"It was so interesting yesterday when our Great Senator from Louisiana, John Kennedy, introduced a Bill in an attempt to withhold Members of Congress from getting paid, and Rand Paul, who never votes for anything, tried to stop it, wrote Trump on Truth Social, because he wanted to be paid! In other words, Rand wanted to pay the people who stopped Government from working! What's going on with Rand?"
"Notably, Kennedy responded to Paul's objection by instead moving to advance Senator Ron Johnson's (R-WI) failed Shutdown Fairness Act, which aimed to ensure that all active essential federal workers would receive their pay during the shutdown. The motion was shot down by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA). This isn't the first TrumpPaul tiff in recent weeks, with Trump calling the senator a nasty liddle guy that went really BAD after he criticized the administration's deadly strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean."
Senator John Kennedy introduced two bills to withhold pay from members of Congress — the No Shutdown Paychecks to Politicians Act and the Withhold Member Pay During Shutdowns Act — which would prevent members from collecting pay, including back pay, during a government shutdown. Senator Rand Paul objected to unanimous consent, arguing that federal employees should be paid first. Kennedy then moved to advance Senator Ron Johnson's Shutdown Fairness Act to ensure active essential federal workers receive pay, but Senator Patty Murray blocked the motion. Paul also criticized deadly strikes as summary execution while maintaining a generally cordial relationship with the former president.
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