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The Senate will vote next week on a bipartisan war powers resolution to block Trump from continuing military against Venezuela — a vote that takes on heightened importance after U.S. forces attacked the South American nation and arrested President Nicolás Maduro early Saturday.

The resolution to block the administration from engaging in further hostilities against Venezuela is privileged, which means Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) cannot stop it from coming to the floor.

The measure is sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

  • Sir G'kar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    4 days ago

    Any war powers resolution passed by the Senate would need to be approved by the House and signed by Trump to have the force of law.

    The president is expected to veto any resolution to restrict his power as commander in chief and there are not enough votes in either chamber to override such an action.

    While they should be doing anything they can to stop this shit, this whole vote is purely symbolic. Unless they can get support from the house and a supermajority in the senate, no standalone bill will do anything.

    The only real leverage they have is a potential government shut down at the end of the month. Given how unpopular a repeat of Iraq and Afghanistan would be, I want to say that it should be fairly easy to find bipartisan support for a deal that would pull any forces out of Venezuala and potentially put some road blocks in place to dissuade further military interventions. You’d just need some competent leadership and a little bit of backbone.

    [Exasperated Sigh]

    • GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
      111·
      4 days ago

      So sad that we only need a HANDFUL of decent, non-trash Republicans yet can never seem to find them.

        • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          4 days ago

          Exactly. It’s why I say that We The People should never ever allow Republicans into office. Not one of them.

        • GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
          41·
          4 days ago

          Voter registration. I’ve got some friends that are “old guard” Republicans - we’d disagree on tax rates and small policy matters like that, but at the end of the day they believe in the Constitution. They’re voting straight Dem tickets now, but haven’t officially changed their affiliation with the election office (I think in the hope that somehow the R’s can return to sanity).

          • TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            4 days ago

            Maybe they just don’t wanted to be rounded up in internment camps. I’d say I was a registered republican right now too if I was in america

          • ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml
            1·
            4 days ago

            Is it required to register as a voter for a party? Why would anyone do that? Aren’t the elections supposed to be anonymous?

            • Makeitstop@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              3 days ago

              In some states you have to be registered as a member of a party to vote in their primaries. In states with open primaries you can vote in primaries without registering as a party member, but they still typically have party affiliation as an option on the form.

                • GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  3 days ago

                  To add on to that, I have other friends that are lifetime Dems that switched to registered Republicans specifically to vote for the least crazy option in the Republican primary - they always vote Dem in the general though.