…in Venezuela…

So that’s nice, but come the fuck on. Take the war powers back that you’re supposed to control.

Excuse me wtf, we already had rules for this exact thing that apply well beyond just Venezuela and this is just avoiding enforcement.

And why would Trump sign this?

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.

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". "

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

Ha ha ha ha. Trump will wipe his ass with that resolution. Dictators doesen't care what other thinks.

Ironically, this is shaping up like Reagan's Iran-Contra Scandal.

Congress forbid the Reagan administration from interfering in the Nicaraguan elections and government, but the Republicans didn't want to obey. So they secretly sold weapons to our bitterest enemies, the Iranians (who had recently held dozens of American hostages for over a year), using the profits to fund and operate a secret war in Nicaragua. Republicans are proud of that treason, and George HW Bush pardoned everyone involved, on the advice of Bill Barr, the Republicans' designated presidential cover-up man.

Side note: since they used known drug smugglers to smuggle the guns OUT of America, and to Central America, the drug runners would find themselves in Cocaine HQ, with an empty plane, a fistful of American cash, and CIA cover. What do you think they did?

Yep, they loaded up their planes with fresh cocaine, and flew it back to the United States, over and over and over, kicking off the crack cocaine epidemic that still exists today. This is no conspiracy theory, it is a known fact, ever since pilot Eugene Hassenfuss' plane crashed and he claimed CIA immunity.

It's still debated how much the CIA knew about the drugs (they HAD to know, nobody is that stupid), or if they were deliberately involved in the smuggling because they wanted the profits from the cocaine sales to keep funding their illegal operation. Dumping drugs into America's inner cities, while creating profits to fight commies? For a psychopath, like ALL Republicans, that sounds like an elegant solution to two problems at once.

Trump wants that oil, so he can be as rich as his friends the Saudis. Does anyone honestly believe that a mere law passed by Congress is going to stop him? The only difference between this and Iran-Contra is that he will do this right out in the open, in defiance of Congress. He'll just get the oil companies to put up the money to pay for it, and they'll do it, and he'll claim that was his workaround. Since Congress isnt paying for it, they don't get a say.

But we'll pay for it anyway, and he'll just pocket whatever money he extorts from the oils companies.

it will need to pass the House and be signed by Trump.

Well that's that I guess.

the NEWS already moved onto the shootings in oregon and minnesota.

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?

Normally, this would die in Congress, but they recently had a MAGA Rep assume room temperature, and another old geezer MAGA got mangled in an accident, so they only have a one or two vote lead. All it would take would be a couple of Reps out of over 400 to flip, and it passes.

Of course, then Trump would refuse to sign it, and there probably isn't the votes to override the veto.

Then again, the Midterms is looking like a bloodbath, and these guys are starting to think about self-preservation. Once the Epstein Files Release looked like it was sure to pass by a single vote, they all jumped on board, and even Trump was forced to publicly endorse it (heh-heh). If Trump's veto looks like it's going to hurt them in November, enough might crossover to override.