Rand Paul Senate

Rand Paul Tests Political Waters

Roll Call | Posted 05.22.2012

Fresh off the national campaign trail, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is testing the influence of his unique political brand with a series of Congressional en...

Rand Paul Rails Against 'Do-Nothing' Senate

CNN | Alison Harding | Posted 07.22.2011

Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul railed against his colleagues Friday, saying the Senate's inaction sometimes makes him want to return his paycheck....

Rand Paul Compares Tea Party Mission To That Of Abolitionists (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Freshman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took to the Senate floor Wednesday to deliver a maiden speech that compared the momentous task of 19th century aboliti...

Rand Paul: I'm A 'Fan' Of Divided Government

CBS News | Christine Delargy | Posted 05.25.2011

In an interview with "Washington Unplugged," this Republican from Kentucky says he looks forward to working with a House controlled by his party and a...

Rand Paul Vows To 'Challenge' Mitch McConnell

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

A lot has changed since Rand Paul declared victory over his opponent, Trey Grayson, in Kentucky's GOP Senate primary. He made the quick transition fro...

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WATCH: Kentucky Senate Hopefuls Face Off In Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Kentucky Senate hopefuls Jack Conway and Rand Paul faced off in their second debate Monday night, sparring on spending cuts, education, tax cuts and t...

Sarah Palin To Headline Fundraiser For Rand Paul This Week

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will give a financial boost to fellow tea party favorite Rand Paul by headlining a fundraiser in Louisville later this ...

Rand Paul's Opposition To Federal Funding Of Local Drug Enforcement May Cost Him

AP | ROGER ALFORD | Posted 05.25.2011

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican Rand Paul's opposition to federal funding for state and local drug enforcement initiatives could cost him votes in a reg...

Jeb Bush To Appear At Kentucky Fundraiser For Rand Paul

AP | BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 05.25.2011

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tea party favorite Rand Paul is getting help from a well-known Republican later this month, when Jeb Bush will attend a fundra...

Rand Paul 'Not Thinking About Afghanistan,' Says Foreign Policy Is 'A Complete Non-Issue'

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul says he's "not thinking about Afghanistan" much and that "foreign policy is really a complete non-issue." Paul di...

Rand Paul Faces Backlash After Suggesting That America's Poor Don't Have It That Bad (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

AP/Huffington Post - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul says the poor in America are "enormously better off than the rest of the world," citin...

Rand Paul Likens Economic Decline To Fall Of Roman Empire, Warns Of 'A Day Of Reckoning' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

When Kentucky Republican Rand Paul took to the podium at a Tea Party rally in his home state Thursday night, the Senate hopeful compared the decline o...

Rand Paul Passes When Asked About The Age Of The Earth (VIDEO)

AP/The Huffington Post | Jeremy Binckes | Posted 05.25.2011

Is Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul a creationist? Last week, Paul spoke at a conference for the Christian Home Educators of Kentucky a...

Rand Paul Campaign: Kentucky Senate Candidate's Internet Fundraising Off To Slow Start

Posted 05.25.2011

(AP) - The political outsider who largely financed his U.S. Senate primary race with Internet donations received a more lukewarm response Monday in hi...

Rand Paul Takes Center Stage At GOP Fundraiser

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Libertarian-leaning Republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul, who calls himself a political outsider, took center stage at a high-...

Rand Paul Once Said He Would Pardon Himself If He Faced A Scandal

AP | BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 05.25.2011

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul wrote in a newspaper four years ago that he would have pardoned himself if he h...

Rand Paul's Long History Of Controversial Views

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Kentucky Republican Rand Paul has been no stranger to controversy in his bid for Senate as controversial comments made by the Tea Party-backed contend...

Rand Paul To Unemployed: Take a Pay Cut, Stop Asking For Handouts, And Get Back To Work (AUDIO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul has a blunt message for the millions of Americans who remain unemployed in the long-term: "Accept a wag...

Rand Paul Under Fire For Accepting Government Payments For Treating Medicare And Medicaid Patients

AP | BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 05.25.2011

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul says he opposes federal handouts, but the eye doctor takes government payments for tre...

Republican Leaders Trying To Help, Tame Rand Paul

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Even as national Republican officials seek ways to limit damage from Rand Paul's unorthodox remarks, the Kentucky Senate nominee ra...

Rand Paul Joins Kentucky Senate Race

AP | ROGER ALFORD | Posted 05.25.2011

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Rand Paul, the son of 2008 presidential candidate Ron Paul, ended months of speculation Wednesday by saying he will run for the...