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McConnell: ‘I refuse to help Barack Obama get re-elected’

(Jim Young/Reuters) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's debt ceiling plan is getting a cool response from his conservative colleagues in the Senate. Senate conservatives are withholding their support for Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell...

Sen. Rand Paul Heading to Key Presidential Contest States

Filed under: Senate, House, Republicans, 2012 President, Congress, Conservatives, Tea PartyRand Paul isn't talking about White House ambitions at this point, but his father, Rep. Ron Paul, says there's a 50-50 chance that he will run for president agai...

Tea Party Favorite Rand Paul Favors Compromise But on His Terms

Filed under: Senate, Republicans, 2010 Elections, Congress, Conservatives, Liberals, Deficit, Tea PartyAny compromise on deficit reduction, Paul said, must be over where, and how much to cut spending, not over "where we raise taxes." Permalink&nbs...

Paul appointed to education committee after calling for Dept. of Ed. to be abolished

Cleary, the Senate GOP leadership is trying to appease the teabaggers. Why else would they appoint Sen. Mike "child labor laws are unconstitutional" Lee to the Judiciary Committee and then immediately do this?

Last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) released a “budget” outlining $500 billion in spending cuts that he...

Mental illness expert: Yes, ask whether political climate was a trigger for shooter

Dr. Marvin Swartz, a professor of psychiatry and leading expert in mental illness, told Greg Sargent today that yes, the nation's political climate should be considered in the Jared Lee Loughner case.

"It's a reasonable question to ask," Dr. Marvin Swartz, a psychiatry professor at Duke University who specializes in how environment...

Rand Paul not a psychiatrist, but plays one on TV

Remember Bill Frist and his video diagnosis of Terry Schiavo, a diagnosis that proved enormously wrong? There must be something about being a Republican Senator and medical doctor, because now Rand Paul has gotten in on the act. Via Steve Benen, Roll Call is reporting that the ophthalmologist has made his own...

New Republican Lawmakers Tap Lobbyists for Top Staff Roles

Filed under: Senate, House, Republicans, 2010 Elections, Congress, Tea Party, LobbyingMany of the newly-elected Republicans railed against the influence of lobbyists during their campaigns. Permalink | Email this | Linking&nbsp...

Rand Paul inks book deal

Save a space on your bookshelf:

The Senator from the tea party is going to become the author from the tea party starting in February 2011. Yesterday, Center Street Publishing -- a division of Hachette that produces "wholesome entertainment, helpful encouragement, and books of traditional values" -- announced it had inked a...

Rand Paul Volunteer Pleads Not Guilty to Assault in Campaign Rough Stuff

Filed under: Senate, Democrats, Republicans, Gaffes, Viral Video, Crime, 2010 Elections, VideoThe Republican campaign was embarrassed by the incident but Paul went on to win the election and will represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate. Permalink&nb...

Congress as a Family Business: Brothers (and Sisters and Sons) in Arms

Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, 2010 Elections, Congress, Campaigns, Republic of DishWith Rand Paul's arrival in the Senate, another family tree will take root on Capitol Hill. Some -- like that of New Jersey Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen -- have been...

Flip-flopping Rand Paul now supports earmarks

Let the teahadist backpedaling begin ...

From senate candidate Rand Paul's website:

Rand Paul has made a ban on wasteful earmark spending in Washington D.C. one of the key points of his campaign ...

“The Tea Party movement is an effort to get government under control,” Rand said. “I’m running...

Rand Paul: The Tea Party Is Going to ‘Co-Opt’ Washington

Filed under: Deficit, Tea PartyPaul dismissed the idea that tea party-favored new lawmakers would be co-opted by the political establishment in Washington and made clear that they would take a hard line on the government debt and spending. Permali...

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