it has the support of all 47 democrats and i'll let senator kaine talk more about it soon. but this vote is crucial. it's what the founding fathers wanted. the power to make war should be with the congress, not the executive branch. it's past time for congress to put a check on any president, let alone an impulsive, erratic president who often seems to do foreign policy to satisfy the momentary needs of his ego rather than to have a long-term strategy. now also this week, the senate will begin the third impeachment trial of a sitting president in our nation's history. let's remember what this trial is for. for a president, any president, to threaten a foreign country with the cutoff of aid unless they interfere in our elections is what the founding fathers felt was one of the worst abuses a president could have. when i was in high school and learned about the founding fathers writing about foreign power interference in an election, i shrugged my shoulders and said what the heck is that? now we know. now we know. americans strongly believe that it's americans who ought to de

i am honored to join senator kaine. we have filed our resolution. we are seeking a ruling by the parliamentarian and want to move forward on a schedule for a debate here on the floor of the senate. it may be the single most important debate that we face this year or many years to come.

i am honored to join senator kaine. we filed our resolution we are seeking a ruling by a parliamentarian and want to move forward on a schedule for debate here on the floor of the senates. it may be the single most important debate we face this year or many years to come. mr. president, i yield the flo floor. >> live on c-span2 here on capitol hill where senate leaders are meeting and they may come out and talk to the press waiting outside. we will try to catch any comments if they speak before the senate dabbles back in. they are expected back in about seven minutes, 2:15 eastern time. we have live gavel to gavel coverage of the senate here on c-span2. earlier senators confirmed the next administrator for small business administration. she replaces linda mcmahon who design resigned in april. later this week possible work on the us-mexico canada trade agreement and the impeachment trial of president trump. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noi

. >> and tim kaine, tim kaine, right. and, listen, if rand paul wants to prove -- he can sign up and get other people as well. >> that won't -- >> in terms of the press, there's still the clinging to this naivety about. trump. so, yes, we're seeing more skepticism now in terms of the

i am honored to join senator kaine. we have filed our resolution, we are seeking a ruling by the parliame parliamentarian and want to move forward with a debate on the floor of the senate. it may be the most important debate we face this year or many years to come. i yield the floor. >> impeachment is on the agenda in the house and senate. the house has yet to decide on impeachment managers and sending the two articles of impeachment over to the senate. eventually the senate will sit as the jury to hear the case against president trump. senator josh hawley of missouri came to the floor to discuss the impeachment and offered a motion to dismiss the two house-passed articles of impeachment against the president. >> madam president, it has been 19 days today, 19 days since the house of representatives impeached the president of the united states. 19 days since we were told that it was urgent that president trump be impeached and removed from office. it was urgent for the safety of the country. it was urgent for national se

i have read senator kaine's resolution. after today, every time they pull a stunt like this, i am willing to consider and introduce any and any war power resolution. reporter: [inaudible] where they are doing that because the strike took place on iraqi soil -- sen. paul: i don't want to discuss anything they said in there. the only reason i mentioned that is because it was in the newspaper. the argument is in 2002, the authorization of war with saddam hussein authorizes them to do whatever they want. so they have authorized the killing of soleimani as something that congress gave them permission to do in 2002. that is absurd. that is an insult. every time someone writes congress needs to take back their authority on more, that is what we are here to do. let's have the debate and let's have some senators stand up and see if we can truly have a debate over who has the power to declare war. the reason it was put in and why every founding father said they were taking power from the president is that they didn't want perpetual w

senator tim kaine, democrat from virginia. senator tim kaine, thank you very much for joining us.the killing of this general -- was this the right thing to do? sen. kaine: i think president trump has pushed the united states to a brink -- to t .rink of a war with iran iran is a ba actor but the question we have to grapple with is --th shoulunited states be engaged in a war with iran? and that is what president trump has pushed us to with a maximum pressure campan he has announcedip involvingmatic and economic and military pressure. today i have filed a resolion to force the debate under the floor of the senate so eie senate can in. whatever you think about whether the u.s. should be at war with iran or not, that decision should be made eye congress. judy: before i ask you about the resolution, what about the administration's argument that this was a necessary move prcause of what the general ented was an imminent threat? he was plotting more deaths for americans. sen. kaine: that is what the administration says. they have not briefed congress on that. the leader of these hnd the l

that briefing is what brought me on board together with the amendments that senator kaine has agreed to make. i walked into the briefing undecided and walked out decided specifically because of what happened in that briefing. it is not acceptable for officials within the executive branch -- i don't care if they are with the cia, department of defense or otherwise -- to tell us we can't debate and discuss the appropriateness of military intervention against iran. it is unamerican. it is unconstitutional. and it is wrong. and i hope and expect they will show greater deference to their own limited power in the future, and to the power that belongs to congress. this is not about any one of us, it is about our fidelity to those we represent. these powers are not ours. they don't belong to any of us. but when we allow them to be exercised by the wrong branch of government and through the wrong process, when you don't have debate and discussion you don't allow the process itself to correct itself for the american people who will be most affected by these decision to weigh in, that was insul

you heard senator kaine saying that yesterday. it's time to talk about an authorized use of force. but the sentiment is that congress should be -- should not be waging war and making tactical decisions, i don't think there's disagreement but there is -- these are momentous decisions and presidents do better when they have popular mechanism ina key our system is for lawmakers to take stands and deliberate on it so they can be accountable for those decisions. pass?why is it so hard to why has it been 17 years? guest: lawmakers i think don't want their fingerprints on tough decisions if things go wrong. they really think it's much better for them, lytic leak, to blame the administration when things go wrong or rally with them. that really undermines congress's role in the ability of the public to have some say in whether or not military troops get put into harms way. in midvale,s casey, utah, on the democrat line. caller: good morning, first-time collar, thank you for having me. my question is, how does the role, the office of the president and the power of the president expanded duri

kaine: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: i am proud to be joined by my colleague from illinois who is a personal mentor with me here today and we are here to talk about the threat of war with iran and

host: do you agree with senator tim kaine? should lawmakers take these votes to limit the president's use of force? what do you think or should they be supporting the president? newspaper, they report 4 republican senators -- the senate previously voted 50-40 on an amendment from tom udall to an annual policy bill that presented -- prevented the president using funding for military action against iran. the measure fell short of the votes needed for adoption. 4 republican senators voted for time.oposal at the senator christopher kunz missed the jet -- the vote, but supported the measure. this gives cain a pathway to 51 votes. senators lee and paul said they would support the war powers

that is why i and many others have cosponsored senator tim kaine's bipartisan s.j. res. 68 to prevent the president from going to war with iran without congressional authorization. you want to go to war with iran, you ought to be compelled to vote for it, up or down, vote for or against as a member of congress. specifically, this resolution, s.j. res. 68, requires the president to, quote, terminate the use of the united states armed forces for hostilities against the islamic republic of iran or any part of its government or military unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or a specific authorization for the use of military force, unquote, as enacted by congress. nothing in this resolution

you heard senator kaine on the floor yesterday saying that. it's time to talk about and authorize particular uses of force. but the sentiment that congress should be wages the war and making tactical decisions, absolutely, i don't think there's much disagreement within congress. but these are momentous decisions, and presidents do better when they have popular support. and one key mechanism in our system is for lawmakers to debate, deliberate, and take stands on it so they can be held accountable for those solutions. >> why is it so hard to pass an amuf? why has it been 17 years at this point? >> i think lawmakers don't want their fingerprints on tough decisions if things go wrong. they think it's better for them politically if they blame the administration if things go wrong or rally with them if things go right. it undermines how military troops get put into harm's way. >> to utah, casey in mid vail, a democrat. >> caller: good morning. my question for sara is how does the role, the office of the president, how does the power of the presiden

senator tim kaine i thought so effectively when he came out of the room after the trial today, on one of their lines of defense which was, you know, donald trump has frozen aid to other countries. and he said, yes, and every single time congress was made aware of it, to lisa's point, every single time it wasn't hidden. why now? and the idea that that doesn't become -- that's not evidence, that's not evidence of an abuse of power is not something any lawyer in the country would say it's actually very powerful evidence. >> i think it comes down to, though, is this a trial or is this political warfare? and i would argue that it's political warfare and it comes down to public opinion, and it comes down to what constituents in certain states that are purple, what they are thinking and how they're responding to this. from that vantage point i think it's highly effective for

my colleague, senator tim kaine of virginia has certainly been fighting for that for years and i think he's right. >> congressman connally, thank you very much for joining us. >> my pleasure, katy, thank you. >>> we'll take a step back to answer a vital question. how did we get to this point with iran? can you heal dry skin in a day?

>> bret: i understand that use signed onto tim kaine's war powers resolution that will come onto the senate with some tweaks. but senator tom cotton told me last night that the war powers act is unconstitutional intrusion of congress into the president's constitutional authority is. every president of both parties has believed that since it was passed in 1993. second congress can act to cut off funding for military operations in a time it wishes and at the case goes back to george washington to be able to strike targets of opportunity to protect our nation. your response to him? >> you know what else goes right back to george washington? george washington's view that the president's inherent authority can be exercised without congress insofar as it's necessary to deal with an imminent or presently occurring attack. but it does require their approval of congress. focusing on the constitutionality of the war powers act is completely missing the point. the war powers act is best understood as a procedural

of the revised measure responder bd by democratic senator tim kaine. that brings the senators numbers to 51. and it directs the president's use to terminate the armed use against iran unless authorization by congress, except when the president needs to defend the u.s. from an imminent attack. republican senators rand paul and mike lee previously voiced support for the measure. but i think we can all talk about the fact that with regards to that cause of imminent attack we've had quite an issue with the administration defining what an imminent attack is with the most recent strike against the general. >> yes. let's switch gears and bring in janessa webb for a quick check of weather. hey, janessa. >> hey, good morning, have you enjoyed the warmer temperatures? they're going to fade away. one more day, before it's broken down by the extreme cold front. so highs today, cincinnati to nashville, literally 25 degrees

and tim kaine has a resolution to essentially force the president to come back to congress before any further military action in iran. he has 51 votes for the resolution that he announced last week and four republicans have joined on to the effort, and so we could see a vote in the morning, either this week or the week after to essentially rein in the president's powers before removing him from office. >> something else that he is not likely to enjoy. michael? >> we have been spending a lot of time to talk about impeachment but over on the trump campaign, they are looking at a lengthy list of what they view as a bigger threat to the election and one of them is michael bloomberg and the billion dollars he has to spend. not many people at the campaign think that he is a nominee, and single digits in the poll, and the tv blitz has not done much to improve that, but one thing that he is very good at is getting under the president's skin. so every trump tweet like we have seen over the last few

i am honored to join senator kaine. we have filed our resolution. we are seeking a ruling by the parliamentarian and want to move forward on a schedule for a debate here on the floor of the senate. it may be the single most important debate that we face this year or many years to come. mr. president, i yield the floor. the vice president: the claire lays before the senate -- the chair lays before the senate the certificate of appointment from the former senator johnny isakson of georgia. the certificate is in the form suggested by the senate. if there be no objection, the reading of ther is tif indicate will be -- certificate will be waived and will be printed in full in the record. no objection heard, if the senate -- senator designate will now present herself at the desk, the chair will administer the oath of office. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear to defend that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of

standing by, though, in richmond, i am going live to virginia senator tim kaine. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning, margaret. >> and you and senator lee have actually found some common cause here, despite the difference in frustration, a lot of frustration regarding the president's lack of consultation with congress, and i want to dive into that. but let's start off specifically on what we learned, because you are on the senate foreign relations committee which has oversight of the state department and therefore embassies. were you aware that there was any kind of threat specifically to embassy baghdad and 3 other posts as the president has described? >> no, i wasn't, margaret. i was at the classified briefing because i am both an armed services and foreign relations member, that was not told to us in the classified briefing. nor was there a suggestion that multiple embassies were threatened. and i think that was one of the reasons that the senators in the briefing were so unhappy. we felt that the evidence was far short of imminent threat. we were mad

. >>> joining me now senator tim kaine. he voted to prevent trump going to war with iran. i'm going to talk about that, but first i want to talk about the news from bolton today. you would be a juror if and when an impeachment trial happens in the senate. your reaction to his statement today. >> well, chris, i tried a lot of cases to juries back in the day before i was in state politics. and you don't have a trial without witnesses and documents. so as soon as john bolton says, i want to come if you subpoena me, then the republicans really cannot say, we don't want to hear from you, and square that with the oath that we're all going to have to take at the beginning of this trial. the oath says that we will do impartial justice in all matters pertaining to the trial of donald j. trump according to the constitution and laws, so help me god. there is no way to live up to that oath and refuse to hear from a witness who has said i have new information bearing directly on the questions of this trial. and so it's going to be a very difficult thing for republicans now to block joh

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force a debate so that congress can weigh in on whether or not this is a good idea. >> senator tim kaine, thank you so much. stand by, i want you to hear what our nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube is about to break from the pentagon. courtney, your news on new deployment. >> reporter: so, andrea, the u.s. military is deploying 3,500 more soldiers, more u.s. troops to the central command region, according to four u.s. military and defense officials. these are the 82nd airborne. this is the immediate reaction force. we saw the first battalion of this group move in several days ago after the u.s. embassy came under siege in baghdad. these are the additional troops as part of that immediate reaction force. those first 700 moved into kuwait. many of those are in baghdad and in iraq according to the officials that we spoke with here. and the ones who will begin moving in this weekend, these additional u.s. soldiers, they will move into the region, some into iraq, some into kuwait, some into other areas there. they will be responsible for being the response force throughout the regi

senator tim kaine, thank you very much for joining us. what about the killing of general soleimani?t is this the right thing to do? >> well, look, i think president trump has pushed theun ed states essentially to the brink of an unnecessary war with iran and the killing o general soleimani. is he a despicable killer? absolutely, he was. is iran a bad actor, absolutely it is,and it remains a bad actor, but the question at we have to grapple with is should the united states be engaged in a war with iran, should we get involved in another war inth middle east, and that's what president trump has pushed us to mth the maximu pressure campaign that he has announced that has involved diplomatic an economic and military pressure against iran. and, so, today, i have filed a resolution to force the debate to the floor of the senat so that the senate can weigh in, because whatever you think about whether the u.s. should be at war with iran or not, that decision should be made by congress, not by a president acting on his own. >> woodruff: before i ask you abt that resoluion, though, what about

it's unconstitutional and it's wrong. >> joining me is tim kaine of virginia. senator, if you catch somebody in a bank robbery, an armed bank robbery and shoot them that's one thing. if you gut away their living and find some guy you hurt blew up some ranges or robbed some banks and kill them in cold blood, that's murder. this looks like an assassination and stopping what someone in the sxhigs of a crime. your thoughts after getting that briefing? which is it, an assassination or are we really stopping in the act of somebody blowing up somebody? >> well, chris, i'll tell you, you know, with soleimani, was he a despicable killer, yes, is iran a bad arc, yes. the question is should the united states be at war are iran? here's mie take on the briefing, the administration did a very poor job of suggesting there is an imminent threat, a very poor job. they suggested that iran and soleimani in particular was carrying out plans against the united states just as we have all kinds of war plans against iran, but the eminence or any decision being made to carry out these

i am supportive about senator kaine and senator sanders efforts. and i urge the senate to consider both in the coming days. additionally, the trump administration must start acting with greater transparency. by law the trump administration must make a notification to congress when itth conducts a military operation like the one last friday. that's known as a war powers act notification. and usually, the trump administration made the notification saturday, after the action had occurred. and then they did it in a completely classified formats. let me be clear, andot entirely classified notification in the case of this particularly military operation, is simply not appropriate. and it appears to be no legitimate justification for classifying this notification. so it ranking member menendez and i sent a letter to the president urging declassification. it is critical that national security matters of such importance, war and peace, the possibility of another quote endless war in the middle east, acknowledge of the actions and justification should be sha

senator susan collins said she met with tim kaine earlier this week, she's weighing whether or in the to support it, but until she sees final language, of course, she can't make a decision. we'll keep you updated as we talk to more republicans up here on capitol hill on where they are on this issue. >> all right, lauren, thanks so much. >>> vice president mike pence now joining the defense secretary and the joint chiefs chairman saying that their belief is that iranians launched those missiles in an effort to kill americans, which iran -- that is opposite of what others in the administration have said. >> barbara starr at the pentagon. what does the pentagon believe here? this is important. if you launch missiles, they're dangerous, you have to accept the risk of hurting people on the ground. but the calibration of this response is important because, you know, the u.s. looks at that and says, okay, you know, how far did iran want to go. and influences the decision how do you react to it. what does the pentagon believe? >> reporter: you know, around the pentagon at the very top level t

there's a house version of the war powers resolution and as mentioned, senator kaine has one as well. i assume you are a "yes." why is that? >> because the constitution has put in the checks and balances in our system, and only congress has the authority to declare war. and the president, if there is imminent danger where taking out soleimani was the only way to stop that imminent danger from happening, he should come to congress and so is the evidence. if it's there, i will vote yes everything all time. i have no fondness for the iranians and in fact, my concern is that this action actually turned soleimani into a martyr in the middle east when the man is a butcher and should be burning in right now. >> bret: do you think we are at war with iran right now? >> i think we are definitely engaged in hostilities. we aren't in a declared war because only congress has the ability to declare war with iran but, as i said, i need to do my job for the constitution and that is to review the evidence that the president should be coming to congress and presenting that evidence before moving forwar

senator kaine has a war powers resolution that would force a debate and vote in congress to seek, to prevent further escalation of hostilities with iran. that resolution will be privilegedil so we will have to come to the fore. my colleagues will vote on it. senator sanders is introduced a bill that would block funding for the war with iran. i am supportive of both senator kaine and senator sanders efforts, and it urge the senate to consider both in the coming days. additionally, the trump administration must start acting with greater transparency. by law the trump administration must make a notification to congress when it conducts a military operation like the one last friday. that stone as a war powers act notification. unusually, the trump administration made the notification saturday after the action occurred, and then they did it in a completely classified format. let met. be clear, and entirely classified notification in the case of this particular military operation is simply not appropriate, and there appears to be no legitimate justification for classifying this notificatio

i am honored to join senator kaine. we have filed our resolution. we are seeking a ruling by the parliamentarian and want to move forward on a schedule for a debate here on the floor of the senate. it may be the single most important debate that we face this year or many years to come. hawley: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. hawley: madam president, it has been 19 days today, 19 days since the house of representatives impeached the president of the united states. 19 days since we were told that it was urgent that president trump be impeached and removed from office. it was urgent for the safety of the country. it was urgent for national security. it was urgent to protect the constitution of the united states. it was urgent, it had to be done now, the articles had to be rushed through, the rules had to be violated, there couldn't be due process. it was urgent. and where are we now? 19 days later and the speaker of the house has still not transmitted the articles to this body for a trial, has still notate pointed

senator tim kaine has been arguing for a long time that congress should debate and vote on issues as serious as literary action in this case against iran. that is something he will be calling for on the senate floor. majority leader mitch mcconnell was on the senate floor a short time ago calling on his colleagues to put a pause on partisanship. >> can we not at least wait until we know the facts? can we not maintain a shred -- just as you read of national unity for 5 minutes? for 5 minutes before deepening the partisan trenches. >> then it was the senate democratic leaders turned saying that he has many, many questions about this military strike. >> president trump had promised to keep the united states out of endless wars in the middle east. the president's actions, however, have seemingly increased the risk that we could be dragged into exactly such a war. >> a republican who was previously a cia officer says iran has been provoking the u.s. for decades. >> let's be honest. the iranian government has been at war with us for almost 41 years. to think that they are going to change o

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but, of course, they can't help themselves. >> let's listen to what senator tim kaine said about theefing. >> it is a far cry from meeting a standard of imminent threat. they had to leave pretty quickly. about 10 of the attending senators, 10 to 15 got to ask questions and many others did not get to ask questions. at least based on the presentation that was made, it does not meet what i consider to be an imminent threat. >> joy, no one has come out saying, yes, they established the imminent threat that made it absolutely necessary to kill the general. >> right. andrea mitchell said in the the worst she's seen in a presidential administration. it would be more honest if they said let's be honest, donald trump every day wakes up thinks about every single moment of barack obama's presidency, people cheering outside the white house when he got bin laden, when our military got osama bin laden, people loving him throughout europe, him getting a nobel prize, he looks at those moments and says how can i get one of those for me. if the black guy had one, i have to have one that's better. he t

. >> pauley: republican mike lee, democrats tim kaine and adam schiff will all be here. plus former secretary of state john kerry weighs in on iran and why he is supporting joe biden. >> and a special behind the scenes report from our liz palmer, her and her team spent the multis you week in nation". >> bre good mning. and bin this morning with the secretary of defense mark esper. good morning to you, mr. secretary, good to have youn witnessed anti-government protests, chants against the regime. what is the u.s. assessment of what is happening on to the ground? >> we are safer today than we were just a few weeks ago. why? because we took out the world's foremost terrorist leader, qasem soleimani, who had the blood of hundreds of dead american service members on his hands. secondly we restored deterrence in iran without any u.s. casualties and we yes, reassurer partners and allies in the >>giwirennane : olln deterrence there was an iran fired off missiles at the united states. >> we are confidently restoring deterrence and if you look to your question. >> brennan: you don

that's right nancy pelosi has introduced an act in the house and tim kaine a colleague has introduced one in the senate and those 2 republicans i just referenced said they will now support that tim kaine measure that the democrats would need all of them to vote together and for republicans in our order for it to pass the senate but nancy pelosi said in a statement about the act that she wants introduced in the house she said our concerns were not addressed by the insufficient war powers act notification and by the administration's briefing today it said that they would introduce a resolution to limit the president's military actions regarding iran and one of the things that really upsets democrats is they were to war power resolutions in 2001 in 2002 and rand paul a republican said it is ridiculous to think that a measure that authorized u.s. force in iraq would now be used to authorize the killing of an iranian general in iraq so this is a resolution that will now get top consideration it is very likely to pass the house of representatives but what is curious is the possibility of re

senator tim kaine who introduced a resolution spoke on the senate floor just a couple moments ago. >>e is to be a war with iran, it should not be initiated by this president or any president acting on his ore hr own. it should on the be initiated by a vote of congress following an open and public debate in full view of the american people. every member of congress should vote and then be accountable for the question of whether another war in the middle east is a good idea. >> house speaker nancy pelosi says the house will vote soon on a similar resolution. we're also learning today that the full senate will be briefed by a senior administration official including secretary of state pompeo and defense secretary mark esper on wednesday. democratic congressal leaders were not notified of the strike in advance and it's unclear how many republicans congress was gip a heads up. let's turn to my colleagues garrett haake on capitol hill and hans nichols at the white house. garrett, what are the chances that the war powers resolution or any resolution of that nature gets passed in this congres

i urge my colleagues on both sides to vote in favor of the kaine resolution. senator sanders also has a bill that would deny funding for a war with iran of which i'm a proud cosponsor. the senate should consider that legislation as well. and as the situation with iran continues to evolve, the administration must come back and brief congress on all major developments, troop deployments, and long-term strategy in the region. finally, madam president, on china. tomorrow the united states will compete -- will complete a -- a signing ceremony for a phase one trade agreement with china. after 18 months of negotiations with china, the phase one deal is remarkable for how little it achieves at an enormous price. president trump has agreed to scale back some tariffs on chinese goodsor in exchange that china will increase its purchase of u.s. exports over the next few years, particularly in agriculture. for all the turmoil, the deal president trump will sign tomorrow hardly seems to advance the united states past square one. it fails to address the deep structural inequ

i was surprised to see tim kaine speaking and you also saw the surrogates. jordan was there, mark meadows off to the side. they're making the press as well. we did hear sekulow say yesterday that what we saw was the trailer, the coming attractions for what we're going to hear tomorrow. if today gives any indication, lindsey graham said he's tired of hearing all this, he's heard enough, let's move on. that certainly was the message that the trump team was conv conveyi conveying, we've heard enough. >> and they're relatively confident they have the votes. we're going to return now to our regular programming. we will be back on monday for the trump team's arguments at 1:00 p.m. eastern time monday. 1:00 p.m. eastern time monday. have a good afternoon. are, something will click. it doesn't feel like working, just feels like what i need to do to be happy. my favorite part of the job is watching people just have a lot of fun. that's what makes it worthwhile. and you can check out great stories like that at localish.com and on facebook and instagram. still ahead on

senator kaine believes he has 51 senators who will support the resolution. he believes that we have the support to pass this resolution. the resolution is very simple. it says basically that the president does not have authorization to use force against iran. he certainly has the right to defend america against an imminent threat, but he does not have the authority, and if he wants to use military force, he needs to seek authorization from congress. that is pretty much what the resolution says. it will be on the floor of the united states senate, and it may be privileged during the impeachment trial. it's not clear. we're waiting for the parliamentarian to give us a ruling. but we are hopeful, because there's need to conduct business during these next several weeks. we don't know how long the impeachment trial is going to go. that we'll get a consent between the mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer for an opportunity to take up this resolution within , i hope within the next week or two. host: senator, one maryland political question. a crowded field to replace

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i thank senator kaine for his leadership on this resolution. i call upon all of my colleagues here on the senate floor to support. thank you, mr. president. i yield he back. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: what is the business now before the senate? the presiding officer: the pending question is h.r. 5430, the usmca bill. mr. wyden: thank you very much, mr. president. this afternoon the finance committee is kicking off this debate. i'll have some remarks and then the distinguished chairman of the committee, senator grassley will have some remarks, senator brown, who has played such a key role in the enforcement issues will follow, and i'm glad we are getting on this debate. there is a lot to say about this topic, and i want to talk first about how the new native got to -- nafta got to this point. in the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate trump said he was going to pull the united states out of nafta. he said, and i quote, this is the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere but cer

i filed -- last week under tim c kaine of virginia will be a first step regarding congress role in any conflict with iran but not a last step. ultimately this president cannot start a war with iran without the approval of the constitution of congress. the republican leadership should not roll over and play the role of a lapdog when it comes to such a serious life and death matter. tragically this escalation with iran and the heightened risk to our personnel and security interests was entirely predictable except it appears to president trump and secretary pompeo. the question was never a simplistic over the killing of soleimani but a genuinely low some terrorist was warranted or not but clearly whether taking him off the face of the earth was in the best interest of the united states. with such an act would advance the cause of interest and policies of our country or precipitate another war in the middle east? the answer is increasingly upon us "-right-double-quote,. >> all is well. that is what donald trump said hours after a dozen missiles were fired at two united states and literary