With tongue in cheek, Rand Paul offers 'clean' debt-limit amendment

[Brett85]

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-actio...d-paul-offers-

[eduardo89]

The bill, S. 782, would increase funding for the Public Works and Economic Development Administration (EDA) to $500 million, from the nearly $300 million it received in fiscal 2011.

I love seeing how serious the Democrats are about reducing the deficit.

[JoshLowry]

"You can tell from the tone and tenor of Senator Paul that he finds it amusing that he is offering a debt ceiling increase that he is voting a gainst.”

I do to Barbara.

[Brett85]

I love seeing how serious the Democrats are about reducing the deficit.

Yeah, and the sad thing is that most of the Republicans in the Senate will probably vote for it as well. Senator Inhofe is actually a co-sponsor of the bill.

[brandon]

video?

[bighairycaveman]

youtube or it didn't happen.

[Chester Copperpot]

$#@! boxer

[yatez112]

Just searched, and it looks like it's here:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SenateSession4893

near 5:05:30

I see Paul and then Boxer soon after

[jct74]

[low preference guy]

so what happened to this amendment?

[Sola_Fide]

Hahahaha...gotta love Rand

[Brett85]

so what happened to this amendment?

It hasn't been voted on yet. I don't know whether it will be or not. The Senate really doesn't do anything these days.

[ronpaulitician]

"...the Economic Development Revitilization Act of 2011, which will re-authorize a very important program that's been in place in this country, in this great nation* since 1965..."

I guess they've been revitalizing something for over four decades, and it's very important that they continue to do so, because otherwise this country would be quickly devitalized.

*I have to say that she looks and sounds very Palinesque right here