Posted on 02/08/2018 1:39:03 PM PST by Red Badger
Sen. Rand Paul was blocking the Senate's move to quickly pass its massive budget deal Thursday with only hours until government funding lapses.
For the Senate to hold a vote on the spending package Thursday, all senators must agree. The Kentucky Republican held out as he sought a vote on an amendment to maintain budget caps.
"All Senator Rand Paul is asking for is a 15-minute vote on his amendment to restore the budget caps. He is ready to proceed at any time," Paul spokesman Sergio Gor said in a statement.
As Paul railed against lifting spending caps, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the bill would cost about $320 billion. Most of that would come in the first year.
Paul, a fiscal conservative, opposes the boost to military and domestic spending proposed by bipartisan Senate leaders. The bill before the Senate would set up a roughly $300 billion increase in the budget caps over two years.
When the Senate gets to a vote, the measure appears to have enough support to pass.
"I think it will all work out. But it's up in the air," said Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, according to Politico.
If the Senate approves the proposal, the House would then have to pass it before midnight Thursday and send it to President Donald Trump for his signature.
In the House, both fiscal conservatives and liberals who sought a deal to protect young immigrants from deportation threatened the plan's passage. On Thursday morning, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he believed his chamber had enough support to approve it.
GOP Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Bob Corker of Tennessee and Steve Daines of Montana said they would oppose the plan over spending concerns.
Flake said in a statement that "fiscal responsibility is more than a talking point to trot out when the other guys are in charge."
In his statement announcing opposition, Corker said, "to say I am discouraged by the outcome of these negotiations would be an understatement."
The vast majority of the Republican lawmakers who are opposing the budget agreement, including Paul, voted for the GOP tax law. The massive tax cuts are estimated to add more than $1 trillion to budget deficits over 10 years, even after economic growth is taken into account, according to the CBO.
— CNBC's Ylan Mui contributed to this report.
Does it have enough support to override a veto?
Stop the bleeding! End entitlements!
No.................
Rand is not the bad guy. The entitlements, given by the POS Progressive politicians must be cut. Go to work for your food just like the rest of us....or starve on the streets. You will figure it out.
Deficit spending used to matter to Republicans during Obama’s years, not so much now. Go figure.
Rand says he talked to Trump this afternoon, asked the president to ask McConnell for a vote on his budget caps amendment
Good. This budget is an abomination.
How can a conservative lift the budget cap. TYhe republican party is flying apart at high speed. Thank you Senator Paul!! You are a hero!! Now filibuster the SOB!!
I’m beginning to think the Democrats are right when they say Republicans don’t know how to govern.
“I think it will all work out. But it’s up in the air,”
so shoot it before it gets away
Just saw him on Cavuto. He makes a lot of sense.
The Republicans are like Louis XVI of France and the Democrats are Robespierre...................
Not sure why I am your target....
The Republicans are like Louis XVI of France and the Democrats are Robespierre...................
Sheesh, are government is a mess, our agencies are corrupt, our politicians are crooked.
Throw some people in jail before we raise spending because frankly the government hasn’t earned our trust.
Has Mister Paul ever been a friend of our precious Military?
“In the House, both fiscal conservatives and liberals who sought a deal to protect young immigrants from deportation threatened the plan’s passage. On Thursday morning, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he believed his chamber had enough support to approve it. “
WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE WALL!!!!!!!WE WERE SCREWED!!! STOP THIS NOW!!
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