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Senate Republicans blocked bipartisan war powers resolution to halt President Donald Trump's Caribbean drug boat strikes and possibly future military action without consent from Congress.
Senate Republicans blocked a war powers resolution on Thursday aimed at preventing President Trump from conducting strikes against Venezuela after a bipartisan group of senators warned that a continued campaign against alleged drug smugglers in the region could escalate.
Trump wants the Senate to terminate its filibuster procedure to speed passage of Republican bills. Here's why it probably will stick around.
U.S. senators are due to vote on a resolution on Thursday that could keep President Donald Trump from attacking Venezuela without congressional authorization, a day after administration officials told lawmakers that Washington did not yet have a legal justification for strikes on Venezuelan territory.
Senate blocks resolution to Venezuela war powers measure as Schumer warns Trump is “leading troops over the Rubicon”
A Senate committee hearing erupted in a tense exchange Wednesday when Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., accused Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, of stalking her car.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, a free trade proponent, says he voted against the Senate measure "to give the president's plan (time) to work out."
The politically charged request to urge the House to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva had no chance with Senate Republicans.