Flake enthusiastically said the Senate Foreign Relations Committee could take up their bill soon after the Memorial Day break. A White House spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Flake and Kaine unveiled their bill to a room of a dozen or so reporters, and as many empty seats. Their 2015 AUMF bill never got a Senate committee hearing, never mind a floor debate or vote. “One could envision, in that scenario, that they’d ask for an AUMF that supported the strategy,” said Stewart.

Source: Huffington Post May 26, 2017 01:36 UTC