Article from The Hill by Jordain Carney.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday blocked a resolution from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that backed the intelligence community’s assessment of Russian election interference and demanded President Trump speak with special counsel Robert Mueller.
Sanders asked for unanimous consent to try to pass his resolution, saying senators “must act” if they are “serious about preserving American democracy.”
“The Congress must make it clear that we accept the assessment of our intelligence community with regard to Russian election interfering in our country and in other democracies,” Sanders said during a Senate floor speech.
Under Senate rules, any one senator could block his request.
Read the entire article at The Hill.
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Senator Sanders concerned about preserving democracy, since when.
Certainly seems like a switcheroo to me!
Bermie’s for sale. Just ask the DNC.
A self described communist caring about liberty? Yea, sure.
Very thankful for you, RAND PAUL. So proud that you always stand up to the inth degree for what you believe. Maybe some of your determination will rub off on others. Do ya think??? We can always hope!
It is amazing the number of Marxist we have in the government.
Time to fire up the HUAC again, but this time no mire Mr. nice guy.