As the White House pushes for the admission of Ukraine into NATO, a group of senators is questioning a common interpretation of the security pact's founding treaty.
On June 22, Sens. Rand Paul (R–Ky.), Chip Roy (R–Texas), and Warren Davidson (R–Ohio) introduced legislation to clarify America's commitment in the case of an attack on a fellow NATO member, emphasizing that "if the President deems it necessary to engage United States forces in hostilities in order to restore or maintain the security of the North Atlantic area as stated in Article 5, such action does not supersede the constitutional requirement that Congress declare war or authorize the use of military force prior to the United States engaging in hostilities."
