Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul has had it with all the tax dollars going to fund the bulk of NATO and the United Nations.

At a reception in the Senate Kennedy Caucus Room last week, he offered a change in how much the U.S. pays.

“I think we’re 22% of NATO [funding]. I’m kind of like the same as the U.N., we should make it proportional. So if there are 28 countries in NATO, we’re 1/28. If there are 140 in the U.N., or how ever many there are in the U.N., we’re 1/140, I’d be happy,” he said. ...



Republicans like donating money, that’s for sure, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is just the latest proof. After watching for years as former House Republican Speaker Paul Ryan broke fundraising records, McCarthy set a new House record of his own, hauling in $23 million in the first quarter.

Together in heaven, now former President George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara are together on earth with the renaming of the Bush presidential library and foundation in College Station, Texas, to the George and Barbara Bush Foundation. Three of their kids, Marvin, Neil, and Doro Bush Koch, have also been named board members.

The famed bipartisan “Battleground Poll” is moving to Georgetown University, the latest big get by Mo Elleithee, founding executive director of the Institute of Politics and Public Service at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy. The poll, conducted by Democratic pollster Celinda Lake and Republican Ed Goeas, is among the most anticipated, especially moving into a presidential election year. Elleithee said Georgetown is adding a new component with a civility poll. …