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Overview
- The Senate voted 52–47 to proceed to debate on a resolution that would bar new U.S. military operations in Venezuela without congressional authorization.
- Republicans Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, and Todd Young joined all Democrats to advance the measure.
- The legislative push followed a U.S. military operation on Saturday that captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in Caracas.
- President Trump castigated the five Republicans on Truth Social and told the New York Times the United States should administer Venezuela for years and use its oil.
- The proposal still needs a final Senate vote, then faces a Republican-controlled House and an expected presidential veto that would require two-thirds majorities to override.