Lawmakers Clash Over Calls to Eliminate 200-Year-Old Monroe Doctrine
• House lawmakers are pushing back against progressives' efforts to eliminate the 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine policy • The policy categorizes political intervention in the Western Hemisphere by outside countries as hostility toward the U.S. • A group of leftists led by Rep. Nydia Velázquez introduced a resolution to annul the doctrine, calling it “outdated and ineffective" • Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar and Carlos Gimenez are defending the policy, saying it's critical to regional stability and security • The policy dictates that the U.S. will oppose any political or military intervention in the Americas by nations outside the hemisphere