D.C. Notebook: Lee gives Paul a drone for his birthday

What do you get the libertarian senator who has just about everything? That was the conundrum facing Sen. Mike Lee with his tea party buddy Sen. Rand Pauls birthday fast approaching. Lee decided to go with a gag gift, buying a tiny, addictively fun, drone.

Lee and Paul have been tight since they both were elected to the Senate in 2010 and given Pauls concern with drones used to target terrorists the senator held the floor for 13 hours last year lambasting the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to kill people domestically without due justice Lee thought his birthday surprise would elicit a laugh. It did.

"My good friend, Senator Mike Lee from Utah, gave me a drone," Paul said Wednesday night on Fox Newss On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.

The Kentucky Republican said he hadnt yet figured out what to do with his new toy thats the size of his hand but he had one idea.

"You may wonder, what am I going to do with a drone? Well, its got a laser. And Ive been trying to get invited to the Democrat lunch for about a year now and they wont invite me. So you know what? I think Im going to send my drone in."

Of course, Senate rules probably wouldnt permit a senator using a drone to spy on the other side of the aisle, but Paul said he was planning to "check" to see if its possible.

Go Weber Utahs federal delegation was all over the celebration of Weber State Universitys 125 anniversary. Lee turned his weekly Jell-O with the Senator event into a tribute, featuring purple gelatin with white whipped cream in homage to the schools colors. Lee posed for an Instagram shot holding a cup of Utahs favorite dessert.

And Lee made sure to celebrate the schools history in a speech to the Senate, even though hes a Brigham Young University graduate.

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D.C. Notebook: Lee gives Paul a drone for his birthday