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The official campaign took in $433,509 in 24 hours.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
His website reported that this set a new record in Kentucky's political fundraising history in a 24-hour period.	[]	[ "Kentucky" ]	Rand_Paul
A second "moneybomb" was held on September 23, 2009, to counter a D.C. fundraiser being held for primary opponent Trey Grayson, by 23 Republican United States Senators.	[ "moneybomb" ]	[ "Trey Grayson" ]	Rand_Paul
The theme was a UFC "fight" between "We the People" and the "D.C.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Insiders".	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Later in the campaign, Paul claimed his pledge to not take money from lobbyists and Senators who had voted for the bailout was only a "primary pledge";he subsequently held a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., with the same Senators who had been the target of the September 23, 2009, "moneybomb".	[ "moneybomb" ]	[ "Washington, D.C." ]	Rand_Paul
Paul ended up raising some $3 million during the primary period.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul's fundraising was aided by his father's network of supporters.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Although Grayson was considered the frontrunner in July 2009,Paul found success characterizing Grayson as a "career politician" and challenging Grayson's conservatism.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul ran an ad in February that made an issue out of Grayson's September 2008 admission that he voted for Bill Clinton when he was 20 years old.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
James Dobson, a Christian evangelical figure, endorsed Grayson on April 26 based on the advice of what Dobson described as "senior members of the GOP", but on May 3 the Paul campaign announced that Dobson had changed his endorsement to Paulafter Paul and some Paul supporters had lobbied Dobson insisting on Paul's social conservative bona fides.	[]	[ "James Dobson" ]	Rand_Paul
On May 18, Paul won the Republican Senatorial primary by a 23% margin,meaning he would face the Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, in the November 2 general election.	[]	[ "Kentucky", "Jack Conway" ]	Rand_Paul
In the 2010 general election, Paul faced Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway.	[]	[ "Kentucky", "Jack Conway" ]	Rand_Paul
The campaign attracted $8.5 million in contributions from outside groups, of which $6 million was spent to help Paul and $2.5 million to help Conway.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
This money influx was in addition to the money spent by the candidates themselves: $6 million by Paul and $4.7 million by Conway.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
On June 28, 2010, Paul supporters held their first post-primary online fundraising drive, this time promoted as a "money blast".	[ "time" ]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul's campaign got off to a rough start after his comments on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 stirred controversy.	[]	[ "Civil Rights Act of 1964" ]	Rand_Paul
Paul stated that he favored 9 out of 10 titles of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but that had he been a senator during the 1960s, he would have raised some questions on the constitutionality of Title II of the Act.	[]	[ "Civil Rights Act of 1964" ]	Rand_Paul
Paul said that he abhors racism, and that he would have marched with Martin Luther King Jr. to repeal Jim Crow laws.	[]	[ "Jim Crow laws", "Martin Luther King Jr." ]	Rand_Paul
He later released a statement declaring that he would have voted for the Act and stated "unequivocally ... that I will not support any efforts to repeal the Civil Rights Act of 1964".	[]	[ "Civil Rights Act of 1964" ]	Rand_Paul
Later he generated more controversy by characterizing statements made by Obama Administration officials regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup as sounding "un-American".	[]	[ "Deepwater Horizon oil spill" ]	Rand_Paul
Paul defeated Conway in the general election with 56% of the vote to 44% for Conway.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul was sworn in on January 5, 2011, along with his father, who was simultaneously in the House of Representatives.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul was assigned to be on the Energy and Natural Resources, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and Small Business committees.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul also formed the Senate Tea Party Caucus with Jim DeMint and Mike Lee as its inaugural members.	[]	[ "Mike Lee", "Jim DeMint", "Tea Party Caucus" ]	Rand_Paul
His first legislative proposal was to cut $500 billion from federal spending in one year.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
This proposal included cutting the Department of Education by 83 percent and the United States Department of Homeland Security by 43 percent, as well as folding the Department of Energy into the Department of Defense and eliminating the Department of Housing and Urban Development.	[]	[ "United States Department of Homeland Security" ]	Rand_Paul
Seven independent agencies would be eliminated and food stamps would be cut by 30 percent.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Under Paul's proposal, defense spending would be reduced by 6.5 percent and international aid would be eliminated.	[ "international aid" ]	[]	Rand_Paul
He later proposed a five-year budget plan intended to balance the budget.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
In February, Paul was one of two Republicans to vote against extending three key provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act (roving wiretaps, searches of business records, and conducting surveillance of "lone wolves" — individuals not linked to terrorist groups).	[ "roving wiretap" ]	[ "PATRIOT Act" ]	Rand_Paul
On March 2, Paul was one of nine senators to vote against a stopgap bill that cut $4 billion from the budget and would temporarily prevent a government shutdown, saying that it did not cut enough from the budget.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
One week later, he voted against the Democratic and Republican budget proposals to keep funding the federal government, saying that both bills did not cut enough spending.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Both bills failed to pass the Senate.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
He later voted against stopgap measures on March 17 and April 8, both of which passed the senate.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
On April 14, he was one of 19 senators to vote against a budget that cut $38.5 billion from the budget and funded the government for the remainder of the fiscal year.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul voiced opposition to U.S. intervention in the Libyan Civil War and has criticized President Barack Obama for not gaining congressional consent for Operation Odyssey Dawn.	[]	[ "Barack Obama", "Libyan Civil War", "Operation Odyssey Dawn" ]	Rand_Paul
During the debt ceiling crisis, the Senator stated that he would only support raising the debt ceiling if a balanced budget amendment was enacted.	[ "balanced budget amendment" ]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul was a supporter of the Cut, Cap and Balance Act, which was tabled by Democratic opposition.	[ "table" ]	[ "Cut, Cap and Balance Act" ]	Rand_Paul
On August 3, Paul voted against a bill that would raise the debt ceiling.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
On September 7, Paul called for a vote of no confidence in United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner.	[]	[ "Timothy Geithner", "United States Secretary of the Treasury" ]	Rand_Paul
Later that month, Paul blocked legislation that would strengthen safety rules for oil and gas pipelines, because, he stated, the bill was not strong enough.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
In October, Paul blocked a bill that would provide $36 million in benefits for elderly and disabled refugees, saying that he was concerned that it could be used to aid domestic terrorists.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
This was in response to two alleged terrorists who came to the United States through a refugee program and were receiving welfare benefits when they were arrested in 2011 in Paul's hometown of Bowling Green.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul lifted his hold on the bill after Democratic leaders promised to hold a Congressional hearing into how individuals are selected for refugee status and request an investigation on how the two suspects were admitted in the country through a refugee program.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
In June 2012, Paul endorsed Mitt Romney after it became apparent that he would be the Republican nominee for the 2012 presidential election.	[]	[ "Mitt Romney" ]	Rand_Paul
However, he was later vocal about his disagreements with Romney on a number of policies.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
For the 113th Congress, Paul was added to the Foreign Relations committee and retained his spot on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and Small Business committees.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
On March 6–7, 2013, Paul engaged in a filibuster to delay voting on the nomination of John O. Brennan as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.	[ "filibuster" ]	[ "John O. Brennan", "Director of the Central Intelligence Agency" ]	Rand_Paul
Paul questioned the Obama administration's use of drones and the stated legal justification for their potential use within the United States.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul held the floor for 12 hours and 52 minutes.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
He ceded to several Republican senators and Democratic senator, Ron Wyden, who generally also questioned drone usage.	[]	[ "Ron Wyden" ]	Rand_Paul
Paul said his purpose was to challenge drone policy in general and specifically as it related to noncombatants on U.S. soil.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
He requested a pledge from the Administration that noncombatants would not be targeted on U.S.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
soil.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Attorney General Eric Holder responded that the President is not authorized to deploy extrajudicial punishment without due process, against non-combatant citizens.	[ "extrajudicial punishment" ]	[ "Eric Holder" ]	Rand_Paul
Press Secretary Jay Carney read Holder's letter, indicating president Obama's support, "The president has not and would not use drone strikes against American citizens on American soil"Press Paul answered that he was "quite happy" with the response.	[]	[ "Jay Carney" ]	Rand_Paul
The filibuster was ended with a cloture vote of 81 to 16, and Brennan was confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 63 to 34.	[ "cloture", "filibuster" ]	[]	Rand_Paul
In March 2013, Paul, with Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, threatened another filibuster, this one opposing any legislative proposals to expand federal gun control measures.	[ "filibuster", "gun control" ]	[ "Ted Cruz", "Mike Lee" ]	Rand_Paul
The filibuster was attempted on April 11, 2013, but was dismissed by cloture, in a 68–31 vote.	[ "cloture", "filibuster" ]	[]	Rand_Paul
Also in March 2013, Paul endorsed fellow Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell's 2014 re-election campaign.	[]	[ "Kentucky", "Mitch McConnell" ]	Rand_Paul
McConnell had previously hired Paul's 2010 campaign manager, Jesse Benton, as his own campaign manager.	[]	[ "Jesse Benton" ]	Rand_Paul
Paul's endorsement was seen as a major win for McConnell in avoiding a challenge in the Republican primary.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
In response to Detroit's declaration of bankruptcy, Paul stated he would not allow the government to attempt to bail out Detroit.	[]	[ "Detroit" ]	Rand_Paul
In a phone interview with Breitbart News on July 19, 2013, Paul said, "I basically say he is bailing them out over my dead body because we don't have any money in Washington."	[]	[ "Breitbart News" ]	Rand_Paul
Paul said he thought a federal bailout would send the wrong message to other cities with financial problems.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
In September, Paul stated that the United States should avoid military intervention in the ongoing Syrian Civil War.	[]	[ "Syria", "Syrian Civil War" ]	Rand_Paul
In an op-ed, Paul disputed the Obama administration's claims that the threat of military force caused Syria's government to consider turning over its chemical weapons, instead arguing that the opposition to military action in Syria, and the delay that it caused, led to diplomatic progress.	[ "op-ed" ]	[ "Syria" ]	Rand_Paul
In October 2013, Paul was the subject of some controversy when it was discovered that he had plagiarized from Wikipedia part of a speech in support of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli.	[ "Wikipedia" ]	[ "Wikipedia", "Ken Cuccinelli" ]	Rand_Paul
Referencing the movie Gattaca, Paul quoted almost verbatim from the Wikipedia article about the film without citing the source.	[ "Wikipedia" ]	[ "Gattaca", "Wikipedia" ]	Rand_Paul
Evidence soon surfaced that Paul had copied sentences in a number of his other speeches nearly verbatim from other authors without giving credit to the original sources,including in the speech he had given as the Tea Party rebuttal to the president's 2013 State of the Union Address.	[]	[ "2013 State of the Union Address" ]	Rand_Paul
In addition, a three-page-long passage of Paul's book Government Bullies was taken directly from an article by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation.	[]	[ "Government Bullies", "The Heritage Foundation" ]	Rand_Paul
When it became apparent that Paul's op-ed in The Washington Times on mandatory minimums and related testimony he had given before the Senate Judiciary Committee both contained material that was virtually identical to an article that had been published by another author in The Week a few days earlier,the Washington Times said that the newspaper would no longer publish the weekly column Paul had been contributing to the paper.	[ "Time", "op-ed" ]	[ "Time", "The Washington Times" ]	Rand_Paul
After a week of almost daily news reports of new allegations of plagiarism, Paul said that he was being held to an "unfair standard", but would restructure his office in order to prevent mistakes in the future, if that would be what it would take "to make people leave me the hell alone.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
"In response to political turmoil in Ukraine in early 2014, Paul initially said that the United States should remain mindful of the fact that although the Cold War is over, Russia remains a military power with long-range nuclear missiles.	[]	[ "Cold War" ]	Rand_Paul
He said that the United States should try to maintain a "respectful relationship with Russia" and avoid taking actions that the Russians might view as a provocation, such as seeking to have Ukraine join NATO or otherwise interfering in Russia's relationship with Ukraine.	[]	[ "NATO" ]	Rand_Paul
Two weeks later, after the Russian parliament authorized the use of military force in Ukraineand Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered military exercises along Russia's border with Ukraine,Paul began taking a different tone.	[]	[ "Vladimir Putin" ]	Rand_Paul
He wrote: "Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and an affront to the international community ... Putin must be punished for violating the Budapest Memorandum, and Russia must learn that the U.S. will isolate it if it insists on acting like a rogue nation.	[]	[ "Vladimir Putin" ]	Rand_Paul
"He said that the United States and European allies could retaliate against Russia's military aggression without any need for military action.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
He urged that the United States impose economic sanctions on Russia and resume an effort to build defensive anti-missile installations in Poland and the Czech Republic.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
He also called for the United States to take steps as a counterweight to Russia's strategic influence on Europe's oil and gas supply, such as lifting restrictions on new exploration and drilling for fossil fuels in the United States along with immediate approval of the controversial Keystone Pipeline, which he said would allow the United States to ship more oil and gas to Europe if Russia attempts to cut off its own supply to Europe.	[]	[ "Keystone Pipeline" ]	Rand_Paul
Paul played a leading role in blocking a treaty with Switzerland that would enable the IRS to conduct tax evasion probes, arguing that the treaty would infringe upon Americans' privacy.	[ "tax evasion" ]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul received the 2014 Distinguished Service Award from the Center for the National Interest (formally called the Nixon Center) for his public policy work.	[]	[ "Center for the National Interest" ]	Rand_Paul
In response to reports that the CIA infiltrated the computers of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Paul called for the firing of CIA Director John O.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
Brennan.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul
In December 2014, Paul supported the actions taken by the Obama administration to change United States policy towards Cuba and to ease trade restrictions with that country.	[]	[ "Cuba" ]	Rand_Paul
In the beginning of 2015, Senator Paul re-introduced the Federal Reserve Transparency Act.	[]	[ "Senator Paul", "Federal Reserve Transparency Act" ]	Rand_Paul
Paul also introduced the FAIR Act, or Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act, which would restrict civil forfeiture proceedings.	[ "civil forfeiture" ]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul spoke for ten and a half hours on May 20, 2015, in opposition to the reauthorization of Section 215 of the Patriot Act.	[]	[ "Patriot Act", "Section 215" ]	Rand_Paul
Sections of the Patriot Act were prevented from being reauthorized on June 1.	[]	[ "Patriot Act" ]	Rand_Paul
After the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016, on February 15, Paul indicated that he would oppose any nomination by President Obama to replace the late Supreme Court Justice.	[]	[ "Antonin Scalia" ]	Rand_Paul
During a press briefing on May 6, 2016, President Obama called on Paul to stop "blocking the implementation of tax treaties that have been pending for years", arguing that they assisted law enforcement in off shore investigations into tax evasion.	[ "tax evasion" ]	[]	Rand_Paul
Paul advocated for the abolition of gun-free zones during a speech to the National Rifle Association on May 20, citing repeated tragedies occurring in these locations.	[]	[ "National Rifle Association" ]	Rand_Paul
On June 6, Paul spoke of introducing legislation to cease Selective Service, three days after the death of Muhammad Ali, after whom he intended to name the legislation in tribute.	[]	[ "Muhammad Ali" ]	Rand_Paul
In March 2017, Paul introduced the Stop Arming Terrorists Act that would prohibit the use of United States Government funds to provide assistance to Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and to countries supporting those organizations.	[]	[ "Al Qaeda", "Stop Arming Terrorists Act" ]	Rand_Paul
On March 16, Senator John McCain (Rep) accused Paul of being an agent of Vladimir Putin after Paul objected to adding Montenegro to NATO.	[]	[ "NATO", "Montenegro", "John McCain", "Vladimir Putin" ]	Rand_Paul
Paul responded the following day by saying McCain "makes a really, really strong case for term limits", suggesting McCain had become "a little unhinged" as a result of his seniority.	[ "term limits" ]	[]	Rand_Paul
On April 7, McCain said he did not pay attention to any of Paul's rhetoric and that the latter did not have "any real influence" in the United States Senate.	[]	[ "United States Senate" ]	Rand_Paul
Paul questioned President Trump's April 2017 missile strike to Syria by saying, "While we all condemn the atrocities in Syria, the United States was not attacked."	[]	[ "Syria" ]	Rand_Paul
He said that further action should not be taken without congressional authorization.	[]	[]	Rand_Paul

The official campaign took in $433,509 in 24 hours.

[]

Rand_Paul

His website reported that this set a new record in Kentucky's political fundraising history in a 24-hour period.

[]

[ "Kentucky" ]

Rand_Paul

A second "moneybomb" was held on September 23, 2009, to counter a D.C. fundraiser being held for primary opponent Trey Grayson, by 23 Republican United States Senators.

[ "moneybomb" ]

[ "Trey Grayson" ]

Rand_Paul

The theme was a UFC "fight" between "We the People" and the "D.C.

[]

Rand_Paul

Insiders".

[]

Rand_Paul

Later in the campaign, Paul claimed his pledge to not take money from lobbyists and Senators who had voted for the bailout was only a "primary pledge";he subsequently held a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., with the same Senators who had been the target of the September 23, 2009, "moneybomb".

[ "moneybomb" ]

[ "Washington, D.C." ]

Rand_Paul

Paul ended up raising some $3 million during the primary period.

[]

Rand_Paul

Paul's fundraising was aided by his father's network of supporters.

[]

Rand_Paul

Although Grayson was considered the frontrunner in July 2009,Paul found success characterizing Grayson as a "career politician" and challenging Grayson's conservatism.

[]

Rand_Paul

Paul ran an ad in February that made an issue out of Grayson's September 2008 admission that he voted for Bill Clinton when he was 20 years old.

[]

Rand_Paul

James Dobson, a Christian evangelical figure, endorsed Grayson on April 26 based on the advice of what Dobson described as "senior members of the GOP", but on May 3 the Paul campaign announced that Dobson had changed his endorsement to Paulafter Paul and some Paul supporters had lobbied Dobson insisting on Paul's social conservative bona fides.

[]

[ "James Dobson" ]

Rand_Paul

On May 18, Paul won the Republican Senatorial primary by a 23% margin,meaning he would face the Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, in the November 2 general election.

[]

[ "Kentucky", "Jack Conway" ]

Rand_Paul

In the 2010 general election, Paul faced Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway.

[]

[ "Kentucky", "Jack Conway" ]

Rand_Paul

The campaign attracted $8.5 million in contributions from outside groups, of which $6 million was spent to help Paul and $2.5 million to help Conway.

[]

Rand_Paul

This money influx was in addition to the money spent by the candidates themselves: $6 million by Paul and $4.7 million by Conway.

[]

Rand_Paul

On June 28, 2010, Paul supporters held their first post-primary online fundraising drive, this time promoted as a "money blast".

[ "time" ]

[]

Rand_Paul

Paul's campaign got off to a rough start after his comments on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 stirred controversy.

[]

[ "Civil Rights Act of 1964" ]

Rand_Paul

Paul stated that he favored 9 out of 10 titles of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but that had he been a senator during the 1960s, he would have raised some questions on the constitutionality of Title II of the Act.

[]

[ "Civil Rights Act of 1964" ]

Rand_Paul

Paul said that he abhors racism, and that he would have marched with Martin Luther King Jr. to repeal Jim Crow laws.

[]

[ "Jim Crow laws", "Martin Luther King Jr." ]

Rand_Paul

He later released a statement declaring that he would have voted for the Act and stated "unequivocally ... that I will not support any efforts to repeal the Civil Rights Act of 1964".

[]

[ "Civil Rights Act of 1964" ]

Rand_Paul

Later he generated more controversy by characterizing statements made by Obama Administration officials regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup as sounding "un-American".

[]

[ "Deepwater Horizon oil spill" ]

Rand_Paul

Paul defeated Conway in the general election with 56% of the vote to 44% for Conway.

[]

Rand_Paul

Paul was sworn in on January 5, 2011, along with his father, who was simultaneously in the House of Representatives.

[]

Rand_Paul

Paul was assigned to be on the Energy and Natural Resources, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and Small Business committees.

[]

Rand_Paul

Paul also formed the Senate Tea Party Caucus with Jim DeMint and Mike Lee as its inaugural members.

[]

[ "Mike Lee", "Jim DeMint", "Tea Party Caucus" ]

Rand_Paul

His first legislative proposal was to cut $500 billion from federal spending in one year.

[]

Rand_Paul

This proposal included cutting the Department of Education by 83 percent and the United States Department of Homeland Security by 43 percent, as well as folding the Department of Energy into the Department of Defense and eliminating the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

[]

[ "United States Department of Homeland Security" ]

Rand_Paul

Seven independent agencies would be eliminated and food stamps would be cut by 30 percent.

[]

Rand_Paul

Under Paul's proposal, defense spending would be reduced by 6.5 percent and international aid would be eliminated.

[ "international aid" ]

[]

Rand_Paul

He later proposed a five-year budget plan intended to balance the budget.

[]

Rand_Paul

In February, Paul was one of two Republicans to vote against extending three key provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act (roving wiretaps, searches of business records, and conducting surveillance of "lone wolves" — individuals not linked to terrorist groups).

[ "roving wiretap" ]

[ "PATRIOT Act" ]

Rand_Paul

On March 2, Paul was one of nine senators to vote against a stopgap bill that cut $4 billion from the budget and would temporarily prevent a government shutdown, saying that it did not cut enough from the budget.

[]

Rand_Paul

One week later, he voted against the Democratic and Republican budget proposals to keep funding the federal government, saying that both bills did not cut enough spending.

[]

Rand_Paul

Both bills failed to pass the Senate.

[]

Rand_Paul

He later voted against stopgap measures on March 17 and April 8, both of which passed the senate.

[]

Rand_Paul

On April 14, he was one of 19 senators to vote against a budget that cut $38.5 billion from the budget and funded the government for the remainder of the fiscal year.

[]

Rand_Paul

Paul voiced opposition to U.S. intervention in the Libyan Civil War and has criticized President Barack Obama for not gaining congressional consent for Operation Odyssey Dawn.

[]

[ "Barack Obama", "Libyan Civil War", "Operation Odyssey Dawn" ]

Rand_Paul

During the debt ceiling crisis, the Senator stated that he would only support raising the debt ceiling if a balanced budget amendment was enacted.

[ "balanced budget amendment" ]

[]

Rand_Paul

Paul was a supporter of the Cut, Cap and Balance Act, which was tabled by Democratic opposition.

[ "table" ]

[ "Cut, Cap and Balance Act" ]

Rand_Paul

On August 3, Paul voted against a bill that would raise the debt ceiling.

[]

Rand_Paul

On September 7, Paul called for a vote of no confidence in United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner.

[]

[ "Timothy Geithner", "United States Secretary of the Treasury" ]

Rand_Paul

Later that month, Paul blocked legislation that would strengthen safety rules for oil and gas pipelines, because, he stated, the bill was not strong enough.

[]

Rand_Paul

In October, Paul blocked a bill that would provide $36 million in benefits for elderly and disabled refugees, saying that he was concerned that it could be used to aid domestic terrorists.

[]

Rand_Paul

This was in response to two alleged terrorists who came to the United States through a refugee program and were receiving welfare benefits when they were arrested in 2011 in Paul's hometown of Bowling Green.

[]

Rand_Paul

Paul lifted his hold on the bill after Democratic leaders promised to hold a Congressional hearing into how individuals are selected for refugee status and request an investigation on how the two suspects were admitted in the country through a refugee program.

[]

Rand_Paul

In June 2012, Paul endorsed Mitt Romney after it became apparent that he would be the Republican nominee for the 2012 presidential election.

[]

[ "Mitt Romney" ]

Rand_Paul

However, he was later vocal about his disagreements with Romney on a number of policies.

[]

Rand_Paul

For the 113th Congress, Paul was added to the Foreign Relations committee and retained his spot on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and Small Business committees.

[]

Rand_Paul

On March 6–7, 2013, Paul engaged in a filibuster to delay voting on the nomination of John O. Brennan as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

[ "filibuster" ]

[ "John O. Brennan", "Director of the Central Intelligence Agency" ]

Rand_Paul

Paul questioned the Obama administration's use of drones and the stated legal justification for their potential use within the United States.

[]

Rand_Paul

Paul held the floor for 12 hours and 52 minutes.

[]

Rand_Paul

He ceded to several Republican senators and Democratic senator, Ron Wyden, who generally also questioned drone usage.

[]

[ "Ron Wyden" ]

Rand_Paul

Paul said his purpose was to challenge drone policy in general and specifically as it related to noncombatants on U.S. soil.

[]

Rand_Paul

He requested a pledge from the Administration that noncombatants would not be targeted on U.S.

[]

Rand_Paul

soil.

[]

Rand_Paul

Attorney General Eric Holder responded that the President is not authorized to deploy extrajudicial punishment without due process, against non-combatant citizens.

[ "extrajudicial punishment" ]

[ "Eric Holder" ]

Rand_Paul

Press Secretary Jay Carney read Holder's letter, indicating president Obama's support, "The president has not and would not use drone strikes against American citizens on American soil"Press Paul answered that he was "quite happy" with the response.

[]

[ "Jay Carney" ]

Rand_Paul

The filibuster was ended with a cloture vote of 81 to 16, and Brennan was confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 63 to 34.

[ "cloture", "filibuster" ]

[]

Rand_Paul

In March 2013, Paul, with Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, threatened another filibuster, this one opposing any legislative proposals to expand federal gun control measures.

[ "filibuster", "gun control" ]

[ "Ted Cruz", "Mike Lee" ]

Rand_Paul

The filibuster was attempted on April 11, 2013, but was dismissed by cloture, in a 68–31 vote.

[ "cloture", "filibuster" ]

[]

Rand_Paul

Also in March 2013, Paul endorsed fellow Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell's 2014 re-election campaign.

[]

[ "Kentucky", "Mitch McConnell" ]

Rand_Paul

McConnell had previously hired Paul's 2010 campaign manager, Jesse Benton, as his own campaign manager.

[]

[ "Jesse Benton" ]

Rand_Paul

Paul's endorsement was seen as a major win for McConnell in avoiding a challenge in the Republican primary.

[]

Rand_Paul

In response to Detroit's declaration of bankruptcy, Paul stated he would not allow the government to attempt to bail out Detroit.

[]

[ "Detroit" ]

Rand_Paul

In a phone interview with Breitbart News on July 19, 2013, Paul said, "I basically say he is bailing them out over my dead body because we don't have any money in Washington."

[]

[ "Breitbart News" ]

Rand_Paul

Paul said he thought a federal bailout would send the wrong message to other cities with financial problems.

[]

Rand_Paul

In September, Paul stated that the United States should avoid military intervention in the ongoing Syrian Civil War.

[]

[ "Syria", "Syrian Civil War" ]

Rand_Paul

In an op-ed, Paul disputed the Obama administration's claims that the threat of military force caused Syria's government to consider turning over its chemical weapons, instead arguing that the opposition to military action in Syria, and the delay that it caused, led to diplomatic progress.

[ "op-ed" ]

[ "Syria" ]

Rand_Paul

In October 2013, Paul was the subject of some controversy when it was discovered that he had plagiarized from Wikipedia part of a speech in support of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli.

[ "Wikipedia" ]

[ "Wikipedia", "Ken Cuccinelli" ]

Rand_Paul

Referencing the movie Gattaca, Paul quoted almost verbatim from the Wikipedia article about the film without citing the source.

[ "Wikipedia" ]

[ "Gattaca", "Wikipedia" ]

Rand_Paul

Evidence soon surfaced that Paul had copied sentences in a number of his other speeches nearly verbatim from other authors without giving credit to the original sources,including in the speech he had given as the Tea Party rebuttal to the president's 2013 State of the Union Address.

[]

[ "2013 State of the Union Address" ]

Rand_Paul

In addition, a three-page-long passage of Paul's book Government Bullies was taken directly from an article by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation.

[]

[ "Government Bullies", "The Heritage Foundation" ]

Rand_Paul

When it became apparent that Paul's op-ed in The Washington Times on mandatory minimums and related testimony he had given before the Senate Judiciary Committee both contained material that was virtually identical to an article that had been published by another author in The Week a few days earlier,the Washington Times said that the newspaper would no longer publish the weekly column Paul had been contributing to the paper.

[ "Time", "op-ed" ]

[ "Time", "The Washington Times" ]

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After a week of almost daily news reports of new allegations of plagiarism, Paul said that he was being held to an "unfair standard", but would restructure his office in order to prevent mistakes in the future, if that would be what it would take "to make people leave me the hell alone.

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"In response to political turmoil in Ukraine in early 2014, Paul initially said that the United States should remain mindful of the fact that although the Cold War is over, Russia remains a military power with long-range nuclear missiles.

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[ "Cold War" ]

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He said that the United States should try to maintain a "respectful relationship with Russia" and avoid taking actions that the Russians might view as a provocation, such as seeking to have Ukraine join NATO or otherwise interfering in Russia's relationship with Ukraine.

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[ "NATO" ]

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Two weeks later, after the Russian parliament authorized the use of military force in Ukraineand Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered military exercises along Russia's border with Ukraine,Paul began taking a different tone.

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[ "Vladimir Putin" ]

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He wrote: "Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and an affront to the international community ... Putin must be punished for violating the Budapest Memorandum, and Russia must learn that the U.S. will isolate it if it insists on acting like a rogue nation.

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[ "Vladimir Putin" ]

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"He said that the United States and European allies could retaliate against Russia's military aggression without any need for military action.

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He urged that the United States impose economic sanctions on Russia and resume an effort to build defensive anti-missile installations in Poland and the Czech Republic.

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He also called for the United States to take steps as a counterweight to Russia's strategic influence on Europe's oil and gas supply, such as lifting restrictions on new exploration and drilling for fossil fuels in the United States along with immediate approval of the controversial Keystone Pipeline, which he said would allow the United States to ship more oil and gas to Europe if Russia attempts to cut off its own supply to Europe.

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[ "Keystone Pipeline" ]

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Paul played a leading role in blocking a treaty with Switzerland that would enable the IRS to conduct tax evasion probes, arguing that the treaty would infringe upon Americans' privacy.

[ "tax evasion" ]

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Paul received the 2014 Distinguished Service Award from the Center for the National Interest (formally called the Nixon Center) for his public policy work.

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[ "Center for the National Interest" ]

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In response to reports that the CIA infiltrated the computers of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Paul called for the firing of CIA Director John O.

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Brennan.

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In December 2014, Paul supported the actions taken by the Obama administration to change United States policy towards Cuba and to ease trade restrictions with that country.

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[ "Cuba" ]

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In the beginning of 2015, Senator Paul re-introduced the Federal Reserve Transparency Act.

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[ "Senator Paul", "Federal Reserve Transparency Act" ]

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Paul also introduced the FAIR Act, or Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act, which would restrict civil forfeiture proceedings.

[ "civil forfeiture" ]

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Paul spoke for ten and a half hours on May 20, 2015, in opposition to the reauthorization of Section 215 of the Patriot Act.

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[ "Patriot Act", "Section 215" ]

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Sections of the Patriot Act were prevented from being reauthorized on June 1.

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[ "Patriot Act" ]

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After the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016, on February 15, Paul indicated that he would oppose any nomination by President Obama to replace the late Supreme Court Justice.

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[ "Antonin Scalia" ]

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During a press briefing on May 6, 2016, President Obama called on Paul to stop "blocking the implementation of tax treaties that have been pending for years", arguing that they assisted law enforcement in off shore investigations into tax evasion.

[ "tax evasion" ]

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Paul advocated for the abolition of gun-free zones during a speech to the National Rifle Association on May 20, citing repeated tragedies occurring in these locations.

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[ "National Rifle Association" ]

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On June 6, Paul spoke of introducing legislation to cease Selective Service, three days after the death of Muhammad Ali, after whom he intended to name the legislation in tribute.

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[ "Muhammad Ali" ]

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In March 2017, Paul introduced the Stop Arming Terrorists Act that would prohibit the use of United States Government funds to provide assistance to Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and to countries supporting those organizations.

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[ "Al Qaeda", "Stop Arming Terrorists Act" ]

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On March 16, Senator John McCain (Rep) accused Paul of being an agent of Vladimir Putin after Paul objected to adding Montenegro to NATO.

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[ "NATO", "Montenegro", "John McCain", "Vladimir Putin" ]

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Paul responded the following day by saying McCain "makes a really, really strong case for term limits", suggesting McCain had become "a little unhinged" as a result of his seniority.

[ "term limits" ]

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On April 7, McCain said he did not pay attention to any of Paul's rhetoric and that the latter did not have "any real influence" in the United States Senate.

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[ "United States Senate" ]

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Paul questioned President Trump's April 2017 missile strike to Syria by saying, "While we all condemn the atrocities in Syria, the United States was not attacked."

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[ "Syria" ]

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He said that further action should not be taken without congressional authorization.

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