Rand Paul Does Not Go Quietly Into the Night
Senators from both parties joined the Republican from Kentucky, who opposes John O. Brennan to lead the C.I.A. and said he would “speak until I can no longer speak.” Senators from both parties joined...
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Rand Paul ended his day-long filibuster at 12:38 a.m. Thursday, almost 13 hours after he began speaking. The Kentucky Republican tried to stall a confirmation vote on CIA...
View ArticleSen. Rand Paul ends marathon filibuster of John Brennan
Here's an irony the Founding Fathers could never have anticipated: The old-fashioned filibuster — that most archaic of parliamentary tools — is suddenly the rage of the attention-span-challenged social...
View ArticleNew leader of the GOP: Rand Paul
Rand Paul, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Kentucky. If I had planned to speak for 13 hours when I took the Senate floor Wednesday, I would've worn more comfortable shoes. I started my filibuster...
View ArticleBill Maher credits Rand Paul on drones
I applaud Rand Paul for standing up and calling attention to an important and vexing set of questions. Van Jones. Now, let me say to my conservative friends: Do not get too excited. I still believe...
View ArticleBill Maher credits Rand Paul on drones
Though foes of drones on the right and left cheered Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster this week, with the tea partier delaying confirmation of CIA director John Brennan for a day, Paul's rant targeted a...
View ArticleBill Maher credits Rand Paul on drones
Senator Rand Paul spent what seemed like all of Wednesday speaking on the Senate floor in order to filibuster the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director. Paul spoke for so long that the website...
View ArticleTrump: Rand Paul's filibuster 'did nothing'
Sen. Rand Paul's 13-hour-long filibuster of CIA director John Brennan's nomination drew overwhelming admiration of libertarians, (many) conservatives, (some) liberals, and principled progressives. But,...
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