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Sen. Rand Paul: Conservatives won’t take "Obamacare Lite" – March 7, 2017 – Bowling Green Daily News

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Top 5 Rand Paul Quotes That Would Make the Founding Fathers Proud – The Libertarian Republic

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By Kody Fairfield

Rand Paul, the Republican Senator from Kentucky, has long been a fan of the Founding Fathers of the United States and has embodied their spirit on multiple occasions.A beacon of liberty and classic liberalism in a world of slush, pork, spinelessness and debt, here are 5 quotes from Rand Paul which the Founders would be proud of.

People say America is exceptional. I agree, but its not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. -Paul in the Tea Partys response to President Obamas State of the Union in 2013

How will we defend ourselves if the Patriot Act expires? Well, perhaps we could just rely on the Constitution and demonstrate exactly how traditional judicial warrants can gather all the info we need and how bulk collection really hasnt worked. Paul, in 2015, explained following the Passage of the Patriot Act which allowed federal agencies to spy on US citizens with a blanket warrant.

The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective. Paul in his 2012 RNC speech.

I dont care if youre a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone. Paul in 2013, during an address given at the Reagan Presidential Library.

We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white. -Paul in 2013 during his unprecedented speech at Howard University.

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12 Responses to Rand Paul: House Obamacare Bill Will Not Pass – White House Dossier

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul promised the healthcare plan proposed by House GOP leadership would not pass the Senate and become law because its just Obamacare lite, the Washington Examiner reported.

Paul told Fox News he has serious problems with the plan, especially the replacement for the Affordable Care Acts individual mandate. Paul said there will still be a mandate, of sorts, in the bill but instead of paying the government a penalty for backing out of a health insurance plan that payment would go to private insurance companies.

This is, in all likelihood, unconstitutional and could destroy the whole repeal program, he said.

The taxes under the Affordable Care Act stay in place for another year, the individual mandate is still there but in a different form and the so-called Cadillac tax, a 40 percent tax on employer-based healthcare plans with more than $10,200 premiums, stays in place forever, he said.

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The Rand Paul Bill: Obamacare Plus? – Forbes


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Where’s the health care bill? – VICE News

Sen. Rand Paul was joined by House Democrats in a literal treasure hunt through the Capitol Thursday in search of House Republicans Obamacare replacement bill. They didnt find it.

It was a rare bipartisan stunt, inspired by the unusual secrecy surrounding the GOPs bill. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported the bill was being kept in a reading room in the Capitol and only available for members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and their staff to read, in an attempt to avoid leaks to the press.

Paul announced on Twitter that he was heading to the secure location where the bill was being held, and soon drew a sizable gaggle of reporters and cameras.

When Paul finally entered the room, it was empty the bill had, reportedly, been moved.

But House Democrats couldnt let a good messaging opportunity go to waste. A number of them joined what quickly became a hunt through the Capitol for the bill, with lawmakers trailing reporters as they poked their heads into random offices to see if they could find the bill. New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone poked his head into Majority Leader Kevin McCarthys office to see if it was in there.

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi tweeted a photo of bloodhounds on the hunt at Paul in support of his search, which Paul retweeted.

In an impromptu press conference outside of House leaderships offices, Paul likened the move to hide the bill to Democrats handling of Obamacare in 2009.

If you recall where Obamacare was passed in 2009, 2010, Nancy Pelosi said well know whats in it after we pass it. The Republican Party shouldnt act in the same way, Paul said.

This is being presented as if it were a national secret, as it if it were a plot to invade another country thats wrong. It should be done openly in the public. And conservatives who have objections that dont want Obamacare-lite should be able to see the bill.

Paul is one of a significant numberof conservatives in both the House and the Senate who panned the House GOPs Obamacare alternative when an early draft was leaked last week, making it a non-starter for Republicans. Theyre trying to avoid a similar situation with the final draft by orchestrating a quick turnaround from the time the release the bill, to marking it up, to bringing it to the floor for a vote.

And though Republicans planned to unveil the bill on the Hill this week, the rollout has been delayed as staffers put some final touches on the policy to make it more politically palatable and less costly.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, of Texas, told reporters that there in fact was no final bill. While the broad contours of the policy have been written, he said staffers are still making tweaks to it.

We dont have a bill. We continue to work with the [Congressional Budget Office] and our members on the final policy decisions, he said.

Brady had met with Senate Republicans Wednesday to brief them on the final bill and try to assuage concerns of some of the Senates more conservative members, like Paul and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, both of whom have said they cant support the draft House healthcare bill. Brady seemed to hint that, even with staffers tweaking the bill to appease conservatives, its future in the Senate was uncertain.

Asked whether he felt all of the Senate Republicans were on-board with the legislation, Brady said only, Youll have to ask them. I felt very good about the discussion.

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