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Rand Paul Exaggerates His Filibuster ‘Victory’

Posted on March 26, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul says it “took 13 hours of filibuster” to finally force the Obama administration “to say, no, we won’t kill noncombatants in America.” In fact, Attorney General Eric Holder said “no” at a Senate hearing shortly before Paul began his filibuster. “After much gymnastics I am very glad …
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Ted’s Twisted History

Posted on March 19, 2013

In Sen. Ted Cruz’s twisted vision of economic history, Ronald Reagan cured double-digit unemployment by cutting spending and reducing the federal debt, and Jimmy Carter was guilty of “out-of-control regulation.” In the real world: Total federal spending soared during Reagan’s deficit-plagued first term, and the national debt nearly doubled. His …
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Cruz, Paul: A Menagerie of Misinformation

Posted on March 19, 2013

Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul got laughs at the federal government’s expense at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference, but the facts don’t jibe with the jokes. Cruz accused the EPA of “trying to use a lizard to shut down oil and gas production” in West Texas to set …
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Texas-Size Mudballs in GOP Senate Runoff

Posted on July 27, 2012

A bitter GOP primary contest in Texas for a U.S. Senate seat has come to this: an ad featuring a grieving mother who links one of the candidates to her son’s suicide. A Texas super PAC is airing a TV ad that features a distraught mother who says Ted Cruz, …
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