Rand Paul blocks Senate vote on House-passed Syria resolution

[NightHawkeye]

Paul blocks Senate vote on House-passed Syria resolution

Paul, a libertarian-leaning GOP senator, objected to Schumer's request for a vote, arguing that he was trying to sidestep the Constitution.

"He should come to the floor and say that we are ready to declare war. We are ready to authorize force, and we are going to stick our troops in the middle of this messy, messy, five-sided civil war where we would be ostensibly opposed to the Turkish government that has made an incursion," Paul argued.

Paul argued that the House-passed resolution would also do "nothing to fix the problem".​

 

[Hank77]

I think Mitch McConnell is against pulling the troops out. Both he and Paul represent KY; it would be interesting to see what their constituents think.
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Christopher Coons (D-Del.) are demanding an all-senators briefing immediately on President Trump’s decisMcCion to withdraw U.S. troops from key positions in northern Syria.

“We are concerned that this was an abrupt decision taken in the face of reported opposition from military and diplomatic advisers, and that thousands of hardened ISIS fighters and thousands more ISIS supporters currently in detention may become free to fight again as their Kurdish captors turn to defending themselves against a Turkish incursion,” Graham and Coons wrote in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.).

Senators demand briefing on Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria