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The procedural vote is a rare critique of Trump’s authority in the first test of GOP loyalty since last weekend’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The Senate on Thursday voted to advance legislation that would force President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval before taking any new military action in Venezuela, a stunning rebuke for the White House in the first big test of GOP unity since the U.S. capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
GOP Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Todd Young of Indiana and Josh Hawley of Missouri backed the measure to check Trump in a 52-47 vote. Paul, a co-sponsor of the resolution, and Murkowski have supported previous attempts to rein in Trump. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania also supported the measure despite previously signaling he might oppose it.
The vote is a shocking sign of divisions among Republicans on Trump’s plans for the South American country, and an about-face to a November vote on limiting the president that failed. Democrats have promised more tough votes that force Republicans to take a public stance as Trump threatens to seize Greenland and floats military action in Colombia.
House and Senate Republicans are getting tired of Trump's antics. Trump's attack on a sovereign foreign country is a bridge to far. Capturing Nicolas Maduro had nothing to do with drugs (Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández,, who had convicted of drug trafficking in the U.S.) and everything the Oil in Venezuela, which the U.S. now controls. After the stunning majority vote in both to release the EPSTEIN FILES, I doubt that Trump can block this in House, not with Johnson on his side.
The Senate on Thursday voted to advance legislation that would force President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval before taking any new military action in Venezuela, a stunning rebuke for the White House in the first big test of GOP unity since the U.S. capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
GOP Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Todd Young of Indiana and Josh Hawley of Missouri backed the measure to check Trump in a 52-47 vote. Paul, a co-sponsor of the resolution, and Murkowski have supported previous attempts to rein in Trump. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania also supported the measure despite previously signaling he might oppose it.
The vote is a shocking sign of divisions among Republicans on Trump’s plans for the South American country, and an about-face to a November vote on limiting the president that failed. Democrats have promised more tough votes that force Republicans to take a public stance as Trump threatens to seize Greenland and floats military action in Colombia.
House and Senate Republicans are getting tired of Trump's antics. Trump's attack on a sovereign foreign country is a bridge to far. Capturing Nicolas Maduro had nothing to do with drugs (Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández,, who had convicted of drug trafficking in the U.S.) and everything the Oil in Venezuela, which the U.S. now controls. After the stunning majority vote in both to release the EPSTEIN FILES, I doubt that Trump can block this in House, not with Johnson on his side.
