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Posted on 01/14/2026 6:24:50 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
By the slimmest of margins, the U.S. Senate successfully derailed a resolution that would have curtailed the Trump administration’s power to continue military action in Venezuela.
Of the five Republicans who originally voted to advance the war powers resolution, U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.; and Todd Young, R-Ind.; flipped and voted for the majority leadership’s motion to tank it.
“After numerous conversations with senior national security officials, I have received assurances that there are no American troops in Venezuela…[and] that [if] American forces are needed in major military operations in Venezuela, the Administration will come to Congress in advance to ask for an authorization in force,” Young wrote on X.
Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Susan Collins, R-Maine; and Rand Paul, R-Ky.; did not change their stances, prompting Vice President J.D. Vance to cast the tie-breaking vote.
“We still have an entire military blockade of a country,” Rand pointed out on the Senate floor. “I don’t know how we argue that that’s not war.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who pressed the holdouts to fold, has promised to provide updates on the Venezuelan situation to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in two weeks.
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Good thing there’s not more important matters to attend to.... like confirming Trumps nominees.... useless bags of....
i am glad that HAWLEY AN YOUNG changed votes but its a shame that any REPUBLICAN voted for this resolution.
LEX
“Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Susan Collins, R-Maine; and Rand Paul, R-Ky.; did not change their stances...”
So, The Usual Suspects? *SPIT*
GET RID OF THESE FECKLESS RINOS! Enough, already!
Someone tell Rand the war’s over
We won
Yahoo BS Trump would have vetoed and it would have died there.
How does Congress even get to restrict the War Powers of the President.
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