Even when there’s broad consensus across Congress, Rand Paul regularly goes his own way.
He routinely stalls bipartisan compromises, rails against deals driven by leaders in both parties, and at times clashed with fellow Kentucky Republican and former Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Now, the iconoclastic libertarian is assuming power in his own right as chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, giving Paul a significant say on border security — one of the central pillars of the incoming Trump administration and new GOP majorities in Congress. But as he often does, Paul is taking his own approach. ...