The House on Thursday narrowly voted down a Democratic-led war powers resolution designed to block President Trump from using military force in Venezuela without explicit approval from Congress.
The House has barely rejected a Democratic-backed resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending ...
The failed vote comes a week after the White House peeled off GOP support for a similar measure in the Senate.
Two Republicans joined Democrats to vote for the war powers resolution, but the motion failed in a 215-215 vote.
Every House Democrat and two Republicans voted in favor of the measure. Every other Republican voted against it.
Republicans cited assurances from the administration that the president would go to Congress for approval of any future major ...
In a tie vote, the House defeated an effort to prohibit the president from using the U.S. military in Venezuela weeks after the raid he ordered that captured the country’s leader.
The Venezuelan opposition leader stressed the need for free elections in her latest bipartisan meeting with lawmakers.
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White House weighs technocratic council as Venezuela fallback plan
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State of the Union: Measure requiring congressional authorization for further military action falls short in evenly 215-215 vote.
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