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Congress agreed to put a bipartisan emergency spending package to curb the spread of COVID-19 up for a House vote Wednesday, but it may get held up by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who wants to include an amendment to the bill.
Paul, a deficit hawk, wants to ensure the U.S. has some way to fund the COVID-19 package, so he's trying to sneak a foreign aid cut in there. Paul is confident he'll get a vote, but he's prepared to stick around in Washington all weekend either way.
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Paul is certainly consistent when it comes to spending bills. Over the summer, he was opposed to passing the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund (which also had bipartisan support), arguing that he'll "always take a stand against borrowing more money to pay for programs rather than setting priorities and cutting waste."
As for the new coronavirus, Paul said Tuesday thinks there's "room for optimism," noting that he could see it dissipating more quickly than people are portraying.
https://news.yahoo.com/rand-paul-says-hell-stay-203100610.html
Rand Paul needs another visit by his neighbor.
Under The Radar
(3,404 posts)Leghorn21
(13,525 posts)you are a looooooooser because that man you love so dearly (not Vlad, the orange guy) has sent the US deficit over the moon and halfway to Mars and you haven't blinked an eye so
go fuck yaself
spanone
(135,854 posts)GP6971
(31,174 posts)is low on his priority list. Figures.
SamKnause
(13,108 posts)Pay for it with the tax cuts that you gave corporations and the mega rich.
Again, Fuck You !!!
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)day and things will be just fine.
Initech
(100,087 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,071 posts)That pretty much says it all.
Initech
(100,087 posts)We really need to start working to flip it, it's long overdue. `