Posted on 01/21/2018 1:13:13 PM PST by Kaslin
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) met with Jake Tapper on CNN's State of the Union Sunday morning to discuss the government shutdown and who deserves the blame for Capitol Hill's current quandary. Paul, a libertarian who tends to stray away from conventional GOP thinking, offered a "doable" solution that allows the legislative process to work itself out.
Paul said the American people see though "partisanship and gamesmanship," when politicians claim the opposing party does not want to fund the military and pay our soldiers.
"Republicans and Democrats and everybody trying to say 'Oh, you don’t want to fund the military', everybody wants to fund the military. No body wants our soldiers not to be paid, but when both sides do it, I think the American people see through it. It’s gamesmanship and partisanship" the Kentucky statesman told the host.
Sen. Paul then offered a solution which he claims was rejected by Democrats.
"I gave them the answer. Here’s the answer how you solve this today. Republicans promise, guarantee in writing, there will be one-weeks debate on immigration and a vote on immigration sometime in the next month, in the house and senate, " he said. "Now when I presented this to Senator Durbin, they said, 'Oh, no, we want a guaranteed passage on a must pass bill.'"
Sen. Paul explained that was simply an unreasonable request but his solution would allow a bill to come to fruition that would produce compromise on both sides.
“It's, like, well nobody gets a guaranteed passage. So, I do not think they’re going to get that. But, what about a guaranteed week? Open amendments, I get to present amendments, everybody does, which rarely ever happens. Do the same thing on the house side, you’ll get two different bills go to conference, work out our differences, and there could be a new immigration bill in the next month. I think that’s very doable."
As for why that was not possible in the first place, Paul claims that attempting to force immigration into the spending bill would have produced an unwanted result for everybody involved. "The reason that’s hard on the spending bill, is we don’t all agree to what the fix is on immigration. And rather than try to work out a deal in advance. Put it on the floor and let the deal work itself out as the legislation comes to a conclusion.”
The federal government is currently shutdown after Democrats and the GOP failed to reach the necessary votes to continue funding the government for the next month. The GOP is branding this the "Schumer Shutdown," a reference to Senate minority leader Sen. Schumer (D-NY). The Democrats claim the blame falls solely on President Trump.
Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul slams what he calls the government shutdown "blame game": "It's gamesmanship and it's partisanship" #CNNSOTU https://t.co/TrfiS859eS— CNN (@CNN) January 21, 2018
It is unclear how long this shutdown will last though another vote is scheduled for 1:00 AM Monday morning.
Let the Democrats Win and import all the voters they need ?
Allowing Dem libtards a way out - letting them off the hook? No frakin’ way...let them hang themselves by continuing to place illegal immigration over ordinary U.S. citizens, yo!!
An essential difference between conservatives and liberals:
Conservatives will ensure a fair process.
Liberals will ensure an outcome.
B/S. The democrats hate the military and really do not want to fund it.
Rand Paul is a libertarian partisan and loves playing the spoiler game. What a pooper.
Sorry, there’s no “doable” solution when you attempt to compromise with Satan. You can’t make deals with radical Leftists.
Well said.
Rand needs to tackle the ‘Rat Senators from behind and break their ribs.
Then they will come to their senses and build a manned wall to preclude any more “Dreamers” before offering some form of amnasty.
oh, yeah, a “give the democrats what they want” solution. Gotcha Rand.
Paul, Paul, Paul. "Compromise" to DemocRATs means "you do everything our way". Surprised you don't realize this.
‘Oh, no, we want a guaranteed passage on a must pass bill.’”
I sure they do.
LOL I wonder what Durbin will be telling the press about the meeting.
Exactly. Just when I think Rand is a great senator he goes all disaster on us.
Hey Paul- I’ve got a better solution, guaranteed to produce an immediate end to the shutdown- start emptying the prisons of about 100,000 per day, and deport the prisoners to Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, Guyana and if they are really bad guys, send them to Iran or Gitmo. Don’t make a bit of difference where the prisoners claim to be from, deport them, and make sure that ALL illegals are included.
Rand is such a wild card. He’s 100% on board and a asset one minute and will kneecap you two minutes later.
McCain isn’t even dead yet and this attention whore is taking his place.
The ‘Republicans,’ who voted lockstep with Schumer & co.:
Jeff Flake
Lindsey Graham
Mike Lee
Rand Paul
Maybe he’s afraid of having another “mowing accident”.
Dems have already rejected Paul’s idea. Democrats will fold, Trump knows it, Schumer knows it and here’s why.
If Trump caves to the Dems on DACA, it’s a big loss. If Schumer caves, he loses nothing. He just fights another day, and can claim the high ground “for the people I had to sacrfice” he can wail, “but we’ll stiull fight!”
Notice that Trump talks about winning, Democrats never do. They talk about fighting. That’s because the fight is their end goal, not the win. If they ever won their battles, they’d lose their reason to exist.
ie Paul is just playing his part here showing the Democrats up as obstructionists. He's talking about the funding bill here not immigration.
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