Senate officials are hoping to get to a final vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a military spending bill in excess of $700 billion. Getting to that vote, however, means dealing with all the military and war-related amendments in the bill.
Senate leaders appear to have decided that the easiest way to get around this is to severely curtail debate on certain particularly controversial issues, with an 89-3 vote today agreeing to limit procedural debates on the matter.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is trying to manage the debate, which is to say, dramatically curtail the debate. There are still major issues to be settled, however, with Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) both pushing major debates, on war authorization and transgender soldiers, respectively.
You can read the rest @
http://news.antiwar.com/2017/09/11/senate-leaders-attempt-to-limit-debate-on-repealing-aumf/
In other words, we can have perpetual war ... but only limited debate.
I think John McCain should stop worrying about his "legacy". He'll be remembered as one of the most vicious warmongers in US history.
I agree with Senator Paul - the AUMF must be repealed:
ReplyDeletehttp://rare.us/rare-politics/issues/foreign-policy/rand-paul-why-we-must-repeal-the-16-year-old-authorization-for-the-use-of-military-force/