Rand Paul Lying on Fox News and Why He CAN do it Without Fear of Being Challenged

The single most common method of voting in the U.S. Senate is by unanimous consent. So did Paul and all the other Senators not vote for all those other things as well? Rand Paul's staffer is an idiot, but given that this is most likely a Tea Party person, I am not surprised. Maybe they can pull a Cantor and say that if the Senate doesn't vote then the bill becomes law....in reverse. You can parse words all day to defend Paul if you want.

 

You're saying that not casting a vote is casting a vote.... And I'm the one who is parsing words??? Hahahaha.. ok, whatever...

 

I didn't make the bassackwards rules in the Senate but those are the rules just the same.

 

"In parliamentary procedure, unanimous consent, also known as general consent, or in the case of the parliaments under the Westminster system, leave of the house, is a situation in which no one present objects to a proposal. The chair may state, for instance: "If there is no objection, the motion will be adopted. [pause] Since there is no objection, the motion is adopted" or in Westminster parliaments, "There being no objection, leave is granted." On the most routine matters, such as inserting an article into the Congressional Record, the chair may shorten this statement to four words: "Without objection, so ordered" or even to two words: "Without objection." If no member objects the motion is adopted, but if any member does declare his opposition the motion is not adopted and cannot be agreed to without a vote." -- Wikipedia

Unanimous consent does NOT involve a vote. It is only used on ROUTINE matters. So Rand Paul absolutely did not vote on the aforementioned resolution passed by unanimous consent. Moreover, the resolution was routine in that disparaging ruthless dictators is something that the legislative body does as a matter of course. Going to WAR is NOT a routine matter and requires debate and voting.

 

You mean we don't authorize the President to attack a sovereign nation with a 30 second push through of a resolution with practically no one on the floor?