Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“It seemed to be kind of spontaneous. People just started coming to the
floor, first the other senators and then like 15 or 20 congressman came
over, and that doesn’t happen very often, so we were pretty excited
about that.”
— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), quoted by Politico, on the support for his filibuster of John Brennan’s nomination to head the CIA.
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