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Randal Howard "Rand" Paul is the junior United States Senator for Kentucky. He is a member of the Republican Party. A member of the Tea Party movement, he describes himself as a "constitutional conservative" and a libertarian. He is the son of Republican Congressman and former presidential candidate Ron Paul of Texas and had never previously held political office. Paul first received national attention in 2008 when making political speeches on behalf of his father. Rand Paul is the first United States Senator in history to serve alongside a parent in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine, Paul has been a practicing ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Kentucky, since 1993, and established his own clinic in December 2007. In 1994, he founded Kentucky Taxpayers United, of which he is still the chairman.
In August 2009, Paul officially announced his candidacy for the United States Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator ... » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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Rand Paul 2016?
2013-05-19
Rand Paul blasted President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for their security failures in Benghazi in a Herald interview ahead of the U.S. senator from Kentucky's keynote speech to New Hampshire Republicans tomorrow that's further ...
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  1. Rand Paul misrepresents GOP whistleblower testimony in attacking Hillary Clinton

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James R. Carroll | Kentucky's Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul on attack amid ...
2013-05-18
Rand Paul, R-Ky., tried unsuccessfully to get the Democrats who run the Senate to take up a resolution he introduced that condemned the IRS over its behavior and called for a full investigation. Paul charged on Fox News that Obama was showing “faux ...
(The Courier-Journal)
  1. Whitfield praises Senate for passage of fishing access bill - WPSD Local 6

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Rand Paul bill to pay for Brent Spence with foreign investment tax
2013-05-16
A bill introduced this month by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., would seek to bring foreign investment back to the United States and use some of that investment to build infrastructure projects, such as the Brent Spence Bridge. The Emergency Transportation ...
(Cincinnati.com)
  1. Rand Paul Seeks to Cuts Corporate Tax, Fund Transportation

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Rand Paul 2016 selling out venues, raising $12500 a day
2013-05-16
The unofficial Rand Paul presidential campaign is gaining steam, selling out speech venues through June as he nears a decision to act on his popularity and officially announce a 2016 bid for the White House. The Tea Party favorite and leader of the ...
(Washington Examiner)
  1. New Hampshire GOP prepares to welcome Rand Paul
  2. Super PAC Suggests Rand Paul Is Running for President in 2016
  3. Rand PAC 2016 Registers as Super PAC

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Rand Paul Plays The Maverick At CPAC And The Evangelical In Cedar Rapids
2013-05-16
What to make of maverick Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's latest speechifying? “I'm not advocating everyone go out and run around with no clothes on and smoke pot,” Paul insisted last Friday while speaking to a group of religious Republicans in Cedar Rapids, ...
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  1. Rand Paul courts Christian conservatives - Patheos
  2. Op-Ed: No, Rand Paul, libertarians are more than just naked drug users

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Senate Democrats block Sen. Rand Paul's resolution condemning IRS
2013-05-15
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senate Democrats placed a hold on Sen. Rand Paul's recent resolution<http://www.paul.senate.gov/files/documents/MIR13196.pdf> that condemns the targeting of Tea Party groups by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and ...
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  1. Senate Democrats block Rand Paul's resolution condemning the IRS
  2. Senate Dems block condemnation of IRS targeting

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Rand Paul Plays The Maverick at CPAC and the Evangelical in Cedar Rapids
2013-05-15
What to make of maverick Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's latest speechifying? “I'm not advocating everyone go out and run around with no clothes on and smoke pot,” Paul insisted last Friday while speaking to a group of religious Republicans in Cedar ...
(Daily Beast)
  1. Is Rand Paul Doubletalking Libertarians & Evangelicals?

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Rand Paul: DOJ should have sought warrant from judge for AP phone records
2013-05-14
WASHINGTON — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said the Department of Justice should have sought a warrant from a judge to obtain The Associated Press's phone records, suggesting that it is a slippery slope if the DOJ is allowed to unilaterally make the ...
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  1. Seizure of AP Phone Records Said to "Shock the American Conscience"

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Rand Paul: Make example of IRS staffers
2013-05-14
“I'm not sure who goes, but it surely should be investigated. Anybody who was aware of and approved of targeting people for their political beliefs and speech needs to be fired — never in this position again and made an example of,” Paul said on Fox News.
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  1. Rand Paul Slams Obama's 'Faux Outrage' About IRS: 'Drunk On Power,' Would ...
  2. Rand Paul: Obama's Reaction To IRS Investigation Was 'Faux Outrage'
  3. Rand Paul: IRS Personnel Should be Fired Over Targeting Flap - Newsmax.com

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