Posted on 10/29/2019 4:12:09 AM PDT by RandFan
The Senate on Monday rejected an effort by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to place an across-the-board spending cut in a domestic funding package being debated by lawmakers.
Senators voted 24-67 on the amendment from Paul, which would reduce spending by 2 percent compared to fiscal 2019 levels.
The amendment, had Paul been successful, would have been added to a spending package that includes commerce, science and justice; transportation and housing and urban development; agriculture; and interior.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, urged senators to oppose Paul's amendment.
"His amendment will slash spending below the bipartisan budget act that we all negotiated," Leahy said from the Senate floor ahead of the vote.
It's the latest attempt by Paul, a libertarian-leaning GOP senator, to slash spending, only to be rebuffed by a majority of his Senate colleagues. The Senate previously rejected a balanced budget proposal from Paul in June.
The Club for Growth, a conservative outside group, tried to build support for Paul's amendment ahead of Monday's vote, warning it would factor how senators voted into its legislative scorecard.
"KEY VOTE ALERT: @club4growth urges all Senators to vote YES on Senator @RandPaul’s Amendment to begin balancing the budget and reign in out-of-control spending #StandWithRand," Club for Growth tweeted on Monday.
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Yeah. Do what Leahy the commie says. Good job Senate.
Should be cut 70%.
Pork reins supreme.
Yeah. I think Rand chooses a modest amount to show how stupid they are.
They really do mean to harm the US
Pitiful! Ten percent across the board. We could save almost a trillion a year by not supporting illegal aliens. And what happened to El Chapo’s billions?
24?? That is sad.
No surprise here. The Republican Party is not even interested in paying lip service to fiscal responsibility anymore.
I wonder if we will end up like Japan with over 200 percent debt to GDP
Damn those ‘kooky’ (L), like Paul....
Wait, what? 2%??
Never mind.
Just remember this when the complain about 22 trillion dollar debt. They are the ones who can change course and only 24 of them were even willing to take a small step
Yeah. I think Rand chooses a modest amount to show how stupid they are.
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gotta start somewhere??
first I’ve heard of any congresscritter talkinga bout cutting spending......since Newt?
the art of the deal: agree to freeze spending at 19 levels for one year?
see how good that does after one year & come back with cuts??
just spit ballin an idea
The Senate says the party never stops, add it to their bill.
That was probably a cut of 2% of the proposed INCREASE due to cost of living, etc.
They NEVER spend $100 one year and then spend $98 dollars the next budget.
“Yeah. Do what Leahy the commie says. Good job Senate.”
The Senate is a club. The first rule is to get along by not rocking the boat.
POLICITAL POSTURING sucks! When a Politician like Rand Paul makes a symbolic move of a 2% cut across the board, he has no intent of it passing. Every slimy politician has a pet goat that they intend to save and they have a reason to oppose the legislation just enough to allow their buddies who are in close races to vote for it.
If he intended to legislate he would pick one agency to destroy and demonize. He would investigate, freeze and destroy one agency at a time.
Utterly predictable. Thanks for trying though, Rand.
“POLICITAL POSTURING sucks! When a Politician like Rand Paul makes a symbolic move of a 2% cut across the board, he has no intent of it passing. Every slimy politician has a pet goat that they intend to save and they have a reason to oppose the legislation just enough to allow their buddies who are in close races to vote for it.
If he intended to legislate he would pick one agency to destroy and demonize. He would investigate, freeze and destroy one agency at a time.”
That’s been tried before too.
Every agency becomes a “life and death” issue that can’t be given up.
The idea here was to not threaten to kill any “necessary” agency and just tighten the government’s belt a little.
We need a law that cuts the pay of all legislators in half in any year with a deficit.
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