Posted on 01/31/2019 10:04:39 AM PST by Be Careful
Frustrated Republicans say it’s time for the Senate to reclaim more power over foreign policy and are planning to move a measure Thursday that would be a stunning rebuke to a president of their own party.
GOP lawmakers are deeply concerned over President Trump’s reluctance to listen to his senior military and intelligence advisers, fearing it could erode national security. They say the Senate has lost too much of its constitutional power over shaping the nation’s foreign policy and argue that it’s time to begin clawing some of it back.
“Power over foreign policy has shifted to the executive branch over the last 30 years. Many of us in the Senate want to start taking it back,” said a Republican senator closely allied with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
They plan to send Trump a stern admonishment by voting Thursday afternoon on an amendment sponsored by McConnell warning “the precipitous withdrawal” of U.S. forces from Syria and Afghanistan “could put at risk hard-won gains and United States national security.”
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It seems like China has their fingers in darn near everything.
>>McConnell proving once again the GOP is malignant force in American politics. And Never Trumpism proves it is not reformable. Time for an America First 3rd Party.<<
Friends and relatives cannot understand why I despise the Republicans even more than I do the Democrats, even though I am a lifelong Republican. This cutless puke McConnell and his co-conspirators demonstrate exactly why that is. We definitely do need an America Frist 3rd Party.
>>The GOP Establishment is going to get crushed once Trump leaves office.<<
Good. One less enemy to deal with.
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