The Senate Trouble-Maker In Waiting

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Rep. Justin Amash has already led a failed coup against House leadership. His next play may be the upper chamber.

Justin Amash was dying to say something.

It was the night of March 6, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was filibustering John Brennan’s nomination as CIA director. As other senators trickled into the upper chamber to help Paul persevere in his 13-hour crusade, Amash sat silently in the back of the room. He felt helpless, unable to lend a hand to Paul, his friend and fellow libertarian. Only senators are allowed to speak on the Senate floor. And Amash, a House member representing Michigan’s 3rd District, is not a senator.

Not yet, anyway.

The Senate Trouble-Maker in Waiting - NationalJournal.com

I'm pretty sure he'd have to give up running for his House seat if he wanted to make a Senate bid, but I think this is the best shot he could ever see. I'm hoping he runs.