	us senate cuts off stall tactics on gulf bill confronted by new hostilities involving u s forces in the gulf the u s senate voted to end republican stalling tactics and limit debate on a measure that could give congress a larger role in gulf policy the measure however does not require president reagan to comply with the war powers act as does a related senate bill the controversial war powers act could require a pullout of u s forces from the gulf the senate voted to stop a filibuster and limit debate to hours on a bipartisan measure that requires reagan to report to congress on gulf policy within days and calls for a resolution to be passed in the house and senate on the situation in the volatile waterway days later the resolution could be about any gulf related issue including an expression of support or of disapproval for reagan s policy of protecting kuwaiti tankers from iran in the waterway the pentagon said the th u s protected convoy began moving through the gulf early tuesday reuter 
