🗳️ Key votes · 🎖️ War powers
Democrats' Venezuela war powers resolution
Days after U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro, five Republicans voted with Democrats, 52-47, to advance a resolution limiting the President's military action in Venezuela. Two of them later switched back, and the resolution was blocked on January 14.
- Chamber
- Senate
- Date
- January 8, 2026
- Measure
- S.J.Res. 98
- Roll call
- #5
- Result
- Motion to Discharge Agreed to, 52-47
- Republicans
- 5 yea, 47 nay
- Democrats
- 47 yea, 0 nay
- MAGA side
- Nay
💡 Why it matters
President Trump said Collins, Murkowski, Paul, Hawley and Young "should never be elected to office again."
⚖️ Context: Some America First conservatives also back war powers limits on principle.
