All that being said, the current action is a very good thing, and New Mexico’s senators have thus far been on the right side of it. . ... Congress were to stand up to a president on one war, people might raise the question of every other war. ..…
Next year when the new Congress begins, the House can take up a similar measure and will almost certainly pass it. ..…
Despite this, as Daniel Larison notes, there is something important about the resolution that ought to be recognized and which, hopefully, could lead to a subsequent action in the new Congress when the House of Representatives is controlled by Democrats: . ..…
That is why we support a permanent waiver of Jones Act statutes, and we will ask the new Congress, which is sworn in January, to take this request into consideration,” Aponte Hernández said in a statement. . ..…
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