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Rand Paul Loses Part of Lung Because of Neighbor’s Attack
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Monday that he had to get a part of his lung removed over the weekend after it was damaged when a neighbor attacked him on his front lawn in 2017. “Unfortunately, I will have to limit my August activities. Part of my lung damaged by the 2017 assault had to…Henry Rodgers -
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Rand Paul Talks Comey and Trump at Dinner With Conservative High Schoolers
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talked about the scandals plaguing U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials, the Russia probe, and why he gets along with President Donald Trump in remarks to conservative high school students at a dinner in Washington. “Why do people distrust their government? Because we’re lied to by people in government,” Paul said…Ginny Montalbano -
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Podcast: Rand Paul Isn’t First Politician to Be Assaulted
https://soundcloud.com/dailysignal/the-daily-signal-podcast-episode-101 Today, on the first episode of The Daily Signal’s new weekday podcast, we discuss the terrible shooting in Texas, how Sen. Rand Paul was assaulted, and what surprising celebrity couple is going to church together. Links mentioned in show: Texas church shooting not racially or religiously motivated, officials say, noting ‘domestic situation’ (ABC News) Liberals…Katrina Trinko -
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Rand Paul Waste Report Highlights $25 Million Climate Change Project
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., outlined the federal government’s decision to fund a multimillion-dollar Philippines disaster preparation project in a new edition of The Waste Report. According to the report titled, “Rising Tide of Waste in the Philippines,” “the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) plans to invest as much as $24.7 million as part…Faith Vander Voort -
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Rand Paul Moves One Step Closer to Auditing the Fed
The Senate will vote on Sen. Rand Paul’s legislation to audit the Federal Reserve when Congress returns from recess in January. The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015 would expand congressional oversight of the nation’s central bank and give the Government Accountability Office the authority to review the Fed’s monetary policy decisions. Paul, R-Ky., announced…Natalie Johnson -
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Rand Paul on Budget Deal: ‘I’m Going to Do Everything in My Power to Stop It’
In an interview Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, doubled down on his promise to filibuster the Boehner-Obama budget deal reached by President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner. “This is a disaster,” Paul told Fox News about the deal, which would allow Congress to spend another $85 billion in the next three years. “I’m…Philip Wegmann -
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Rand Paul: ‘The President Is in Defiance of the Law’ on Iran Deal
Sen. Rand Paul says President Barack Obama has run afoul of the law, this time on the nuclear deal he struck with Iran. Paul contends that the president is in violation of the Iranian Nuclear Agreement Review Act (the Bob Corker-Ben Cardin bill), because the administration didn’t provide Congress with all documentation of the deal…David Brody -
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Rand Paul: ‘We Need to Be Talking About Planned Parenthood’
Sen. Rand Paul says it’s time to put the Democratic Party on the defensive when it comes to the fight over abortion and defunding Planned Parenthood. “The abortion issue—for years and years, Republicans have kind of said, ‘Well, we’re kind of squeamish, we’re not going to get too involved in this.’ These videos have brought…David Brody -
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Rand Paul: Don’t Trade Liberty for Security, ‘You’ll Wind Up With Neither’
NASHUA, N.H.—Sen. Rand Paul said “we can catch terrorists, we can protect ourselves, and still have our freedom” during a town hall Wednesday in New Hampshire. Some want Americans to trade “their liberty for security” by continuing to permit surveillance of Americans’ phone records, Paul, R-Ky., said. “But the truth is, you’ll wind up with…Kate Scanlon -
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Rand Paul: Congress Will Reject the Iran Deal
Sen. Rand Paul believes that the United States Congress will reject the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran. “There’s a very good chance that Congress will vote to disapprove of the agreement,” Paul tells The Daily Signal. “I think there’s a very good chance the president will then veto it, and then the real question…David Brody -
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Rand Paul: The Tax Code Is ‘Chasing American Jobs Overseas’
WATERLOO, Iowa—Sen. Rand Paul said he would cut spending in a “dramatic fashion” while speaking at the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center here Friday morning. He spoke on his “fair and flat” tax plan. “The 70,000 page tax code is chasing American jobs overseas, it’s chasing companies overseas.” With the highest taxes in the world,…Leah Jessen -
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Rand Paul: Pro-Life Democrats Crucial to Defunding Planned Parenthood
Sen. Rand Paul says pro-life Democrats hold the key to passing legislation in the Senate that would completely defund Planned Parenthood. “There are several Democrats who say they are pro-life,” Paul tells The Daily Signal. “It’s not a guarantee that we get all the Republicans on this,” he adds. “The vast majority of Republicans will…David Brody -
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Rand Paul: ‘We’ve Got to Fix the Overcriminalization Problem’
Sen. Rand Paul continued to drive momentum for criminal justice reform Wednesday, saying the greatest barrier to jobs and voting in the U.S. is a criminal record. “If we want to help people work and help people vote, we’ve got to fix the overcriminalization problem,” Paul said before an intimate crowd during the Bipartisan Summit…Natalie Johnson -
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Rand Paul Vows to End Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is vowing to do everything in his power to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood in the wake of another undercover video showing a senior executive haggling over the price of aborted baby body parts. “This is baby parts we’re talking about,” Paul said in an interview on Fox News…Daily Signal Staff -
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Rand Paul Exposes $25,000 Federal Grant for Oscars Museum
Sen. Rand Paul put Hollywood in the spotlight Monday revealing a $25,000 federal grant billing taxpayers for the building of an Oscars museum. The National Endowment for the Arts is sending the federal dollars to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science to help build what the academy claims as the “world’s premier museum”…Natalie Johnson -
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Rand Paul Warns GOP Leadership: Don’t Give Us ‘Obamacare Lite’
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., tells The Daily Signal that he’s not in favor of a GOP plan to extend Obamacare subsidies for a couple of years if the Supreme Court rules they are unconstitutional in the King v. Burwell case. “By keeping parts of Obamacare and letting it sputter on for awhile and saying we’re just…David Brody -
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Senator Rand Paul Cracks Down on Government Waste and Corporate Welfare
This afternoon, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management will hold a hearing on “Wasteful Spending in the Federal Government.” Romina Boccia, the Grover M. Hermann Research Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs and Research Manager at The Heritage Foundation, will testify on eliminating wasteful government spending by cutting corporate welfare. Corporate welfare, one form of crony capitalism, redistributes taxpayer resources to well-connected interest groups, rather…Amber Athey -
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At Town Hall Event, Rand Paul Makes Case for Limited Government
Londonderry, N.H.—During a town hall event in New Hampshire today, 2016 presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul said there are two arguments for keeping government small—the “liberty argument” and the “efficiency argument.” “The liberty argument was put forward by Thomas Paine; he said ‘government is a necessary evil,’” Paul said. “Oh, that sounds terrible, he’s saying…Kate Scanlon -
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Who is Rand Paul? He Wants You to Know He’s a Normal Guy
How well do you know Sen. Rand Paul? A lot of his critics think he’s ready to dismantle the federal government until there’s virtually nothing left. But in an interview at his home in Bowling Green, Ky., back in the spring of 2013, he says that’s simply not true. “It’s not that I believe in…David Brody -
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How Rand Paul’s Media Clashes Could Hurt Him With Women Voters
If Sen. Rand Paul wanted to keep his base flying high following Tuesday’s presidential announcement, then he accomplished his goal. Conservatives love it when one of their own takes on the big bad liberal media. But if he wanted to build momentum with undecided voters, especially women, then he failed. This pains me to write…Beverly Hallberg