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Senate Blocks Rand Paul’s Effort to Approve New War Authorizationby Andrew RaffertyWASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday voted down an amendment that would have forced Congress to pass a new law authorizing the U.S. to wage war against ISIS and combat threats overseas.Sixty-one senators voted to reject Sen. Rand Paul's, R-Ky., amendment to the annual defense spending bill that would have repealed the military authorization passed in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the 2002 authorization for the Iraq war within six months. The six month window, Paul argued, would be more than enough for Congress to craft a new military authorization.“For the first time in 15 years, we are debating the congressional role in the declaration of war," Paul said before the vote. "We have fought the longest war in U.S. history under an original authorization to go after the people that attacked us on 9/11." “That war is long since over, the war has long since lost its purpose, and it is long time that we have a debate in Congress about whether we should be at war or not," the senator said. Continued: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/senate-blocks-rand-paul-effort-approve-new-war-authorization-n801011
