Posted on 05/29/2025 2:21:32 PM PDT by RandFan
@RandPaul
I’m all for making Trump’s tax cuts permanent, but not if we keep spending like drunken sailors. The House GOP budget doesn’t go nearly far enough. We need real cuts, real reform, and real courage to fix this debt crisis.
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Rand Paul - A BRAZEN Self-Promoter!!
Rand is a POG..Perfect Over Good, as in “the Perfect is the enemy of the Good”
He should not criticize the “House” and House members should not criticize the Senate. Its individuals within the House or Senate. Name names. Who is voting against spending cuts? Name them. This type of generic criticism is meaningless grandstanding.
A record of failure. No bills that he sponsored were made into law. The cosponsored bills were at lest 40% sponsored by Dems. The rest were naming post offices etc.
Other than talk and torpedoing actions that were good but not perfect what has he accomplished? Specifics not simply talking like a fiscal hawk.
Everything isn’t done at once. The tax cuts need to be 1st. The 2026 budget is due by late summer & that is where the cuts will be seen as well as the rescission bills incorporating DOGE recommendations. There are cuts in this BBB but only some categoriies of cuts can be addressed due to the regulations for this type of bill, passed by a simple majority.
Actually he has one bill enacted
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/s5002
S. 5002 (117th): FDA Modernization Act 2.0 (2022)
A bill to allow for alternatives to animal testing for purposes of drug and biological product applications.
Enacted Via Other Measures
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
Enacted — Signed by the President on Dec. 29, 2022. (compare text)
Cosponsors
11 Cosponsors (6 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 2 Independents)
We’re heading over a cliff where we can’t possibly pay off this debt. We need more spending cuts but the spineless Republicans won’t do it. I’m so depressed. Not for me but my kids and grandkids. Even Trump hasn’t cut enough from our debt. We’ve lost this fight if we don’t fix it now.
Not Rand but Vance 2028! Rand is too often a stumblingblock.
Got to hand it to Rand, he never misses a chance to attack Republicans...you would never know he was one from all his current attacks...
to who. I don’t know anyone who follows politics that can stand him.
Change frequently to most of the time lately...
That appears to be his master plan...
Kill President Trumps’ hold on the Republican Party to make it his own...
These statistics cover Paul’s record during the 118th Congress (Jan. 3, 2023-Jan. 3, 2025) and compare him to other senators also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Feb. 13, 2025.
Cosponsored the fewest bills compared to All Senators Paul cosponsored 100 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills »
Compare to all Senate Republicans (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).
Got the 3rd fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Serving 10+ Years
Paul’s bills and resolutions had 148 cosponsors in the 118th Congress. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote.
Compare to all Senate Republicans (12th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (3rd percentile); All Senators (10th percentile).
Ranked the 3rd bottom/follower compared to Serving 10+ Years Our unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills.
Compare to all Senate Republicans (12th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (3rd percentile); All Senators (11th percentile).
Ranked 3rd most politically left compared to Senate Republicans Our unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress.
Compare to all Senate Republicans (4th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (55th percentile); All Senators (52nd percentile).
Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 4th fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years
In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 8 of Paul’s 52 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Paul caucused with in the 118th Congress.
Compare to all Senate Republicans (10th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (5th percentile); All Senators (7th percentile).
Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.
Got their bills out of committee the 6th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years
Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Paul introduced 4 bills in the 118th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.
Those bills were: S. 780: Duplication Scoring Act of 2023; S. 3664: Royalty Transparency Act; S. 4373: REPUBLIC Act; S. 4667: Risky Research Review Act
Compare to all Senate Republicans (24th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (8th percentile); All Senators (19th percentile).
Got influential cosponsors the 7th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 4 others)
3 of Paul’s bills and resolutions in the 118th Congress had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward.
Those bills were: S. 4373: REPUBLIC Act; S. 4667: Risky Research Review Act; S.J.Res. 82: A joint resolution providing for …
Compare to all Senate Republicans (14th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (9th percentile); All Senators (16th percentile).
Got bicameral support on the 17th fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 5 others)
The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 12 of Paul’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the House. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.
Those bills were: S. 184: Regulations from the Executive in …; S. 299: Government Shutdown Prevention Act of …; S. 960: NIH Reform Act; S. 1937: Tanning Tax Repeal Act of …; S. 2425: Free Speech Protection Act; S. 2802: Educating Responsible Future Hunters Act; S. 3255: Temporary Family Visitation Act; S. 3664: Royalty Transparency Act; S. 3900: Justice for Breonna Taylor Act; S. 4859: Standing to Challenge Government Censorship …; S.Res. 266: A resolution expressing the sense …; S.J.Res. 82: A joint resolution providing for …
Compare to all Senate Republicans (47th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (25th percentile); All Senators (35th percentile).
Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.
Laws Enacted
Paul introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 118th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.
Compare to all Senate Republicans (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).
Bills Introduced
Paul introduced 52 bills and resolutions in the 118th Congress. View Bills »
Compare to all Senate Republicans (53rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (31st percentile); All Senators (40th percentile).
Committee Positions
Paul held a leadership position on 1 committee and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session.
Compare to all Senate Republicans (57th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36th percentile); All Senators (58th percentile).
Joining Bipartisan Bills
Of the 100 bills that Paul cosponsored, 34% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »
Compare to all Senate Republicans (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (70th percentile); All Senators (74th percentile).
Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.
Missed Votes
Paul missed 4.1% of votes (28 of 680 votes) in the 118th Congress. View Paul’s Profile »
Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (62nd percentile); All Senators (57th percentile).
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/rand_paul/412492/report-card/2024
He doesn’t have the personality to win a presidential election. Most of the time the boring one loses.
This guy has more Drama than Liberace. Total Douche Bag.
THe solution is simple. DOGE cuts. The RINOs are playing fast and loose with their voters. Its the Lucy Ryan and the football scam - first we pass the budget and then we start passing conservative legislation which the scum scammer tried to run on us. Course, once the budget was passed conservative legislation didn’t matter and the RINOs didn’t want it anyway.
Absolutely Vance 2028. If nothing else, he is the most brilliant speaker and debater we’ve ever had. Smart as they come. The first time I saw him, I told my friend that Trump would choose him for V.P.
Gee Rand, LOOK IN THE MIRROR, you are a member of the SENATE, how about instead of running your trap DO SOMETHING you have power ya know, just saying
I wish I had your confidence, JayGalt.
Time will tell.
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