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Republican 2016 hopeful Sen. Rand Paul said he’s looking forward to taking back a place on the main stage at the upcoming Thursday Fox debate and isn’t worried about retaining his Senate seat during a call with reporters Tuesday evening

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Eight Republican candidates have qualified for the prime-time Fox News/Google debate on Thursday – and once again, Donald Trump has snagged the center-stage slot.

This time, though, Rand Paul also qualified for the main event, after missing the cut in the last debate.

Fox News announced the candidate lineup Tuesday evening.

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“This resolution is a total rewrite of the War Powers Clause in the U.S. Constitution,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn). “It is essentially a declaration of international martial law, a sweeping transfer of military power to the president that will allow him or her to send U.S. troops almost anywhere in the world, for almost any reason, with absolutely no limitations.”

According to this polling from Fox News, it would appear that Rand would not make the cut:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/presidential-election-headquarters-data-dashboard

"As policy, President Obama’s 2014 action on immigration may be good. As a constitutional matter, it’s highly questionable. Alex Nowrasteh and Ilya Shapiro comment."