Overview
- Senators are set to decide on a resolution that would require congressional approval before any new U.S. military action in or against Venezuela.
- Republican leaders are weighing a point of order to table the measure, arguing it is inapplicable because there are no U.S. troops or active hostilities in Venezuela.
- The White House has launched direct lobbying and public attacks on the five Republicans who helped advance the resolution in a 52–47 vote last week.
- Sen. Josh Hawley says he is undecided after conversations with President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who told him there will be no deployment of ground forces.
- Even if the Senate and House approve the measure, the White House says Trump will veto it, leaving enactment unlikely without a two‑thirds override.