On Monday, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took to Twitter to share a few complaints with his 357,000 followers. The tweets, he said, were in honor of Festivus, a fake holiday that was popularized by the sitcom "Seinfeld" in 1997.
He started out with a quote from Frank Constanza, the fictional character on the show who creates the holiday:
"I've got a lot of problems with you people, and now you're going to hear about it!" (Frank Costanza, 1997).
Here are a few highlights from the first of Paul's many grievances, which started with criticism of the recent budget deal to avert another government shutdown:
In Washington, "bipartisan deal" is a synonym for "increasing our debt"
Paul also touched on his favorite subject, the Federal Reserve, which was established 100 years ago. The Kentucky senator has authored a bill to audit the Fed, and has threatened to delay as much as possible a vote to confirm Janet Yellen as the next head of the institution if he does not get a vote on the bill (the rules change he griped about prevents him from using a filibuster to block Yellen's confirmation).
Over 300 House members helped pass Audit the Fed with real bipartisanship. Still no vote in the Senate.