U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks with Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), arsenic Lori Chavez-DeRemer, U.S. President Trump’s nominee to beryllium caput of labour testifies earlier a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee confirmation proceeding connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, D.C., U.S., February 19, 2025.
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The Senate connected Thursday volition ballot connected whether to halt President Donald Trump from utilizing the subject successful Venezuela without legislature authorization, little than a week aft the president ordered a subject onslaught that captured Venezuelan person Nicolás Maduro without asking the legislative branch.
The measure, known arsenic a War Powers Resolution, lone needs a elemental bulk to walk successful the Republican-controlled Senate and would necessitate Trump to question Congress' support earlier utilizing the subject again successful Venezuela. It's being brought by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
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"Make nary mistake, bombing different nation's superior and removing their person is an enactment of warfare plain and simple. No proviso successful the Constitution provides specified powerfulness to the presidency," Paul said successful a statement.
The Constitution vests Congress with the authorization to state war. Trump and his allies successful Congress person argued helium did not request to consult Congress connected the onslaught that captured Maduro, which they accidental was a instrumentality enforcement operation. Maduro is present facing drug-related charges successful New York.
The Senate changeable down a akin solution successful November, aft lone 2 Republicans — Paul and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — joined each Democrats successful voting for it. Trump engaged successful a monthslong subject buildup astir Venezuela earlier the enactment that captured Maduro.
Republicans clasp a 53-47 bulk successful the Senate, meaning astatine slightest 4 would request to ballot for the measurement to walk it, adjacent if each Democrats ballot for it. The House would besides request to o.k. the measurement if it passes the Senate. Republicans person a razor-thin majority successful the House.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said connected Thursday she would ballot for the measure.
"While I enactment the cognition to prehend Nicolas Maduro, which was bonzer successful its precision and complexity, I bash not enactment committing further U.S. forces oregon entering into immoderate semipermanent subject engagement successful Venezuela oregon Greenland without circumstantial legislature authorization," she said successful a statement.
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