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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRand Paul pulls 10 1/2-hour talk-a-thon on Senate floor over NSA spy program
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-rand-paul-filibuster-nsa-20150520-story.htmlWhether it was technically a filibuster or not hardly mattered Wednesday, as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) seized the Senate floor to fight renewal of a controversial domestic surveillance program by doing what he has come to do best: talking.
At 1:18 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, Paul, the libertarian-leaning presidential contender, stood at his Senate desk before an otherwise empty chamber and began to speak out against a National Security Agency spying program that will expire at the end of the month if Congress fails to act....
The 52-year-old Kentucky senator wrapped it up at 11:48 p.m., his speech clocking in at 10 1/2 hours. His aides had said he planned to hold forth until he could talk no longer, but the outcome didn't quite match his 13-hour filibuster in 2013 against the Obama administrations drone program.
It was uncertain whether his maneuver could be accurately described as a filibuster, whether it would do anything to shut down the domestic surveillance program, and whether the talk-a-thon would result in any meaningful delay of Senate business, which is the traditional definition of the legislative tactic.
At 1:18 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, Paul, the libertarian-leaning presidential contender, stood at his Senate desk before an otherwise empty chamber and began to speak out against a National Security Agency spying program that will expire at the end of the month if Congress fails to act....
The 52-year-old Kentucky senator wrapped it up at 11:48 p.m., his speech clocking in at 10 1/2 hours. His aides had said he planned to hold forth until he could talk no longer, but the outcome didn't quite match his 13-hour filibuster in 2013 against the Obama administrations drone program.
It was uncertain whether his maneuver could be accurately described as a filibuster, whether it would do anything to shut down the domestic surveillance program, and whether the talk-a-thon would result in any meaningful delay of Senate business, which is the traditional definition of the legislative tactic.
Gee, I wonder if it got posted to YouTube?
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Rand Paul pulls 10 1/2-hour talk-a-thon on Senate floor over NSA spy program (Original Post)
KamaAina
May 2015
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Romeo.lima333
(1,127 posts)1. election stunt
randome
(34,845 posts)2. Before a mostly empty chamber. He can't even do election stunts right.
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WDIM
(1,662 posts)3. More Kabuki Theater. nt
olddots
(10,237 posts)4. how can you talk that long without going to the bathroom?
Its easy for captain carpet scrap because his mouth is his ass .
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)5. Which Democrats are fighting the domestic surveillance program?
I can't find fault with Paul doing so.
GeorgeGist
(25,324 posts)6. When Democrats pull this kinda stunt ...
they're heroes.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)8. That was not a stunt.
Wendy's speech was as long as it was in order to make a deadline for an anti-choice bill expire.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)7. Good for him.
I don't have to like him, but I can agree with him at this point.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)9. At least he is on the right side of this. More than I can say for a lot of Dems.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)10. As somebody noted, this was supposed to be debate about the TPP
So his stunt just cut down on what little debate there was on that bill. The NSA bill wasn't being considered then.