{"id":1977654,"date":"2023-07-19T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T21:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-votes-down-measure-to-rein-in-nato-war-making-authority\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T17:09:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T21:09:34","slug":"senate-votes-down-measure-to-rein-in-nato-war-making-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-votes-down-measure-to-rein-in-nato-war-making-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate rejects measure to limit NATO&#8217;s war-making power."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-votes-down-measure-to-rein-in-nato-war-making-authority%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977654&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u200dSenate Rejects\u200b Amendment\u2062 to\u2064 National\u2064 Defense Authorization \u200cAct<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2064Senate \u200con \u200dWednesday \u2064made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/autistic-college-student-punished-for-fist-bumps-and-selfies-gets-upsetting-news-in-court\/\" title=\"Autistic College Student Punished For Fist Bumps And Selfies Gets Upsetting News In Court\">significant decision<\/a>\u200c regarding \u200cthe National \u2063Defense Authorization \u2064Act.\u2062 An amendment\u2062 that\u2062 aimed to clarify \u200bthe role \u2064of \u2064Article\u2062 5 in\u2064 the \u2062NATO treaty was\u2062 rejected. \u200dThis amendment would \u200chave\u2062 emphasized that\u200c Congress \u2063still \u2063holds\u200c the power to\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2020-was-the-brian-stelter-of-years\/\" title=\"2020 Was the Brian Stelter of Years\">declare war<\/a>, despite the provisions of Article 5.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200c  <\/p>\n<p>Article 5 \u200bof\u2064 the \u200cNATO\u2063 treaty\u200b states \u2064that\u2063 an \u200battack\u200c on \u200cany \u200bmember \u200cof\u2063 the alliance \u200bis\u200d considered an attack on\u200c the\u200d entire\u200d alliance.\u2063 It is a crucial\u2064 part\u200b of\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-votes-down-measure-to-rein-in-nato-war-making-authority\/\" title=\"Senate rejects measure to limit NATO's war-making power.\">collective defense commitment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Sen. Rand\u2062 Paul Introduces \u200dthe\u200b Measure<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Rand Paul\u200c (R-KY)\u200c introduced \u200dthis measure at\u2062 a critical \u200dtime\u200b when discussions \u2063about\u200c NATO membership \u200cfor \u2063Ukraine \u200bare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wow-pa-election-observer-drops-bombshell-says-special-agents-from-ags-office-showed-up-at-her-door-to-question-her-after-she-testified-video\/\" title=\"WOW! PA Election Observer Drops BOMBSHELL - Says Special Agents from AG's Office Showed Up at Her Door to Question Her After She Testified (VIDEO)\">taking place<\/a>. \u2064Ukraine \u2063is\u200c currently engaged \u2064in \u2063a war \u200dwith \u2064nuclear-armed \u2064Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 final \u2064vote on\u2064 this\u200c amendment\u200c resulted in 83\u2063 senators \u2064voting against it, \u2063while\u200b only \u200b16 voted \u200cin \u200cfavor.<\/p>\n<h3>President\u2064 Biden&#8217;s Stance \u2064on \u200dUkraine&#8217;s \u200bNATO\u2064 Membership<\/h3>\n<p>President\u200d Joe \u200bBiden \u200chas \u200dexpressed\u200d his \u200bopposition\u200b to Ukraine&#8217;s\u200b admission \u2062to\u200b NATO while the\u2064 country\u200c is\u200b still \u200bat\u200b war \u2064with\u200c Russia. His concern \u2064is to \u2064avoid being\u2062 drawn into the\u2064 conflict\u200c under Article \u200c5. \u200cHowever, the United\u2062 States\u2063 and \u200bother\u2062 Western \u200dallies \u2062are \u200cactively\u2064 strengthening \u2062Ukrainian\u2062 defenses against the Russian\u2064 invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment \u2064required\u200b a minimum\u200c of \u206360 \u2064votes \u200bto pass, but \u2063it \u2064received\u200c well\u200b over\u2064 60 votes against \u2062it.<\/p>\n<h3>Expanding NATO to Include\u2063 Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>Supporters \u200cof \u2062expanding NATO \u200cto \u2062include Ukraine believe \u200dthat it \u200bwould \u2062have\u200c deterred \u2063Russia \u2062from\u200c invading in\u200d the first place. On \u200cthe \u2062other hand, opponents \u2062fear that \u2063Ukrainian NATO membership \u200ccould escalate \u2063tensions\u200b and \u200cpotentially\u200d lead\u2064 to\u2064 a\u2064 &#8220;World War\u200b III,&#8221; \u2063as described\u200c by President\u2062 Biden. They argue that \u2063enlarging \u200bthe\u2063 alliance \u200dnear\u2063 Russia&#8217;s\u200d borders \u2063may\u200d have been\u200b a\u2062 motivating\u200b factor\u200c for the \u200binvasion.<\/p>\n<p>Sen.\u200d Rand Paul&#8217;s\u200b amendment aimed to ensure that any war \u200btriggered\u2064 by \u200bArticle 5\u200d would \u200drequire \u2064congressional authorization.<\/p>\n<p>A\u200c bipartisan \u2064group\u2064 of \u2063senators rejected this \u2064proposal\u2064 as\u2064 they\u200d work \u2064towards\u200c reaching an \u2064agreement on\u2062 the \u2064crucial NDAA \u200clegislation.<\/p>\n<p>For \u2062more \u200cinformation, \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click \u2063here\u2063 to \u2062read more \u200bin\u2064 The Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate rejected an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, clarifying that Article 5 of the NATO treaty doesn&#8217;t eliminate the requirement for Congress to declare war. 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