Overview
- The joint resolution passed 52–47 with Republicans Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley and Todd Young joining Democrats.
- Drafted by Democrats with Paul as co-sponsor, the measure aims to bar U.S. hostilities in or against Venezuela without specific congressional authorization.
- House Democrats introduced a companion resolution with a planned vote on January 22, and any final bill would face a likely presidential veto requiring two‑thirds majorities to override.
- President Trump castigated the GOP defectors on Truth Social and labeled the War Powers Resolution unconstitutional under Article II.
- The Senate action follows reported U.S. operations that seized Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores and that the Venezuelan government says left at least 100 dead, prompting Venezuela’s legislature to applaud the vote.