Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to pass a measure under the War Powers Act that would have blocked President Donald Trump from carrying out airstrikes without congressional approval on what his administration has alleged are drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean Sea.
The resolution, led by Sens. Adam Schiff and Tim Kaine, failed 51-48.
Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were the only two Republicans to join Democrats, with Paul warning that the administration was “blowing people to smithereens” without due process.