She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted. - Mitch McConnell

Nobody is happy about losing lives but, remember, these are not draftees. These are full-time professional soldiers.

The framers built the Senate to stop short-term passions from boiling over and melting the foundations of our republic. So I believe protecting our constitutional order requires respecting the limits of our own power. It would be unfair and wrong to disenfranchise American voters and overrule the courts and the states on this extraordinarily thin basis. And I will not pretend such a vote would be a harmless protest gesture while relying on others to do the right thing. I will vote to respect the people’s decision and defend our system of government as we know it.

The Senate is moving toward the plan I laid out last night to spare the American people from an unprecedented crisis.