Posted on 04/03/2025 11:00:54 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Sen. Rand Paul has a reputation for forcing his GOP colleagues to take tough votes, and he’s already got a zinger in mind as the Senate prepares for another all-night “vote-a-rama” on Friday.
Before Senate Republicans can adopt their revamped budget framework, the Kentucky Republican plans to offer just one amendment: a proposal to substantially shrink the GOP’s current plan to raise the debt limit by $5 trillion under the party-line package they’re trying to clear this year to cut taxes, boost military budgets, ramp up border security spending and more. Instead, Paul’s amendment would allow Republicans to clear a $500 billion increase to the U.S. borrowing limit.
Raising the debt limit by $500 billion would only buy Congress a few months before lawmakers would have to vote again to prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its more than $36 trillion national debt, whereas leadership’s current plan is designed to take the politically thorny issue off the table until after the midterms. And that’s Paul’s point.
“From a conservative point of view, the more we vote on the debt ceiling, the better, because it draws attention to it,” Paul, who has many times votes against raising or waiving the debt limit, said in a brief interview Wednesday night.
Enacting a debt limit increase that only lasts a few months also gives fiscal conservatives another leverage point to force deep spending cuts.
“I would like to see whether or not the promises of reduced spending materialize,” Paul said. “And we say to our leadership: ‘Okay, you’re promising to cut spending. If you cut spending, I’ll vote for another three-month increase in the debt ceiling. But if you don’t actually do what you’re promising, then maybe you don’t get a debt ceiling increase.’ So we’re going to use some leverage...”
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Sure sounds like Polutico is cheerleading for Rand Paul.
Gosh, I wonder why? /ok so its obvious
Senator Paul is correct on this issue.
The debt increase bills are must-pass bills.
Such bills give Republicans chances to introduce reforms.
More and more Freepers are sounding like Democrats every day.
Nothingburger.
Trump is cutting BILLIONS AND BILLIONS of dollars of spending and you want to get in his way?
How much money in “kickbacks” have YOU taken?
Fighting Trump? FAFO.
it doesnt matter what “Senator Paul” does anymore... he is absolutely labeled a traitor after that bullshit yesterday attempting to stop Trumps tariffs with canada. the guy could do 100 good things now but I still wouldnt give a rats a$$...
WHO is funding the Political, now that they lost their USAID?
Looks like Rand Paul is the new John McCain. The Maverick Republican loved by the media...
Check
aka moles
Good. Then don’t raise the cap. Say no to the 5 trillion debt raise. No need for it.
I thought we were crying about the debt last week and now we’re cheerleading adding five trillion on to it?
Not good. If they don’t raise the cap then there will NEVER be another tax cut because they use stupid straight line forecasting. Get it?
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