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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday defeated a Democrat-led bid to stop President Donald Trump from following through on his threat to wage war on Cuba, whose long-suffering people are reeling from the American administration’s tightened economic stranglehold.

Upper chamber lawmakers voted 51-47 on a procedural motion to block further debate Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-Virginia) SJ Res. 124, “a joint resolution to direct the removal of United States armed forces from hostilities within or against the republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress.”

Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky voted to advance the resolution, while John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined his GOP colleagues in voting to sink the measure.

The vote effectively sidelines the measure, one of many failed attempts to curb Trump’s ability to wage war on countries including Iran and Venezuela, as well as rein in his high seas boat bombing spree.

“The American people are not asking for another war,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona) — one of SJ Res. 124’s dozen co-sponsors — said following Tuesday’s vote. “They want us focused on building housing in Arizona, not bombing housing in Havana. They want us to lower the cost of healthcare not condemn a generation of veterans to a lifetime of hospital visits. They want us to make their lives more affordable, not spend their tax dollars on unnecessary wars.”

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Kaine called the GOP move “purely a regime change effort.”

“Why do they want it? You’ll have to ask them,” he........

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