Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, began an old-school, speak-until-you-can-speak-no-more filibuster on Wednesday just before noon, and was still going strong more than an hour later.
“I rise today to begin to filibuster John Brennan’s nomination for the C.I.A.,” Mr. Paul began. “I will speak until I can no longer speak. I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our Constitution is important, that your rights to trial by jury are precious, that no American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court.”
Mr. Paul is the first senator to use an actual filibuster after the Senate reached a deal earlier this year to take some basic steps to limit the filibuster.
As of 1:30 p.m., nearly an hour and a half after he first started, as many of his young aides watched from the Senate balcony, Mr. Paul showed no signs of letting up.
kolanuraven said:And this is why we are in the mess we are in now.
This is childish and stupid. A waste of TAXPAYERS time and money.
kolanuraven said:And this is why we are in the mess we are in now.
This is childish and stupid. A waste of TAXPAYERS time and money.
kolanuraven said:And this is why we are in the mess we are in now.
This is childish and stupid. A waste of TAXPAYERS time and money.
Oldtimer said:kolanuraven said:And this is why we are in the mess we are in now.
This is childish and stupid. A waste of TAXPAYERS time and money.
The 112th DO NOTHING CONGRESS is now being challenged by the 113th DO NOTHING CONGRESS!
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kolanuraven said:And this is why we are in the mess we are in now.
This is childish and stupid. A waste of TAXPAYERS time and money.
The Kentucky Senator wonders "are you just going to drop a hellfire missile on Jane Fonda?" as he questions the Administration's ethics on drone
In 1957, Strom Thurmond spoke for a dawn-chasing 24 hours and 18 minutes, in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
kolanuraven said:And this is why we are in the mess we are in now.
This is childish and stupid. A waste of TAXPAYERS time and money.
Larrry said:kolanuraven said:And this is why we are in the mess we are in now.
This is childish and stupid. A waste of TAXPAYERS time and money.
This is a classic, a leftwingernut worried about taxpayers money. So are you worried about all the money obama blew