The scorecard highlights the senators who consistently oppose big government spending, excessive regulations, and infringements on constitutional rights.
Continue to vote against big government spending, excessive regulations, and infringements on constitutional rights.
Occurrences
I pledge to uphold the Constitution, to protect Kentucky from overzealous bureaucrats, and defend our God-given rights.
I will defend all of the liberties that we are guaranteed by our nation’s Constitution: our right to free speech, our right to bear arms, and every other enumerated protection that we have been given to protect us from an overreaching federal government.
Evidence
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"I will defend all of the liberties that we are guaranteed by our nation’s Constitution..." The page says the federal government keeps expanding its power and that Americans should resist an overreaching federal government.
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"I will continue to work tirelessly to balance our budget. I have introduced several balanced budgets in the Senate that would cut the debt, including my Penny Plans."
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Measure: H.R. 5371, "A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026"; the roll call lists Paul (R-KY), Nay.
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Statement of Purpose: "To prohibit the use of authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to surveil United States persons..." The roll call lists Paul (R-KY), Yea.
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Paul introduced the REINS Act to curb "an ever-growing federal bureaucracy" and "regulations and red tape"; the release says the bill would require major rules to be approved by Congress.
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Paul's amendment "would have put the country on a path toward fiscal stability by cutting spending by $1.5 trillion"; the release says the final vote tally was 24-76.
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Vote 228 was on passage of H.R. 6500, as amended. The Senate record says the bill passed 90-6 on August 8, 2026, and lists Paul (R-KY), Nay.
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Paul's office said he offered an amendment to strike executive authority to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on an ever-changing list of countries, arguing that the authority would raise nearly $500 billion and remove only an unconstitutional power to levy massive tariffs on American imports.
Assessments
The 2022 federal Senate campaign promise was an ongoing conduct pledge to continue opposing large spending, excessive regulation, and constitutional-rights infringements. During the Senate term won in 2022, Paul cast relevant votes and took legislative actions consistent with that pledge, including nay votes on appropriations measures, support for limits on surveillance authorities, and introduction or advancement of anti-regulation and spending-cut measures. Because the promised outcome was continued opposition through votes and Senate activity, not enactment of a specific bill, the record supports delivery in the same Senate term.
This was an ongoing conduct promise from Rand Paul's 2022 U.S. Senate campaign, not a promise to enact one specific bill. During the Senate term following that campaign, Paul continued to take votes and legislative actions consistent with the pledge: voting against appropriations spending, backing limits on surveillance authorities, introducing anti-regulatory legislation such as the REINS Act, and offering spending-cut amendments. Some measures failed, but the promised behavior was to continue voting and opposing these categories of federal action, which the evidence shows he did.