MidPoint | Sen. Rand Paul to discuss his bill to kill the presidents immigration order
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By Ashley Killough, CNN
updated 8:49 AM EST, Fri December 12, 2014
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(CNN) -- Anthony Weiner thinks Rand Paul is playing it smart.
The former Democratic congressman from New York, who resigned in 2011 amid a sexting scandal, offered up some 2016 insight Friday, saying the Kentucky Republican senator is wise to make privacy concerns a big part of his potential presidential platform.
"Paul's strategy could put him in a great place in a Republican primary," Weiner wrote in a column for Business Insider.
Paul has been the most vocal opponent in Congress against the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance programs involving phone metadata collection.
He filed a now-stalled lawsuit against the Obama administration earlier this year, and he voted against an NSA reform package last month because he felt it didn't go far enough in tweaking the agency.
(He took some heat, however, from some in the anti-NSA community for his vote because the measure ultimately failed to advance.)
Privacy issues have become a staple in Paul's stump speeches on the 2014 campaign trail, where he was known to hold up his cell phone in the air and declare that what Americans do on their phones is "none of the government's damn business."
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TIME Politics 2016 Election Rand Paul is Already Running an Ad Against Jeb Bush Updated: Dec. 16, 2014 7:20 PM Sen. Rand Paul speaks with the news media after delivering a speech at the Detroit Economic Club on Dec. 6, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. Bill PuglianoGetty Images That didn't take long
The 2016 Republican primary battle is up and runningat least on Google.
Hours after former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced he would actively explore a run for the White House, the political action committee for Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who appears certain to announce a bid for the Oval Office in the coming months, took out a Google search ad on his name, with a not-so-subtle dig at the more moderate Republican.
Join a movement working to shrink government. Not grow it, the ad states, with a link to RandPAC, Pauls longstanding federal leadership committee, and a page asking supporters to give their email address and zip code to Stand With Rand. Bush announced Tuesday he would form a similar leadership committee in January. His Facebook announcement didnt include any attempts to gather data on potential donors or supporters.
Pauls PAC recently hired on Texas digital strategist Vincent Harris and his firm, Harris Media, in preparation for a 2016 run. Harris had also done work for another likely 2016 contender, Sen. Ted Cruz.
UPDATE: Later Tuesday, RandPAC added a second ad to its digital buy, implicitly attacking Bushs strong defense of the Common Core education standards. We need leaders who will stand against common core, the search ad stated, with a link to Pauls political action committee.
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Rand Paul is Already Running an Ad Against Jeb Bush
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Sept. 17, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) more >
Sen. Rand Paul introduced his Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act, a bill that would completely shut down President Obamas executive action to grant amnesty to roughly 5 million illegals if it ever passed.
Its widely expected the president would not sign it into law.
But the measure along with its House companion, from Rep. Ted Yoho, Florida Republican would prevent Mr. Obama from using his executive office to choose which illegals ought to be deported, versus which illegals ought to be granted amnesty, United Press International reported.
SEE ALSO: Vote on Obama immigration nominee will be first test on amnesty
I believe that the Constitution is clear that the legislative power resides in Congress, said Mr. Paul, Kentucky Republican, in a statement posted recently on his legislative website. The president is not a king, and he does not have the power to enact laws then execute his own laws. Our Constitution is being violated by this executive order and other actions by the Obama administration to govern by executive fiat.
Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, meanwhile, had tried over the weekend to halt funding of the budget bill if the portion that furthers Mr. Obamas executive amnesty push was not overturned.
Then, he said during Senate floor remarks, UPI reported: Both Democrats and Republicans will have the opportunity to show America whether they stand with a president who is defying the will of the voters or with the millions of Americans who want a safe and legal immigration system.
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Rand Paul's bill seeks to moot Obama's executive amnesty
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) fired a warning shot on education at Jeb Bush (R) Tuesday evening, saying the former Florida governor's support for Common Core education standards would be a "big problem" for him among conservatives in a Republican primary.
"I think most conservative Republicans think that education should be more at the local and state level. So yeah, I think it will be a big problem," Paul told The Washington Post in a brief interview in the Capitol.
Bush announced Tuesday morning that he has decided to "actively explore" a run for the presidency. Paul may also run. The senator's reaction to Bush's news: "I think the more the merrier."
"I think we've got a big party," he continued. "I think we have people from all different wings of the party."
Bush has been an outspoken supporter of Common Core, which is basically a national set of education standards in math and English most states have adopted.
Many conservatives, including Paul, oppose it. Even some previous Common Core champions have turned against it.
Bush offered a nuanced defense of Common Core last month, with advice for those who want a different set of standards.
There is no question we need higher academic standards and at the local level diverse, high-quality content and curricula, he said in a Washington speech. And in my view, the rigor of the Common Core State Standards must be the new minimum in classrooms. For those states choosing a path other than Common Core, I say this: Aim even higher...be bolder...raise standards and ask more of our students and the system.
Sean Sullivan has covered national politics for The Washington Post since 2012.
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