Senator Rand Paul says he’ll hold up passage of the “minibus” spending package that needs to be passed by Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown. The reasoning behind the threat is not surprising coming from perhaps the Senate’s most outspoken budget hawks. Quote-“ “I will hold it up primarily because we’re bankrupt and it’s a terrible idea to keep spending money at this rate,” Paul says he’ll push for amendments and complains the bills —as written-will lead to a $1.5 TRILLION defecit for the year.