Senate panel passes amendment to bar using troops against protesters
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment aimed at blocking President Trump from deploying active-duty troops against protesters.
The amendment, from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), was approved in a voice vote during the committee’s closed-door markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday, the senator’s office said Thursday.
“My other priority was something I would never have thought I needed to do until last week: prevent the use of military force against peaceful protesters,” Kaine said in a statement Thursday. “I was pleased my colleagues voted to include my amendment in the defense bill. This shouldn’t be a partisan issue.”
Kaine announced last week he would offer the amendment after Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that creates an exception to the general prohibition on using the U.S. military to enforce domestic laws.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/502258-senate-panel-passes-amendment-to-bar-using-troops-against-protesters?fbclid=IwAR2mdEMsLZtnfJLd8RaQ775uestcnepDmi3DBMs1Tj6Yn2XHptB29yf0MVo
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