Rand Paul blocks McConnell from setting up defense bill vote

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY MAX GREENWOOD - 07/28/17 09:37 AM EDT

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kent.) blocked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Kent.) request early Friday morning for the chamber to advance the National Defense Authorization Act.

McConnell made the request in the immediate aftermath of the Senate's rejection of a scaled-back bill to repeal parts of the Affordable Care, asking for unanimous consent to proceed to the defense policy legislation.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who rejected Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) request on Thursday to pause the healthcare debate and move on to the NDAA, said after the healthcare vote that he would let the bill move forward. But Paul, who has been among the Senate's most vocal ObamaCare critics, voiced an objection to McConnell's request without explaining why, stalling the NDAA proceedings.

Instead, the Senate will take up judicial nominations when lawmakers meet on Monday.



Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/344289-rand-paul-blocks-mcconnell-from-setting-up-defense-bill-vote

[irisblue]

1. I kind of enjoy when republicans shiv each other.

The Kentucky state republican meetings must be so much fun.

[Sunlei]

2. Republicans want to spend about? 850 billion dollars on 'defense' ? thats crazy!squandering of OUR$

should close down DOD spending for a couple years, except anything based in USA with USA employees ONLY.

[DK504]

3. They would be fine if the defense budget was stalled for a year.

Yertle pushing this DOD budget bill so quickly is because he needs a win so desperately no matter the cost to Americans. His masters must be very angry with him right now.

Yerlt wants to consider judical nominees, you mean nominees he would never considered under President Obama. Fucker.

[Sunlei]

4. no they wouldn't be fine. The 'for profit' corps who build those 2 billion dollar blimps NEED GOV MO

MONEY.

[maxsolomon]

5. NDAA is stalled, so the Border Wall is stalled

may it twist in the wind eternally.

[riversedge]

6. +1