Rand Paul blockade pushing Senate to late-night budget vote

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is blocking the Senate from speeding up a budget agreement, as Congress lurches closer to a brief lapse in funding for the federal government.

Both the Senate and House need to pass the two-year budget deal, which includes a stopgap funding bill, by midnight Thursday in order to prevent the second shutdown in less than a month.

The package, already under fire in the House, was expected to sail relatively smoothly through the Senate, which is voting first. But Senate leadership ran into an unexpected roadblock Thursday night from Paul, a libertarian-leaning senator.

The Kentucky Republican is demanding a vote on an amendment to keep budget caps in place. If he doesn't get it, he's signaling he'll delay a procedural vote until after the midnight deadline and into early Friday morning.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/373069-rand-paul-blockade-pushing-senate-to-late-night-budget-vote

[bronxiteforever]

1. Paul had no problem blowing the deficit wide open with tax bill

Now he is crying the blues about the deficit.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. who is pulling his strings?

He doesn't have enough sense to do this on his own. Is this stunt part of McConnell and Ryan's plan for looting Social Security and Medicare?

[Corgigal]

2. ME ME ME

The Republican Party is appearing to be the narcissists party. Get him some mental health care