{"id":276,"date":"2026-05-22T14:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=276"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:14:49","slug":"democrats-revive-effort-to-check-trumps-military-powers-against-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":"Democrats revive effort to check Trump\u2019s military powers against Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A trio of Democratic senators is pushing a measure forward yet again to reel in President Trump\u2019s ability to use military force against Cuba without congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=274\">WATCH: TMZ hits Washington and finds politicians are just like us<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bill from Democratic Sens. Adam B. Schiff of California, Tim Kaine of Virginia and Ruben Gallego of Arizona seeks to \u201cdirect the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three senators previously introduced a similar measure relating to Cuba in March, but it was shot down by Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The new measure comes on the heels of the Justice Department announcing the indictment of 94-year-old former Cuban President Raul Castro for murder and conspiracy in the 1996 shoot-down of civilian planes. Congressional Democrats fear that the prosecution lays out the potential for U.S. military action against Cuba.<\/p>\n<div>\n<section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr. Trump said the U.S. is \u201cfreeing up Cuba,\u201d adding that \u201cwe will be there to help them out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have intensified their \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign to isolate the Cuban regime. The Trump administration has choked off Cuba\u2019s energy supply, enacted an effective oil blockade and sanctioned high-level officials to pressure the island\u2019s communist regime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p>    SEE ALSO: DOJ indicts Cuba\u2019s Raul Castro on murder, conspiracy charges<\/p>\n<p>  <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Mr. Rubio was negotiating with the country\u2019s leadership, Mr. Trump said earlier this month. CIA Director John Ratcliffe also visited Cuba this month to urge leaders there to adopt economic and security reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe repressive Cuban regime has suppressed its population and stifled the economic progress of its people for decades,\u201d Mr. Schiff said in a statement. \u201cMuch as I wish the regime gone and a better future for the Cuban people, there is no indication that Cuba poses a significant national security threat to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=272\">Matthew Perry\u2019s family trusted his assistant to help keep him sober. He instead helped him overdose<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The resolution, filed Thursday, would require the president to remove U.S. forces from any hostilities or unauthorized military operations involving Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>The deployment of the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group into the Caribbean this week represents a calibrated show of force amid escalating pressure on Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, said that sending service members to Cuba shows \u201cno clear benefit\u201d to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing that our country needs right now is a regime change war in Cuba based on imaginary threats to the homeland that would devastate the Cuban people and generate a man-made migration crisis,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Because the president\u2019s polling numbers are hovering near historic lows, Mr. Gallego said Mr. Trump is \u201cginning up a reason to invade and looking for a quick win to feel tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>War powers resolutions have become increasingly popular this session of Congress, as Democrats attempt to check the president\u2019s power to use the military against Iran and Venezuela. One was advanced by the Senate this week with the help of Sen. Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Republican, who recently lost his reelection primary.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=270\">Looking back and forward: Young Americans assess U.S. history as they think about the future<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trio of Democratic senators is pushing a measure forward yet again to reel in President Trump&#8217;s ability to use military force against Cuba without congressional approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Democrats revive effort to check Trump\u2019s military powers against Cuba - 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