“Sanctioning Nord Stream now, at this pivotal moment, would have the opposite effect of deterring Putin,” Mr. Menendez said on the Senate floor just before the vote.
Senate Democrats block GOP bill to hit Russian pipeline with sanctions
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"After the fall of Saddam Hussein, presidents have continued to stretch the use of the 2002 AUMF for purposes wildly beyond what any member who voted for that resolution [had ever] intended," Sen. Robert C. Menendez, New Jersey Democrat and Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, said earlier this week.
Bill Hagerty pushes for updated AUMFs ahead of Senate vote to repeal them
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