As a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, he will get to vote on whether to recommend Trump’s nominee for secretary of state. The results of the 2016 elections will give Republicans a 10-to-9 majority on the committee, meaning that Paul could cast a decisive vote, with every Democrat, against recommending a Trump nominee. That would not stop a full Senate vote on the nominee, but it would expose fissures in the Republican Party in the first weeks of a Trump administration. According to Paul, a nominee such as Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) would have an easier time navigating the Senate. “There’s going to continue to be a right-left continuum in the Senate on issues like selling arms to Yemen,” Paul said.

Source: Washington Post November 15, 2016 16:53 UTC