GOP Sen. Rand Paul halts committee action on ‘No Child’ overhaul

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Source: Wash. Post

A Senate committee debate on a bipartisan bill to overhaul a key education law came to an abrupt halt Wednesday after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) invoked a little-used procedural rule that forced a temporary adjournment.

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, who had worked for more than a year with the ranking Republican, Mike Enzi of Wyoming, to revamp the No Child Left Behind law, was visibly irritated. He said the panel would reconvene Wednesday night after the Senate finished its daily business, and then continue discussions early Thursday morning.

“We can start early, we can stay late,” he said. “We will complete work on this bill.”

The Senate rule, which can be used by any senator, says no committee can meet without unanimous consent once the Senate has been in session for two hours. The rule originated when there were few states and it was important for lawmakers to spend time on the Senate floor. But with the Senate’s growth, the rule has been rarely invoked.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/gop-senator-seeks-to-block-committee-action-on-no-child-overhaul/2011/10/19/gIQABT68xL_story.html

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Right after Paul ? Wow.

[999998th word]

1. For someone who is supposed to 'hate government'

he sure acquainted himself w/the process of obstruction. Or wait-bet he was given an assist from some 'stink tank' like ALEC.

Most of those teabagger pukes can't wipe their OWN ass without getting permission from

grover WTF norquist first.

[SoapBox]

2. ...dirty little sleezy bastard.

Thanks for thinking of America and Americans first...jerk face.

[progressoid]

3. Wow, what an ass.

[WCGreen]

4. These people who adhere to these archaic rules are just plain

ass holes....

I understand that the Senate is different than the house because they are more debate oriented, but to have all these rules that make no sense what so ever in the modern world are living in a dream world...

It's like the kid who grabs the ball and walks off the field because he is losing.

[Firebrand Gary]

5. Kentucky passed on Jack Conway for this pos? Really?

The damage that has been done to the Senate is actually pretty sad. What use to be our great legislative chamber is no more.

[rasputin1952]

6. Rand Paul is a creepy little jerk...

he deserves isn't even fit to mop the floors in men's room at the Capitol.

[DallasNE]

7. Sen. Paul Has Become The Latest Gadfly

In the US Senate and it has taken him less than one year to attain that status, which I am sure is a speed record.

[Jello Biafra]

8. The fruit certainly doesn't fall far from the tree......n/t

[No Elephants]

10. "Fruit" is a pejorative term for gay men. What is your point?

[peacebird]

12. This is a common expression which has NOTHING to do with sexuality, it is about Parentage. Jeez.

[Jello Biafra]

14. Another problem I have w/people today....

is that in general people look to be insulted.

Fruit refers to Rand Paul with respect to his father Ron Paul. Do you feel insulted about Ron Paul too? These Ron Paul folks look to be insulted too when someone disagrees with them.

[No Elephants]

16. What is the point of referring to Rand Paul as fruit?

[Roland99]

18. Seriously????

Here, let me google that for you:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=fruit+doesn%27t+fall+far+from+the+tree

[No Elephants]

19. A few things, Jello.

One, please see Reply 17.

Two, I don't "look to be insulted."


Three, I am not "these Ron Paul folks."


Other than that, your post to me was, well, a post.

[No Elephants]

17. I've heard the "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." I'd never heard

the "fruit doesn't fall far from the tree" before.

If you say it's common, I'll believe you, though.

[msanthrope]

22. Try googling that phrase on this very website. nt

[Ter]

21. What do I call it when I eat a peach then?

n/t

[customerserviceguy]

9. Say what you want about his tea party beliefs

But don't you wish we had someone on our side who was half as effective at getting what he/she wants? Rand Paul has learned quickly how to pull the levers of government. Perhaps some Democratic Senators can learn a thing or two about being assertive in the name of progressivism.

[Hotler]

11. Democrats have no spine. eom.

[rpannier]

13. I agree with you

It's clever
People can complain about what a horrible person he is all day long -- it was still clever

[Bandit]

20. Maybe you could give us some examples of how effective he has been as a Senator?

I thought the Tea Baggers hated the "No Child Left Behind" Policy because it was devised by Ted Kennedy/ I would think he would do everything in his power to change or eliminate it, not halt the meetings that want to do just that....

[customerserviceguy]

26. Besides the incident referred to in the OP

He really got the TSA to back down on groping children. Frankly, I was proud of him when I saw the YouTube of him grilling the TSA head jackboot.

[krabigirl]

24. Yep. I wish more Dems would use their spines. we have but a few...

[Scuba]

15. A. There's something wrong with the rules when a single Senator can ...

...bring the nation to a halt, and


B. Rand Paul is an ass.

[999998th word]

27. C. All of the above.

[surrealAmerican]

23. Why do they want to "revamp" No Child Left Behind?

It would be better to just repeal it. There is nothing worth keeping there.

[krabigirl]

25. agreed. Just get rid of it.