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Live updates: Live updates: Senate Republicans vote down Venezuela war powers resolution

Paul supported the resolution, arguing that the president’s actions in Venezuela had already crossed into wartime hostilities.

Live updates: Live updates: Senate Republicans vote down Venezuela war powers resolution
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Senate Republicans sidelined a war powers resolution that would have required congressional approval before further U.S. attacks on Venezuela. Todd Young switched sides on the procedural vote, while Rand Paul continued to support the resolution.

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Rand Paul R · KY · SEN

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Votes cast on this page: ▲ 19 · ◆ 6 · ▼ 17

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Rand Paul
R · KY · SEN

Kentucky senator who supported the resolution and argued that U.S. actions in Venezuela already amounted to hostilities

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Todd Young
R · IN · SEN

Indiana senator who switched his vote to sideline the Venezuela war powers resolution

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose pressure on Senate Republicans and Venezuela policy framed the war powers vote

Trump's version of this story ↗
James Comer
R · KY-1

Kentucky representative and House Oversight Committee chair overseeing the Epstein inquiry

Elissa Slotkin
D · MI · SEN

Michigan senator who organized and appeared in a video urging service members to resist illegal orders

Susan M. Collins
R · ME · SEN

Maine senator who said she would continue to support the resolution

John Thune
R · SD · SEN

Senate majority leader who criticized the resolution and questioned whether it should receive priority

Lisa Murkowski
R · AK · SEN

Alaska senator who said she would continue to support the resolution

Angie Craig
D · MN-2

Minnesota representative who criticized ICE enforcement actions

Kristi Noem
Former U.S. Representative (R-SD)

Homeland Security secretary targeted by Kelly’s impeachment effort

Illinois representative who introduced articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

Chuck Schumer
D · NY · SEN

Senate minority leader who discussed Democratic prospects and concerns about the midterms

J.D. Vance
Vice President of the United States

Vice president whose vote was needed to break the Senate tie

Tim Kaine
D · VA · SEN

Virginia senator who criticized Republicans’ handling of the debate

Jamie Raskin
D · MD-8

Maryland representative who said his staff received reports from Epstein survivors

Josh Hawley
R · MO · SEN

Missouri senator who voted to sideline a resolution he had previously helped advance

Mary Peltola
Former U.S. Representative (D-AK)

Former Alaska representative and Senate candidate whose entry was cited as helping Democrats’ chances

Marco Rubio
Secretary of State

Secretary of State who spoke with Hawley about U.S. military plans in Venezuela

Angus S. King, Jr.
I · ME · SEN

Maine senator who criticized the idea that the United States needs to control Greenland

ALSO MENTIONED  Bill Clinton, Former president who did not attend a scheduled House Oversight Committee deposition; Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuelan acting president who said prisoner releases would continue; Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former secretary of state who did not attend a scheduled House Oversight Committee deposition; Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney whose office informed Slotkin of the inquiry; Jeff Landry, Louisiana governor and U.S. special envoy to Greenland; Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish foreign minister who met with U.S. officials about Greenland; Nicolás Maduro, Former Venezuelan president captured by U.S. troops; Steve Witkoff, U.S. envoy who said the Gaza ceasefire plan had entered its second phase; Vivian Motzfeldt, Greenlandic counterpart who met with U.S. officials; Vladimir Barbin, Russian ambassador to Denmark who commented on Arctic tensions; Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayor who said he had exchanged text messages with Trump

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