Reporter’s Notebook: Paul stands firm against spending bill as shutdown clock ticks

 Reporter’s Notebook: Paul stands firm against spending bill as shutdown clock ticks

Rand Paul blocks Senate vote on government funding over hemp regulations, potentially extending shutdown through complex procedural delays.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was the only Republican who broke with his party and voted no on the test vote to break a filibuster on the deal to reopen the government.
Paul voted nay because he wanted a g…