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  • Paul says Senate panel will trim border security funding in ‘big, beautiful bill’

    06/10/2025 8:38:43 PM PDT · by RandFan · 43 replies
    The Hill ^ | 06/10/25 6:52 PM ET | by Alexander Bolton
    Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, told reporters Tuesday that his panel will unveil changes to the House-passed bill to enact President Trump’s agenda that will be more “conservative” and propose dramatically less money for border security. Paul has argued for weeks that Congress doesn’t need to spend $150 billion to secure the border and beef up immigration enforcement since border crossings plunged after Trump took office in January. “It will actually be the conservative version of how much money we spend” on the border, Paul told reporters. He said the Senate’s text under...
  • In Iowa, Trump’s agenda collides with 2028 ambitions [Rand Paul & Rick Scott]

    05/31/2025 9:36:16 AM PDT · by RandFan · 18 replies
    CNN ^ | May 31 | By Eric Bradner, CNN
    Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Florida Sen. Rick Scott, at fundraisers in Iowa this week, sought to explain to the Republicans who are poised to have the first say in picking the party’s 2028 presidential nominee why they want to put the brakes on the “big, beautiful” bill that contains much of President Donald Trump’s agenda. But Sue Cheek, a resident of Eldridge nearby, didn’t want to hear it. “We are the ones that elected Trump. This is what we wanted him to do. So let him do it,” she told CNN minutes before Scott took the stage at a...
  • Rand Paul responding on twitter regarding Trump bill

    05/25/2025 11:51:17 PM PDT · by RandFan · 82 replies
    X ^ | May 25 | Sen. Rand Paul
    @garysteveneaton OK. If you’re really a fiscal hawk how about being the point man on codifying DOGE cuts? @RandPaul The DOGE cuts can only happen when POTUS sends Congress a “rescission” bill. By law this can only occur when POTUS sends Congress a bill and we can approve the cuts by simple majority. So far, POTUS has not sent Congress a “rescission” bill. In this particular case Congress is beholden to a directive from POTUS. @RandPaul For over a month rumors of a $9B rescission bill have circulated, comprised of $8B in foreign aid cuts and $1B in NPR cuts....