{"id":23802,"date":"2019-06-25T05:30:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T05:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/25\/senate-set-to-sidestep-iran-fight-as-defense-bill-advances\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:04:13","slug":"senate-set-to-sidestep-iran-fight-as-defense-bill-advances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/06\/25\/senate-set-to-sidestep-iran-fight-as-defense-bill-advances\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate set to sidestep Iran fight as defense bill advances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The Senate looked ready to shut down debate over President Donald Trump\u2019s war authorization as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/06\/24\/trump-levels-sanctions-against-iran-with-a-warning\/\" target=_blank>tension escalates<\/a> between the U.S. and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., moved to close debate on the $750 billion 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which Senate Democrats hoped to use as a vehicle to debate Trump\u2019s right to launch military operations against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said he hopes to pass the bill by Thursday, with or without amendments. McConnell\u2019s procedural move means a vote could happen as soon as Wednesday, though senators could agree to hold a vote sooner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inhofe and the panel\u2019s top Democrat, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., were able to add 100 uncontroversial bipartisan amendments to the underlying bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Tuesday evening, there was no agreement to take up further amendments, Inhofe said. That would leave behind some 600 amendments senators filed as of last week, some on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/06\/21\/senate-defense-bill-could-tackle-iran-border-wall-and-saudisbut-dont-count-on-it\/\" target=_blank>hot topics<\/a> like the southern border and expanding America\u2019s nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bipartisan amendment would require congressional approval for the use of military funds against Iran. It\u2019s from Democratic Sens. Tom Udall of New Mexico and Tim Kaine of Virginia, though it also has support from Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaine argued it would be \u201cstrange\u201d to avoid the topic when the president has said he ordered and then aborted a retaliatory military strike on Iran \u2015 with 10 minutes to spare \u2015 because he was concerned about potential casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf what the president said was right, we were 10 minutes away from being at war,\u201d Kaine said. \u201cIt would be really weird to have a discussion on the NDAA and have a kind of gag rule where we couldn\u2019t do anything about Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pressed McConnell to hold a vote on Udall\u2019s amendment, but after Democratic senators return from the presidential debates set for Wednesday and Thursday in Miami \u2015 to avoid a hasty round trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hope he will not continue his shameful record of ducking the issues of the day when it comes to something as important as Congress\u2019 role in the matter of war and peace,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The amendment and the idea of a delay was unpopular with Republicans, particularly Inhofe, who blasted Schumer for suggesting the defense policy bill wait until after the July 4 recess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s the first time in my memory, and I\u2019ve been around here a lot of years, that I\u2019ve heard somebody admitting that a political consideration would trump \u2015 trump, got it? \u2015 a national security concern,\u201d Inhofe said. \u201cI would oppose that, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of McConnell\u2019s leadership team, said it would be better for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to first take up the Iran amendment. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t really belong on the defense authorization bill, it should be a stand-alone,\u201d said Cornyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats must weigh whether to try to block the bill if they cannot get a vote on the Iran amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf McConnell decides to take a stand against any amendments, we\u2019re going to have to take a whip count and see where we are,\u201d said the Senate\u2019s No. 2 Democrat, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senators voted 86-6 to open debate on the defense policy bill. Among the six Democrats who voted \u201cno,\u201d Iran amendment co-sponsor Sen. 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