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DC Vote: Senator Rand Paul is a Hypocrite for his Assault on DC
Paul Attempts to Change DC Law on Guns, Abortion
For more information contact: James Jones, Communications Director
202.462.6000 x12 office / 202.557.4864 mobile / jjones@dcvote.org
June 26, 2012
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has blocked Senate action on the DC Budget Autonomy Act by proposing amendments that would gut the District’s gun laws and ban local spending for reproductive health services.
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Operations Committee had planned a June 27 markup of S. 2345, the District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act. The bill would grant the District government greater freedom in spending locally-raised tax dollars.
Sen. Paul’s proposed federal imposition upon the people of the District comes from a politician who consistently rails against the use of federal power and advocated for greater states rights.
On Tuesday, Paul made it clear in a Washington Post interview that he is using the District as a political playground. “I think it’s a good way to call attention to some issues that have national implications,” Paul told the Post. “We don’t have [control] over the states but we do for D.C.”
“DC residents are deeply offended by Senator Rand Paul’s stunning hypocrisy,” said DC Vote Executive Director Ilir Zherka. “He preaches about restraining the power of the federal government, but uses that same power to impose his own, narrow political agenda on residents of the District of Columbia.”
DC Vote has reached out to supporters of DC self determination to encourage them to call Senator Rand and tell him to stick to his “principles” and stay out of DC’s business.
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