Does anyone know what caused Rand Paul to give up? nt

[LAS14]

[Skittles]

1. maybe his neighbor threatened to kick his ass again

[brush]

8. Hahahahahahahahaha!

[madinmaryland]

11. I thought you were the one who kicked Rand's ass. I had ordered up

an ass kicking for him you a couple of years ago.

Yes, indeed!

[hlthe2b]

2. He was "timed out"... At 12:01 AM government was technically "closed" but so too

his ability to prevent a vote from coming up.

[onenote]

5. It wasn't the shutdown, it was simply the Senate rules

that normally require a certain amount of time to pass before a vote can occur on a bill absent unanimous consent. He blocked the unanimous consent to speed up the process, but as soon as the time came for a vote under the regular order, there wasn't anything he could do to stop it.

[hlthe2b]

6. yes.. that's what I said. Senate rules did not allow him to go past 12:01 AM

At which point, we were already in a government shutdown, but so, too the ability to schedule a vote.

[FSogol]

3. He decided that it was enough hypocrisy for one day.

[onenote]

4. He didn't give up. He could only delay, not block a vote.

Unanimous consent was needed to speed up the process. He withheld consent, which meant that the Senate had to wait until after midnight to hold a vote.

[Gothmog]

7. The "filibuster" ended early because Rand Paul would have to speak to continue

Prior to 1 AM, Rand Paul could delay things by simply withholding consent. After the 1 AM deadline past, Rand Paul could delay things by up to two hours by holding the floor and making a speech. Paul made a short speech and gave up so that the process. The final Senate bill was passed well before the 3 AM out side time that Rand Paul could have delayed the vote. Rand Paul is a lazy man and did not try to speak for the two hours that he was allowed to speak

[brush]

9. What a self-righteous POS, not to mention the biggest hypocrite going.

He droned on and on about the budget bill increased the deficit and he didn't believe in that and

wanted to stick to his principles, yet his so-called principles allowed him to vote a couple of weeks ago

for the tax scam bill which dwarfed the deficit creation of the budget bill ten-fold.

What a pompous, lying, duplicitous a-hole.

Someone should've called his neighbor to get his ass off the podium.

[tblue37]

10. It was an arranged display. He was allowed a certain limited time to squawk. nt