[livius]

Disgusting. Not that I am surprised, of course, looking at the names.

But isn't such an action illegal under our Constitution? I didn't think that members of Congress were permitted to intervene, on their own initiative, in foreign policy matters.

[shanec]

They are certainly intervening. The just released Reuters story that mentions Chavez weekly Sunday TV broadcast to the nation here...

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2030925

...says, quote: "Chavez on Sunday read out what he said was a Jan 9 letter of support sent by 19 U.S. Congress members recognizing him as the legitimately elected president of Venezuela."

-Shane