pounces on prez over IRS scandal
N.H. — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, apparently testing the waters in New Hampshire, dove into the growing Obamagate storm surge, saying the IRS scandal won’t be quieted until there is an independent investigation to reassure people a push to quell political opposition 1:02 AM from Boston Herald Read more »
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Paul’s lame prospects
speculation that U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is of presidential timber is laughable (May 19). It is a notion doomed to fail, even if he did give the keynote address for a New Hampshire Republican fundraiser last night . His real agenda is to derail Hillary 12:41 AM from Boston Herald Read more »
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Paul: 'We need to be more inclusive as a party'
N.H — . More than 400 New Hampshire Republicans on Monday listened to U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus discuss the future of the GOP and how the party can broaden it's appeal. Paul and Priebus headlined the New 5/20/13 from Cincinnati Enquirer Read more »
