The Senate blocked a resolution that would have checked President Donald Trump‘s military authority in Cuba as tensions rise between the United States and the communist nation.
The upper chamber voted against bringing to the floor a Democratic-led resolution that would have prohibited Trump from engaging in hostilities with Cuba unless the action was authorized by Congress. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) led the charge on defeating the effort.
“The measure we’re talking about is completely out of touch with the facts in Cuba, nor is it relevant to anything actually happening in Cuba right now. President Trump has never suggested we put troops on the ground in Cuba, so this entire effort is moot,” Scott said on the Senate floor.
Scott, whose state is geographically the closest to Cuba and contains a large Cuban population, introduced the procedural measure to stop the Democrats’ Cuba war powers resolution. The Senate approved Scott’s measure
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