The US Senate on Thursday advanced a bipartisan war powers resolution to prevent Donald Trump from taking further military actions against Venezuela, after he ordered a weekend raid to capture that country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, without giving Congress advance notice.
The measure passed with 52 senators in favor and 47 opposed. All Democrats voted for the resolution , as did Republicans Rand Paul, Todd Young, Lisa Murkowski, Josh Hawley and Susan Collins.
Should the Senate approve the measure, it will need to pass the House and be signed by Trump.
The war powers resolution, introduced by the Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, requires Trump to seek permission before attacking or otherwise using the military against Venezuela. Following the Saturday raid that saw US special forces assault the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, and spirit Maduro to New York City to face trial on charges related to “narco-terrorism”, the president said he did not tell lawmakers beforehand because “Congress has a tendency to leak”.
…in Venezuela…
So that’s nice, but come the fuck on. Take the war powers back that you’re supposed to control.
It’s political theatre, they actually like what happened and now want to make a feel-good namesake so they can pretend to be upset and say they “stopped” something.
How are you specifically helping the situation? Sounds like you just want to make more trouble.
And why would Trump sign this?
Parliament: We have done our part and further processing doesn’t concern us.
Excuse me wtf, we already had rules for this exact thing that apply well beyond just Venezuela and this is just avoiding enforcement.
Congress, you have a choice, assert your powers, you know the ones you have had since November 7, 1973. Or give in, give up, and go home. Your constituents have put you in the position, as a co-equal branch, to restrain The Executive Branch. Do your JOB!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution
"The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. ch. 33) is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president’s power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States congressional joint resolution. It provides that the president can send the U.S. Armed Forces into action abroad only by Congress’s “statutory authorization”, or in case of “a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces”. "
That resolution was kneecapped by the Authorization for Use of Military Force after 9/11. Multiple presidents have treated it as a blank check to execute military actions around the world without congressional approval. Just call the targets “terrorists” (or “narco terrorists” now) and do anything without repercussions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001
So the updated war powers act under consideration is worth passing? We should all contact our reps.
It would be a (small) step in the right direction if it had any chance of becoming law. It’s a non-starter in the House, and Trump certainly wouldn’t sign it either.
I happen to appreciate any/all steps in the directions that move us away from war.
No, not in the least. Do you think moving away from war, or suggesting that is a good direction is funny? It may surprise you to know that there is a Peace Movement that has existed in the US, and internationally, for longer than you or I have been alive.
Interesting that most republicans voted against this but didn’t filibuster. Speaks to their impotent terror of disobeying the Trump administration. They are truly pathetic.
Ha ha ha ha. Trump will wipe his ass with that resolution. Dictators doesen’t care what other thinks.
Should the Senate approve the measure, it will need to pass the House and be signed by Trump.
No way there will be enough Republicans in Congress to make it veto-proof.
Meaningless legislative theater. It’ll never pass the House. If it did Trump wouldn’t sign it. And even if those things magically happened, the scope is too narrow. Congress needs to take back its constitutional war powers that it’s ceded to the executive branch long ago.
Should the Senate approve the measure, it will need to pass the House and be signed by Trump.
Well, that was a great idea, it’s a good thing that the person it’s designed to rein in can’t simply nullify it with the stroke of a pen, right? /s
jump shots bipartisan War Powers resolution into trash from across Senate floor
Should the Senate approve the measure, it will need to pass the House and be signed by Trump.
The war powers resolution, introduced by the Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, requires Trump to seek permission before attacking or otherwise using the military against Venezuela.
So basically, they’re asking Trump if he can block Trump from acting without permission?
