Senate to vote on War Powers Resolution aimed at blocking US strikes on Venezuela
Washington – The Senate will adopt a resolution of military power on Thursday aimed at preventing President Trump from Venezuela, with the BIPartisan group of Seteros to force the alleged anti-narcotics in the region suspected of drugs in the region.
The decision, led by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, we can direct the President “to end the use of United States Arms Forces in war within or against the authorization of war or the specific authorization to use the forces.” The resolution has 15 coostunsos, including Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California and Republican Sen. Rand Paul Of Kentucky. The vote is scheduled for 5 PM
“Congress should not cede its power to any president,” Kaine told reporters at the Capitol on Thursday. “If our partners believe that a war against narco-traffickers at sea or a war against Venezuela is a good idea, then put i [authorization of military force] At the table and vote again, but don’t just keep power in the Executive. That race and everything this nation was founded on. “
The US military is based in South American waters and has conducted 16 strikes on suspected drug trafficking in the Pacific Ocean and Eastern Pacific since September. In the sixth strike, two people survived.
Kaine introduced a bipartisan resolution on Oct. 16, one day after Mr. Trump – limited That he had authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations inside Venezuela.
“A lot of Venezuelan drugs are going into the ocean,” Mr. Trump said at the time. “But we will block them with land again.”
Mr Trump said last week he had not made a decision about the strikes in Venezuela.
The Trump administration has just begun to start legalizing vendors on strikes ahead of Thursday’s vote. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with leaders of the House Safety and Security Committee on Wednesday as House Committees from both parties sought intelligence and a legal basis for the treatment.
Democrats left the forum scathingly saying the administration’s response to legal action was inadequate, but expressed confidence in the intelligence community’s capabilities.
“Nothing from a legal point of view, even Venezuela’s punishment,” said Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the Top Democrat on the Senate Committee.
Warner added that intelligence assets on drug-trafficking organizations in the region are ‘very good,’ but argued that the US should isolate suspected dealers.
“I’m not too worried that they’re going to take out a fishing boat, because our intelligence community is very good, but I’m not very sure that we know precisely about those boats and why they are there,” said the top Democrat on the Senate committee.
The Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, opposed the plan, telling reporters that “we know the contents of the boats” and “We know the crew, almost to the person.”
Kane’s resolution calls for the US to withdraw its armed forces “from operations in or against Venezuela not authorized by Congress.” It said US action in the region “reveals close involvement” in a military operation within or against the South American nation.
In October, Senate Republicans prevented a similar attempt The target of the interdiction continued to be attacks on boats carrying narcotics off the coast of Venezuela. Kaine said he and Schiff plan to continue renewing their efforts to force votes on war power.
“There has never been an authorization to use power by Congress in this way,” Schiff said Oct. 8. “I feel that it is not a violation of the law.”
Under the 1973 war powers amendment, the President is required to consult with Congress “at all specified times” before launching armed forces into combat, unless there is a declaration of war or other authorization. In emergencies, the administration must report to Congress within 48 hours and cease hostilities within 60 days. The 60-day deadline expires on Monday.
When asked how the administration plans to proceed, a senior administration official told CBB News that CBS’s understood solution is to apply for service memerals. ” These strikes have been carried out mostly by drones sent from naval vessels “at distances too far for the target fleet to locate the Americans,” according to the official. The official added that the administration is not looking to meet drug dealers who are suspected of being “hostile.”
In a speech on Oct. 8, Paul said that those who risked killing innocent people and threw a lack of due process.
“If someone gives you – if you know – what about justice, maybe those who are in charge of deciding who will kill do not know their names,” said Paul. “Is it too much to ask to know the names of those we kill before they go to jail? To know where the evidence was against their crime?
