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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, says if President Obama moves unilaterally to grant legal status to potentially millions of illegal immigrants, the matter could ultimately end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Paul said Monday evening on Fox News Hannity program that a new Republican-controlled Congress could rein in potential executive orders through the appropriations process, as some in the GOP are calling for.

We can pass legislation, but legislation would have to be signed by him, he said.

But Mr. Paul hinted at another possible avenue, citing a case during the Truman administration where the Supreme Court overturned an executive order directing the government to run many of the steel mills in the country amid heightened demand from the Korean War.

I think with regard to immigration reform, hes doing something that Congress has not instructed him to do and in fact has instructed him otherwise, so I think the Supreme Court would strike it down - that takes a while, but that may be the only recourse short of a new president, said Mr. Paul, who is a contender for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.

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A wall of Republican opposition brought down a controversial National Security Agency reform bill Tuesday night, leaving the future of the package in doubt ahead of a Republican takeover next year.

Sen. Patrick Leahys legislation that would end the NSAs bulk data collection narrowly fell short of the Senates 60-vote threshold, 58-42, a major defeat for privacy advocates, civil libertarians and a White House that supports the bill. The filibuster of the proposal prevents it from even coming to the floor for debate.

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Opposition was led by Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and colleague Sen. Rand Paul, who both voted down the legislation, though for different reasons. McConnell, like many Republicans, voted it down because he believed the reforms went too far, while Paul voted against the bill because it did not go far enough.

Paul said immediately after the vote that he felt bad about his vote against the motion.

They probably needed my vote, he said, opposing Leahys bill because it would extend the sunset provisions for the laws authorizing surveillance. Its hard for me to vote for something I object to so much.

Other heavy hitters joined the view that NSA proposal would make it difficult to combat terrorism, a crowd that included Marco Rubio of Florida, another potential White House aspirant.

They cannot cite a single example of this program being abused, Rubio said of the bills supporters. Not one. We are dealing with a theoretical threat.

Advocates of the bill made impassioned pleas to advance it past a filibuster, the rare proposal that drew the support of both GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Democratic Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein of California.

It would help address the problem of the American government spying on its citizens without cause, said Lee, a co-sponsor of the bill, on the Senate floor before the vote. What opponents of this bill fail to appreciate is that most Americans are deeply, deeply, concerned about the collection of their personal information.

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Rand Paul Confronts EEOC Nominee: How Do You Show Up to Work?
Speaking before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on the nomination of P. David Lopez to serve as EEOC #39;s General Counsel, Rand Paul expressed skepticism...

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Real Time with Bill Maher: Senator Rand Paul - November 14, 2014 (HBO)
Subscribe to the Real Time YouTube: http://itsh.bo/10r5A1B Bill Maher interviews Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) via satellite on November 14, 2014. Connect with Real Time Online: Find Real Time...

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updated 11:32 PM EST, Fri November 14, 2014

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, says the rhetoric in the climate change debate can be exaggerated.

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(CNN) -- Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican who hails from Kentucky coal country, tried to find some "middle ground" with HBO host Bill Maher on climate change, saying Friday night that he supports deregulating alternative sources of energy.

"We need more energy, and maybe cleaner energy will supplant less clean energy over time--and it already is--but I don't think that shutting down dramatically one form of energy is a good idea for an economy," the first-term senator said on "Real Time."

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While saying he's not against some regulations, such as on carbon emissions and clean water, Paul said he plans on introducing legislation "in the next month or so" that would cut regulation of alternative fuels.

"I'm for trying to get the government out of the way of converting your trucks from diesel to natural gas, or from gasoline to ethanol," he said. "And try to let the marketplace take care of this, because some of these fuels are actually cheaper, too, and if they're cheaper then people will go for a cheaper alternative that also is cleaner for the environment."

His comments come as Paul, who's planning a presidential run but says he hasn't made a final decision yet, has blasted President Obama and other Democrats for supporting policies that would negatively affect the coal industry in his home state.

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