''Taking a Stand: Moving Beyond Partisan Politics to Unite America'' is a book by

United States Senator The United States Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives being the Lower house, lower chamber. Together they compose the national Bica ...

Rand Paul Randal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American physician and politician serving as the junior U.S. senator from Kentucky since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is a son of former three-time presidential candidate and 12 ...

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. The book was released on May 26, 2015, by Center Street, a main publishing division of

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. It happened to coincide with Paul's

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of the

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provisions which were expected to expire at midnight on June 1, 2015. Paul had previously engaged in a filibuster of the nomination of

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as Director of the

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in 2013, which led to his campaign team coining the phrase "Stand With Rand."

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''Taking a Stand'' by Rand Paul
''official publisher website''

''official book website''
Office of Senator Rand Paul
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