Kentuckians elected me to the Senate because I want to end our debt and cut taxes...And I’ll continue to vote that way.
Continue to vote to cut taxes and reduce government spending.
Occurrences
Evidence
Rand Paul’s campaign issue page says burdensome taxes hurt small businesses, calls for simplifying the tax code and downsizing the IRS, and says his Financial Freedom Act would dramatically reduce taxes.
Rand Paul’s campaign issue page says he will continue to work tirelessly to balance the budget and says he has introduced several balanced budgets in the Senate that would cut the debt, including his Penny Plans.
The Senate roll call for final passage of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, shows Rand Paul (R-KY) voted Yea; the bill passed 51-49.
The Senate roll call on Paul Amendment No. 5378 shows Rand Paul (R-KY) voted Yea on an amendment to cut spending by reducing foreign aid, refugee spending, Department of Education funding, and National Science Foundation funding; the amendment was rejected.
The Senate roll-call index for the lookback window shows votes from June 8 through June 24, 2026, including nominations, Iran war-powers measures, a housing bill, and a Department of Education student-loan rule disapproval vote, but no clearly identifiable tax-cut or government-spending-cut final vote after June 7.
The Senate roll call for final passage of H.R. 4, a bill to rescind certain budget authority, shows the bill passed 51-48 and Rand Paul (R-KY) voted Yea.
Public Law 119-28 states that rescissions of budget authority take effect immediately upon enactment and lists rescissions including $500,000,000 from Global Health Programs, $800,000,000 from Migration and Refugee Assistance, $1,650,000,000 from the Economic Support Fund, and $2,500,000,000 from Development Assistance.
Assessments
Paul promised to continue voting to cut taxes and reduce government spending as a federal senator. The evidence shows he voted Yea on the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which passed, and later voted Yea on H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, which passed and became Public Law 119-28 rescinding federal budget authority. He also supported additional spending-cut amendments that failed, but the enacted tax-cut and rescissions votes are enough to count the promise as delivered in the same Senate tenure.
The promise was framed as continuing to vote for tax cuts and spending reductions, not guaranteeing enactment of every spending cut. Paul voted Yea on final passage of H.R. 1, a major federal tax-cut bill that passed, and also voted Yea on a concrete amendment to reduce federal spending, even though that amendment failed. In the federal Senate context, those votes directly match the promised conduct during his same term.