Senate Expected To Vote on Thursday To Block Trump From Starting a War With Venezuela

by Dave DeCamp

The Senate is expected to vote on Thursday at 5:00 pm Eastern Time on a bipartisan War Powers Resolution that would block President Trump from attacking Venezuela without congressional authorization, a vote that comes amid reports that he is reviewing several options for starting a war with the country.

Americans can contact their senators and urge them to support S.J.Res. 90, introduced by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Adam Schiff (D-CA). Go to 1833stopwar.com to see how your senator may vote on the bill and how they voted on a previous War Powers Resolution that would have stopped the US bombing campaign against alleged drug-running boats in the region.

The resolution to stop the boat strikes failed in a vote of 48-51, with Sen. Paul and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) being the only Republicans supporting the measure, but the bill to prevent a war with Venezuela may have more GOP support…

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