"President Donald Trump has been browbeating the Republican senators who voted to advance a bill limiting his war powers vis-a-vis Venezuela and succeeded in flipping Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO). On Tuesday, CNN's Manu Raju reported that Trump has been on phone with five Rs Hawley, Rand Paul (R-KY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Todd Young (R-IN) who defied him to try to get them to vote NO on final passage of VZ war powers vote."
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio just sent a letter responsive to my requests and concerns that certifies, number one, that the United States has no ground troops currently in Venezuela or operating in Venezuela. Number two, that if the administration sought to put ground troops into Venezuela, they would abide by the War Powers Act and they would come to Congress for congressional authorization."
President Donald Trump contacted five Republican senators — Josh Hawley, Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Todd Young — urging them to vote no on a congressional war powers resolution concerning Venezuela. Trump succeeded in flipping Josh Hawley. If Todd Young switches his vote, the resolution will fail. Hawley changed position after receiving a letter from Marco Rubio certifying that the United States currently has no ground troops in Venezuela and that any future ground-troop deployment would comply with the War Powers Act and seek congressional authorization; the administration does not intend to occupy Venezuela. Republican leaders may pursue a point of order to de-privilege and derail the resolution.
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