US Senate blocks bid to prevent Trump from military action against Cuba

The Republican-led U.S. Senate on Tuesday blocked a Democratic-led resolution that would have barred President Donald Trump from military action against

Cuba without congressional approval.



The Senate voted 51 to 47, almost entirely along party lines, on a procedural measure that blocked a war powers resolution, as members of Trump's party argued that there are no active U.S. hostilities against Cuba.



Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida, who introduced the point of order that stopped the resolution, said a war powers vote was not appropriate because Trump has not deployed troops.



Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, a lead sponsor of the measure, had argued that U.S. efforts to stop fuel shipments to the Communist-ruled island constitute military action.