US EditionSenate advances resolution to curb Trump’s military authority in Venezuela
The Senate vote, supported by Democrats and five Republicans, marks a rare bipartisan check on presidential military authority amid recent Venezuela operations.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Senate advanced a bipartisan War Powers Resolution 52-47 to block strikes on Venezuela without prior congressional approval, setting up a final vote before the House.
- After the nighttime raid on Jan. 3 capturing Nicolás Maduro, lawmakers cited months-long strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats that killed more than 100 people to push for congressional authorization.
- Five Republican senators, including Sens. Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Josh Hawley and Todd Young, joined Democrats, citing Coast Guard data showing 212 interdictions and 41 boats without illicit contraband.
- The measure now goes to the House of Representatives, where Republicans hold a narrow majority, and if both chambers approve it, President Donald Trump could veto it, requiring a two-thirds majority requirement to override; senators must also clear a 60-vote filibuster threshold in the U.S. Senate.
- The vote signals a bipartisan message to President Donald Trump, and Sen. Tim Kaine, Virginia Democrat, plans resolutions for Greenland, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Nigeria while Sen. Ruben Gallego, Arizona, urged, `We must stop him before he invades another country on a whim.
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