Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., center, joined from left by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., meets with reporters as the House prepares to send the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Kaine also discussed his War Powers Resolution that the Senate is expected to vote on soon. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Kaine’s resolution, which is co-sponsored by Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., was introduced Thursday just as similar resolution in the House, spearheaded by Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., passed with a majority vote.
The Senate version will likely come up for a vote next week, but lawmakers anticipate the timing may coincide with the start of an impeachment trial against Trump.
“It’s widely understood that we will be doing other stuff during impeachment,” Kaine said.
“I’m glad the Senate will soon consider Senator Kaine’s war power resolution, which would prevent further escalation of hostilities with Iran,” House Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters Tuesday. “We will work out the timing. We have to figure out how it intersects with impeachment.”
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Democrat’s scramble to pass a resolution was born out of frustrations that Trump did not consult Congress before launching an airstrike that killed Iranian Quds Force Gen. Qassem Soleimani and resulted in increased hostility between Iran and the U.S.
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