Senate blocks Democrats' bid to check Trump power over Venezuela strikes

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Thu 6 Nov 2025 19.10 EST
Last modified on Thu 6 Nov 2025 19.12 EST


The US Senate on Thursday blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have forced Donald Trump to seek congressional approval to launch strikes in Venezuela, allowing the president to remain unchecked in his ability to expand his military campaign against the country.

The 49-51 vote against passing the resolution, mostly along party lines, came a month after a previous effort to stop strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats in international waters similarly failed, 48-51. The new resolution narrowed its scope to attract Republicans, but senators Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski remained the only two Republicans to cross party lines to support the resolution. Susan Collins and Thom Tillis, who had expressed reservations about the strikes, voted against.

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has ramped up its military campaign against drug cartels – and to destabilize the Venezuelan government – deploying the United States’s most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, just days after Trump announced the US would next hit land-based targets.

“I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK?” Trump told reporters at the White House on 23 October. “We’re going to kill them, you know. They’re going to be, like, dead.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/senate-trump-venezuela

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Roll Call vote - https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00608.htm

(ALL (D)s and (I)s + 1 (R) voted for this Resolution)

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Wow, even Fetterman voted against Trump.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Fetterman seems to be narrowly fixated

and that is with anything to do with antisemitism and more recently, this shutdown.

For "crucial votes" held during his "lifetime" (the 1 term so far), he has voted 80% with (D)s. There are 2 worse than him for that category - Maggie Hassan and Mark Warner.

There is a cool site that tracks this (I found the link again and this time saved it as I have used this a lot in the past) -

Progressive Punch - https://progressivepunch.org

You can select House or Senate and then sort by party, their voting % (lifetime or current session) and look at how they are "rated".

Here is a sort of "Senate" and "crucial votes" and "lifetime" (record) - https://progressivepunch.org/scores.htm?topic=&house=senate&sort=crucial-lifetime&order=down&party=D

I.e., he's not like Manchin or Sinema who wanted "attention" and had a wide variety of their own "paid for" priorities.

[wolfie001]

9. I think the term for him is enigma

He's got a lot of issues, and the main one is his health. He's getting the best health care on the planet, and I think that's causing him to vote in ways that will preserve it. Just my take.

[IbogaProject]

20. If he finishes his term, his coverage will be lifetime

6 years as a Senator or Congreessional Rep is lifetime health coverage.

[mdbl]

22. and the media is fixated on his shorts and sweatshirt.

[Swede]

2. So they too, are complicit in multiple murders.

nt

[Lovie777]

3. Wow...

So the GQP senate will allow bombing of innocent citizens in Venezuela.

[gab13by13]

4. Putin has his puppet on a leash,

he threatened to arm Venezuela with supersonic missiles, but sadly it looks like Putin is OK with Krasnov blowing up fishing boats.

The next step is for the Senate to OK Krasnov indiscriminately murdering Americans.

[BlueWavePsych]

6. Yup ...

[wolfie001]

8. Great illustration!

Thanks for posting this one!

[popsdenver]

21. It's all bullshit

Putin AND Trump, along with Republican Senators, want the largest oil reserves in the world, located under Venezuela for U.S. and Russia.....
the only reason the Senators want it, is because the Oil and Gas Industry had donated hugely to their campaigns.......the best politicians that money can buy..............

[wolfie001]

7. fat orange imbecile shouldn't be questioned why he's mudering people in the Caribbean

Got it rePUKE assholes.

[Biophilic]

10. We need to remember this; senate republicans voted to murder innocent fishermen.

At the very least they voted the death penalty without any proof of any level of guilt. All republicans are complicit and it’s important we don’t forget that.

[Bengus81]

16. Yep....make it a talking point said over and over and over

Jesus F Christ..............

[Biophilic]

19. Exactly. They should not be able to out run or hide from their actions.

[GreenWave]

11. The voters have spoken, yet the GOP still worships the Commander in Thief.

[bromeando]

12. Venezuela

We have to get these RepubMagas out of office.

[sheshe2]

13. Then it is all on them.

[bronxiteforever]

14. Susan Collins clutched her pearls & expressed her concern.

Then she voted to give TSF what he wanted.

[Bengus81]

18. Only Rand Paul and Mukowski voting against this sanctioned MURDER.

[Bayard]

15. Accessories to murder

They are willing to accept trump's word that he's not committing crimes. Just like the Epstein files.

[Bengus81]

17. Shit like this is how terrorist attacks happen on the US...which of course is

what Republicants want.