WASHINGTON, D.C. (WRN) — The U.S. Senate votes to block further action in Venezuela by the Trump administration.
Thursday’s 52-47 comes less than a week after President Donald Trump authorized a strike that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on drug trafficking charges. Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin said she doesn’t want American service members in Venezuela
“Let me be clear: there is no U.S. National interest in Venezuela worth the lives of my constituents in Wisconsin,” Baldwin said.
The vote on the War Powers Resolution brought forward by Virginia Democrat Tim Kaine and Kentucky Republican Rand Paul was procedural but indicates it could pass a final vote before going to the House. Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson was not among the five Republicans joining Senator Paul to pass the measure.