This week, President Trump is meeting with China overseas. Democrats right here in the Senate want to pull the rug out from under him. Let's be clear. President Trump has complied with the law enforcing a blockade is not the same as active hostilities under the War Powers Act. That is the established and binding precedent that governs the United States Senate. Democrats don't seem to care. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia said in January that their goal, the Democrat goal, he said, is to flood the Senate calendar. (03:42–03:54)
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Asserts that enforcing a blockade is not considered active hostilities under the War Powers Act.
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