Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.N.Y.) during a House briefing on the situation in Venezuela on January 7, 2026, at the Capitol in Washington.
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The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a resolution halting President Donald Trump’s military use against Venezuela.
The bill, known as the War Powers Resolution, was advanced last week after five Republican senators joined Democrats in voting in favor of it, but it was a surprise defeat for President Trump, who ordered the attack that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
In the days since, the White House has lobbied furiously to block the bill.
It was not immediately clear whether any of the five senators who voted in favor of the resolution last week would oppose it. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), one of the senators who voted for the bill, said earlier this week that he thought the administration had done a good job of addressing his concerns.
“The interaction has been very positive,” Hawley said in an interview with reporters earlier this week.
Trump himself has made it clear that he wants the bill to be rejected in the Senate. After last week’s passage, a group of five people who voted for the party said they should never be elected again.
Even if it moves forward in the Senate and Republican-controlled House, the bill would likely be largely symbolic as it would have to overcome President Trump’s veto. A two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate is required to override a veto, but only a simple majority standard applies to resolutions.
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