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This is starting to feel like a broken record, but last week, I reported that the United States Senate voted on a bipartisan War Powers resolution aimed at limiting the Donald Trump administration’s ability to conduct further strikes in or against Venezuela without congressional approval. It was the third effort on such a measure, and the first time it actually advanced for further debate and consideration.
AlloftheDemocratsvotedforit,asdidfiveRepublicans:Sens.RandPaul(R-Ky.),SusanCollins(R-Maine),LisaMurkowski(R-Alaska),JoshHawley(R-Mo.),andToddYoung(R-Ind.).
It’samazingwhatalittlepressurewilldo.OnWednesdayevening,theSenatetookanothervoteontheWarPowersresolution,andthistime,therewasa50-50tie.AllDemocratsvotedforitagain.Collins,Murkowski,and,ofcourse,Pauldidn’tbudge,butYoungandHawleyswitchedsidesandvotedwiththeGOP.
TherumoristhattheywerelobbiedhardbytheWhiteHouseandpersonallybySecretaryofStateMarcoRubio.TrumpalsocalledtheRepublicans“stupid”onsocialmediaandsuggestedtheyshouldlosetheirseatsinCongress.
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