"Young was promised that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would appear before the Foreign Relations Committee in a public hearing after next week's recess and assured that the administration will come to Congress first if U.S. military forces are needed in Venezuela, he said. He cited his talks with Rubio as influential in his decision. "To have the secretary of state be at my disposal - really, I mean, countless phone conversations and text exchanges - was very reassuring to me," he told reporters."
"The procedural vote passed 51-50, with Republican Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine) voting against it with Democrats. Vice President Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. Zoom in: It came down to Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) who ultimately decided to support the procedural move to block the vote- despite voting in favor of the resolution last week."
The Senate procedural motion to block a vote on a Venezuela-related resolution passed 51-50, with Vice President Vance providing the tie-breaking vote. Republican Sens. Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins voted against the procedural move alongside Democrats. Sens. Josh Hawley and Todd Young switched to support blocking the vote despite having supported the resolution previously. Young cited assurances that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would appear publicly before the Foreign Relations Committee and that the administration would notify Congress before deploying U.S. military forces to Venezuela. Republicans argued the fast-track voting process did not apply because there are no U.S. troops on the ground.
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