Rand paul staged the longest talking filibuster in recent senate memory from wednesday into early thursday, railing with his. In an impassioned rebuke of the national security agencys surveillance capabilities, sen. Rand paul presidential campaign, 2016filibuster 2015. May 20, 2015 the senate continues working on fasttrack trade authority promotion legislation. Republicans, led by rand paul, finally end filibuster the. Ap senator rand paul took over the senate floor for nearly hours wednesday with an oldfashioned talktillyoudrop filibuster, railing against the obama administrations drone policy and. Rand paul, rkentucky, wrapped up his socalled filibuster over the national security agencys controversial bulk collection of americans phone records just before midnight thursday. Mar 07, 20 rand paul ends filibuster after nearly hours on capitol hill, kentucky senator rand paul launched a talking filibuster a little bit before noon on wednesday, and he stopped talking shortly. Senator rand paul rky makes extended remarks on the senate floor. The corporate media does this by demonetizing sites like mine. A cloture vote is then required, with a 60vote majority, to override the filibuster and limit debate time.
Rand paul wraps filibuster over patriot act and nsa surveillance. Rand paul launches talking filibuster against john brennan the. Rand paul ends filibuster after nearly hours on capitol hill, kentucky senator rand paul launched a talking filibuster a little bit before noon on wednesday, and he stopped talking shortly. Paul claims it gives government too much access to citizens private cell phone records. He may have had a few zingers, but the senator from kentucky showed us there are only so many things you can come up with in hours until you start saying.
You see, the drone strike program is under the department of defense, so when the. Rand paul filibusters john brennan business insider. Why rand pauls filibuster mattered rand pauls filibuster is one that all americans should thank him for that. Rand paul says it took hours of filibuster to finally force the obama administration to say, no, we wont kill noncombatants in america. Rand paul s filibuster started out to block john brennans nomination to run the cia. Rand paul wraps filibuster over patriot act and nsa. The corrupt establishment will do anything to suppress sites like the burning platform from revealing the truth.
What was the effect of rand pauls 10hour filibuster. Rand paul ends marathon filibuster but fails to block patriot. Paul was more than an hour away from cracking the top eight and nearly 12 hours away from the record. Rand paul plans to filibuster patriot act ac2 news. While there was some debate about whether pauls speech counted as an official filibuster, the. Apr 08, 20 a single filibuster a few weeks ago about the perils of domestic drone strikes turned senator rand paul into a political celebrity. Senator rand paul to filibuster longterm surveillance. Now, having been swaddled in cabletv warmth, he clearly wants more. Randal howard paul born january 7, 1963 is an american politician and physician serving as. Rand paul explained why he is planning to filibuster the reauthorization of the.
Rand paul staged the longest talking filibuster in recent senate memory from wednesday into early thursday, railing with his colleagues for more than 12 hours against what they. Mar 07, 20 paul was more than an hour away from cracking the top eight and nearly 12 hours away from the record. Rand paul staged the longest talking filibuster in recent senate memory from wednesday into early thursday, railing with his colleagues for. Updated washington a small group of republicans, led by senator rand paul of kentucky, stalled the senate on wednesday by waging a nearly hour oldschool, speakuntilyoucanspeaknomore filibuster over the governments use of lethal drone strikes forcing the senate to delay the expected confirmation of john o. Pauls filibuster quickly nicknamed the filiblizzard by twitter users, poking fun at the washington snow storm that failed to materialize entered its fourth hour. Mar 07, 20 after more than 12 hours on the senate floor, sen. Pauls was the first talking filibuster since bernie sanders spoke for eight and a. When rand paul ended filibuster, he left drones on national. Rand paul leads filibuster of brennan nomination the new. Rand pauls filibuster was, in fact, a filibuster, unlike the fake filibusters we have been subjected to over the last 40odd years when the threat of a filibuster became a defacto one, but without anyone actually having to stand in the chamber and talk for as long as they could stand to be there.
Paul could talk into thursday, he could briefly delay a key procedural vote on a major trade bill, at which point his speech would become an official filibuster. Federal officials have notified socialist bernie sanders that russia is trying to boost his presidential campaign in an effort to impact who becomes the democrats presidential nominee. Two years after rising to national prominence with a hour talking filibuster against drones, rand paul has made another marathon speech on the floor of the us senate. Rand pauls filibuster ends in th hour, gop joins in. Rand pauls filibuster of john brennans cia nomination. After nearly hours during which he had only a few short breaks while sympathetic senators took over the talking, republican sen. Kentucky senator rand paul took over the senate floor on wednesday in an oldfashioned talking filibuster. Senator rand pauls drone filibuster delays cia nomination. May 08, 20 rand paul amazed by support for filibuster mccain, graham blast rand paul s filibuster by the end of the night, he says, i was tired and my voice was cracking. May 21, 2015 5 things you might not know about rand pauls filibuster the gop hopeful yakked on the senate floor for 10 12 hours wednesday against renewing the patriot act and nsa snooping. Rand paul is filibustering a vote to renew parts of patriot act, but its not the first time hes used the filibuster as a way to generate publicity. Rand paul launches talking filibuster against john brennan.
Rand pauls filibuster started out to block john brennans nomination to run the cia. Rand pauls filibuster is ninthlongest in recorded history. Rand paul concludes 10hour filibuster in bid to derail. Mar 08, 20 when rand paul ended filibuster, he left drones on national stage the senator launched a nationwide conversation when he challenged the presidents pick to lead the cia. Rand paul to filibuster background check bill the new york.
Rand paul threatens to filibuster extension of surveillance. Rand paul rky is conducting a filibuster against reauthorization of a controversial provision of the patriot act that allows the government to obtain business records. Why rand pauls filibuster mattered outside the beltway. It became a rare, wideranging senate indictment of the war on terrorism. Senator rand paul rky filibuster of the confirmation of john brennan as cia director. A single filibuster a few weeks ago about the perils of domestic drone strikes turned senator rand paul into a political celebrity. As the endofmonth deadline nears, senator paul on wednesday said he would launch a filibuster to ensure the spy powers are not reauthorized. Rand paul rkys filibuster of the nomination of john brennan as director of the central intelligence agency rand pauls filibuster ends in.
The corporate media does this by demonetizing sites like mine by blackballing the site from advertising revenue. Rand paul filibusters nsa surveillance in congress rt usa news. Rand pauls filibuster in historical terms national. Rand paul said he plans to filibuster the reauthorization of section 702 of the federal intelligence surveillance act fisa if necessary, as the house prepares to vote on a sixyear. Senator rand paul rky makes extended remarks on the senate floor in opposition to provisions in the patriot act. Rand paul filibusters brennan nominationover four hours now. Mar 07, 20 senator rand paul spoke without a pause for nearly hours, in a tactic known as a filibuster, before yielding the floor before 01. Kentucky senator rand paul held the senate floor for ten and a half hours wednesday in what he called a filibuster in an attempt to force the senate to conduct debate on amendments to reform the. When rand paul ended filibuster, he left drones on national stage the senator launched a nationwide conversation when he challenged the presidents pick to. Mar 06, 20 kentucky senator rand paul took over the senate floor on wednesday in an oldfashioned talking filibuster. You see, the drone strike program is under the department of defense. In an interview with fox news channels bill hemmer friday morning, sen. Rand paul has relinquished the senate floor, ending his filibuster over nsa surveillance programs and the patriot act. Rand paul doubles down on fisa filibuster threat washington.
Rand paul threatened to filibuster the fisa bill friday if certain changes were not made. Rand paul threatens to filibuster over fisa surveillance. Rand paul pulls plug on nearly hour filibuster politico. On march 67, 20, paul engaged in a filibuster to delay voting on the nomination of john o.
In march 20, paul, with senators ted cruz and mike lee, threatened another filibuster, this one opposing any legislative proposals to expand federal gun control measures. Whether it was a filibuster or just a very long speech, paul again demonstrated his talent for drawing the spotlight to his opposition to many forms. The hill reports rand paul threatens to filibuster longterm surveillance extension. Rand paul spent wednesday doing something you dont see often. Rand paul spoke for more than 10 hours on the senate floor wednesday to filibuster a patriot act. Rand paul, rkentucky, on wednesday started a socalled filibuster against legislation to extend the national security agencys controversial phone records collection program. Mar 07, 20 he may have had a few zingers, but the senator from kentucky showed us there are only so many things you can come up with in hours until you start saying. Report video issue javascript must be enabled in order to access cspan videos. Rand pauls filibuster on the debtlimit agreement lasted less than 20 minutes.
On march 6, 20, paul addressed members of congress for hours in an effort to draw attention to president barack obamas move to allow the targeting and killing of american citizens on us soil without so much as a trial by jury. Rand paul delayed a vote on the senates massive spending deal, pushing the government to shutdown on friday morning. Pauls talkathon on the senate floor lasted exactly 10 and a half hours. Mar 07, 20 the senators filibuster delayed a vote on john brennans nomination as cia director.
Ive just taken the senate floor to begin a filibuster of the patriot act renewal. Senator rand paul spoke without a pause for nearly hours, in a tactic known as a filibuster, before yielding the floor before 01. Other senators from both parties were not pleased with pauls tactics. Rand paul amazed by support for filibuster mccain, graham blast rand pauls filibuster by the end of the night, he says, i was tired and my voice was cracking. Rand paul has relinquished the senate floor, ending his filibuster over nsa surveillance programs and. Why rand paul is filibustering the patriot act vox. If there were ever something worth filibustering, i think it would be filibustering for the bill. Prior to this, in 1992, the abo had changed its certification program, which had previously awarded. The tale of rand pauls drone filibuster the atlantic. The senators filibuster delayed a vote on john brennans nomination as cia director. Taking stand against spying, rand paul stages senate filibuster.
Im going to lead the charge in the next couple of weeks as the patriot act comes forward. The senate continues working on fasttrack trade authority promotion legislation. Rand paul speaking during filibuster on the senate floor on march 6, 20. The senate currently uses a silent filibuster system where a member threatens to filibuster. 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.