CBS Host Embarrasses Rand Paul Over Simplistic View Of Congress: 'It's More Complicated'

CBS host Bob Schieffer on Sunday was forced to explain to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that his plan to keep the government from shutting down in the next 48 hours would not work because he had a simplistic view about the way Congress functioned.

By David Edwards

09/29/13 11:35 am

since at least April.

But complications of Republican infighting and demands to defund or delay the Affordable Care Act mean that it would be almost impossible to get a continuing resolution through a conference committee before the government shutdown begins at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.

CBS Host Embarrasses Rand Paul Over Simplistic View Of Congress: 'It's More Complicated'

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