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Rand Paul threatens to support filibustering immigration bill
Yahoo News ^ | 20 Jun 2013 | Chris Moody

Posted on 06/20/2013 2:00:38 PM PDT by mandaladon

Sen. Rand Paul plans to support a filibuster of the Senate immigration bill unless it grants Congress more border security oversight, the Kentucky Republican said on Thursday. Paul does not plan to stand on the Senate floor for 13 hours straight like he did in March to protest President Barack Obama's drone policy, but he will withhold support for a motion to end debate on the bill, a procedural tactic that effectively could block the bill from seeing a final vote. "Unless they change the bill, I will vote on the side of not ending the debate, which is essentially like a filibuster, but it's not the filibuster people think of," Paul said during an interview on the "Andrea Tantaros Show." On Wednesday, the Senate rejected an amendment to the immigration bill proposed by Paul that would require the Congress to vote on whether members deem the U.S. borders "secure" every year for five years and mandate the construction of a fence along the border with Mexico. All eight members of the bipartisan group of lawmakers who wrote the original bill voted against Paul's proposal. As the bill is currently written, agencies under the executive branch will determine border security, not Congress. Paul said he "can't imagine" that proponents of the immigration bill will succeed in persuading him to support the final bill if more border security amendments are rejected.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; immigration; randpaul
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To: Kevin in California
You must include Gowdy and Chaffetz.....both good guys. Just pray they don’t drink the DC Koolaid.

Yes, they have been strong so far. Very sharp.

I enjoy Gowdy's passion. He definitely is not afraid to take it to the left.

21 posted on 06/20/2013 3:31:12 PM PDT by sand88
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To: mandaladon; All

Randmesty is trying to save his butt from supporting Amnesty

Randmesty the Harvey Dent of politics


22 posted on 06/20/2013 3:51:04 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (Don't Blame Me For La Raza Rubio....I Voted For Alex Snitker)
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To: mandaladon

Didn’t Kay Bailey Hutchison get a law through a few years ago watering down the fence-building?


23 posted on 06/20/2013 4:52:36 PM PDT by cookcounty (IRS = Internal Revenge Service.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Yea! Great photo.


24 posted on 06/20/2013 5:07:40 PM PDT by Christie at the beach
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To: BillyBoy

Rand Paul has said he is going to give them provisional legal status while he secures the border.


25 posted on 06/20/2013 5:28:58 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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26 posted on 06/20/2013 9:52:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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