Rand Paul Triggers Overnight Government Shutdown

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Senator Rand Paul was not happy. A 652-page budget and appropriations deal, worked out by congressional leadership, was unveiled at midnight Wednesday, a mere 24 hours before the shutdown deadline.

Paul was so incensed by it that he decided to trigger a brief government shutdown.

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