Rand Paul Blocks Unanimous House Resolution to Release Entire Mueller Report in Senate

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: Mediaite

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) tried to pass a nonbinding measure to release Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s report in full, but Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blocked the resolution by demanding the release of documentation from the Obama presidency.

On Thursday, Klobuchar asked “unanimous consent” to pass House Concurrent Resolution 24, which passed in the House of Representatives by a 420-0 margin. “I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 24, expressing the sense of Congress that the report of Special Counsel Mueller should be made available to the public and to Congress, and which is at the desk,” Klobuchar said.

Paul objected to the motion, and while claiming “we all want transparency,” proceeded to make a motion asking Klobuchar to “accept my amendment, which would say that not only will we see the Mueller report, we will also see the communications between” a variety of Obama-era officials, including John Brennan, James Comey, and James Clapper, regarding the origins of the Russia investigation.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/uncategorized/watch-rand-paul-blocks-unanimous-house-resolution-to-release-entire-mueller-report-in-senate/

[Tech]

1. It's like playing whack a mile with these guys

Yes, most republicans are men

[CincyDem]

2. Someone should ask...every f'ing day.

[DallasNE]

3. Wouldn't Those Obama Era Documents

Be part of the Mueller probe documents? Why didn't Klobuchar just call his bluff?

[SunSeeker]

32. Klobuchar then pointed out that the Mueller investigation was begun "under a Republican..." nt

[lagomorph777]

4. Wait, so Ayn Rand Paul isn't really as independent as he talks?

[Chin music]

9. Hahaha

[PupCamo]

37. he used to be bat shit crazy but entertaining

now he's just another Trump sycophant

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

47. All them Rubles

[Raster]

54. Every time Ayn Rand Paul* opens his mouth...

...it becomes easier to understand how he could get his ass kicked over shrubbery.

[lagomorph777]

55. I know right? Could have avoided broken ribs just by hiring a shrubber.

[sakabatou]

5. What are they so scared of?

[cstanleytech]

10. You mean other than the truth?

[Andy823]

22. Exactly!

If there is nothing to hide they shouldn't care if it's released.

[Grins]

6. Be careful what you wish for, Senator... N/M

[DownriverDem]

7. First 300 now

I see where it's 700 pages. https://www.politicususa.com/2019/03/27/barr-wont-agree-to-turn-over-the-full-mueller-report-which-is-700-pages-long.html

WTF!

[TwilightZone]

12. The only source for the 700-page claim thus far is Fox News.

So, I wouldn't put too much faith in it until someone else reports it.

[jmowreader]

14. Maybe so, but it's in line with what I was expecting

I had thought the Mueller Report was going to be somewhere between 700 and 1000 pages.

[erronis]

31. Fux probably printed the pages in extra large type for their old audiences

That expanded it up to around 700. Not that their audience knows how to read more than the chyrons. If they are still able to have any feelings at all, look at the name of their favorite playmate.

[Mossfern]

40. Sorry,

but as a 70 year old woman, I find your post ageist.
Those of us who've become farsighted wear reading glasses.
No, I don't watch Fox news, but very often do watch MSNBC.

[erronis]

52. As a 72 yo who wears glasses (since I was 6), sorry.

[Freethinker65]

8. Add an amendment seeking Rand Paul's meetings with the Russians

Meetings where at least once he acted as a go between for a message from Trump, and records of McConnell and Paul Ryan's knowledge and use of the hacked DNC information to prop up Republican candidates and we might have something.

[JudyM]

16. This. Exactly. Let's get real here.

[FakeNoose]

26. His meeting with Pootie was bid-ness

He was either delivering a quid pro quo or he was collecting a check. (It might have been Bitcoins.)

[ffr]

11. Ruskies don't want the American people to know what their representatives have been up to

Release the report!

[kimbutgar]

13. Again we need to trend on Twitter GOP/Mitch/Rand what are you hiding?

If your man is guilt free then show us the report!!!!

[Evolve Dammit]

45. "What are you hiding??" Sing it everywhere. I think they all took Russian money. Traitors

Also want the video "about people Putin Pays" (McCarthy) to be part of congressional testimony. It's all central to the GOP corruption.

[Botany]

15. How much Russian/NRA money did Paul get?

n/t

[red dog 1]

19. + 1

Good question!

[Golden Raisin]

17. Deep thanks to the good people of Kentucky

who elected and continue to elect sterling Republican patriots like Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul.

[Honeycombe8]

18. What an A*hole. Communications not the subject of a special counsel investigation r irrelevant. nt

[red dog 1]

20. Didn't Lindsay Graham do the same thing 2 weeks ago?

Wasn't he the only senator to vote No on releasing the Mueller report to the public then?

[JI7]

21. this is why Trump doesn't attack Rand Paul when he opposes him on other issues

Rand Paul has the protection of Putin .

[LakeArenal]

23. So release Obama era documents.

Repukes first...

[Farmergene]

24. As long as

We're getting the TRUTH out in the open, might as well get it ALL!

[Farmergene]

25. No more

No more spin, no more varnish, no more alternative facts. The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth, so help me God....

Thats what I want.

[FakeNoose]

29. The report is going to be leaked, I guarantee it

We only have to wait for it. But meanwhile we need to Get The Vote Out and win the White House and the Senate in 2020.

[Hoyt]

28. Why not release any info on origins of Russia Investigation?

[FakeNoose]

30. Your post just reminded me of something

I hope somebody is checking the Russian MSM sites because the Mueller report will def show up there. Maybe even in Russian, but for sure it will be posted in English. All the best hackers are Russian, LOL!

[SunSeeker]

34. As Klobuchar pointed out, the Mueller investigation was begun "under a Republican administration."

And what Rand is calling for are internal raw communications between top intelligence people. That would never get released. He knows that. It is a ruse.

If he wants to know what these people said, he can subpoena them in closed session. He doesn't. He wants to block the Mueller Report.

[SunSeeker]

33. They can't get 60 votes in the Senate to release the report?

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[dhol82]

38. I think Paul is doing a block on the vote

It only takes one senator to stop the process.

[SunSeeker]

41. A filibuster can be overridden by 60 votes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate

[dhol82]

48. This is from the rules of the senate

Unanimous Consent

From its beginning, the Senate has transacted much of its business by unanimous consent. The Senate's small size, few rules, and informality encouraged the rise of this practice. A single objection ("I object&quot blocks a unanimous consent request. Even several of the Senate's early rules incorporated unanimous consent provisions to speed the Senate's routine business.

Two types of unanimous consent are prevalent in today's Senate. Simple unanimous consent requests deal with noncontroversial matters, such as senators asking unanimous consent to dispense with the reading of amendments. Complex unanimous consent agreements establish a tailor-made procedure for considering virtually any kind of business that the Senate takes up. They are commonly brokered by the parties' floor leaders and managers. Two fundamental objectives of these accords are to limit debate and to structure the amendment process. As two Senate parliamentarians wrote in the Senate's volume of precedents: "Whereas Senate Rules permit virtually unlimited debate, and very few restrictions on the right to offer amendments, these [unanimous consent] agreements usually limit debate and the right of Senators to offer amendments."

[RANDYWILDMAN]

36. What a great guy

Real patriot

[Maxheader]

39. Didn't rands neighbor kick his ass?

Shoulda moved the worthless f#$ks lips to the side of his face..

[patphil]

42. How deep is the Republican involvement in all this?

So many Republicans are willing to betray their country to defend Trump...to repudiate all this nation stands for...to throw the republic away all for the sake of personal power and control.
They are traitors to all those true patriots who fought to make America great.


Patrick Phillips

[bluestarone]

43. They ALL just take turns BLOCKING!

They just play the game called, GIVE AMERICA TO RUSSIA!!!

[Firestorm49]

44. Maybe Rand Paul sort of forgot that Obama has been gone for two years.

[The Wizard]

46. Kim Jong Paul

is on Putin's payroll.

[Power 2 the People]

49. Rand Paul is owned by daddy Trump.

[mahina]

50. Be careful what you wish for Dumbass.

Rand Paul of course; casting no aspersions on the OP’s asparagus.

[certainot]

51. none of these spineless republicans will ever cross limbaugh

[The Wizard]

53. Has Rand Paul

been sending Russian bribes to an off shore money laundry? The American people have the right to know, and that goes for Nunes, McConnell, Graham et, al.

[hughee99]

56. Okay, let's release that too. Why not?