In a rare assertion of Congress’s authority over the use of lethal force, the US Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan measure designed to prevent the Trump administration from carrying out further military operations in Venezuela. The move followed the dramatic raid that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
This was the second time since November that the Senate has moved to check President Donald Trump’s actions on Venezuela but unlike earlier efforts, the measure cleared the chamber.
Five Republican senators crossed party lines to support Democrats in a procedural vote to rein in the president, after lawmakers from both parties objected to the lack of consultation with Congress before Trump ordered the military operation that led to the detention of Maduro and his wife.
