UPDATE; The U.S. House and Senate Secure the Necessary Votes to Pass the Bipartisan NATO Unity Protection Act, Explicitly Blocking Donald Trump From Using Military Force to Seize Greenland, a Danish Territory Under NATO Protection

UPDATE; The U.S. House and Senate Secure the Necessary Votes to Pass the Bipartisan NATO Unity Protection Act, Explicitly Blocking Donald Trump From Using Military Force to Seize Greenland, a Danish Territory Under NATO Protection

In an extraordinary bipartisan effort, both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have now secured the necessary votes to advance the NATO Unity Protection Act — groundbreaking legislation that would explicitly prohibit the use of military force to seize Greenland, a Danish territory under NATO protection.

The bill — co-sponsored by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) — is a direct response to mounting concerns in Washington and European capitals over comments from President Donald Trump suggesting the United States might consider forceful options to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark and a full member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO