The U.S. Senate halted a resolution on April 28 to bar President Donald Trump from being able to direct military action against Cuba without first obtaining affirmative Congressional approval.
Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) invoked the 1973 War Powers Act to force the Senate vote on Tuesday. In raising the war powers issue, those Senate Democrats cited recent U.S. combat operations in Venezuela and Iran, and March comments by Trump that “Cuba’s next.”
Senators voted 51–47 against advancing the Democrat-led resolution to a final vote.
Similar Democrat-led war powers votes concerning U.S. military actions against Venezuela and Iran have also failed in the Republican-controlled Senate in recent weeks….
Senate Rejects Resolution to Bar Trump From Launching Military Operations Against Cuba
