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Dulcinea

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Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:46 AM Thursday

Vance casts tiebreaking vote to kill Venezuela war powers resolution [View all]

(ABC News) Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding vote Wednesday to effectively kill a Venezuelan war powers resolution after the Senate deadlocked on the measure.

Vance broke a 50-50 tie on a vote that stops the Senate from further considering the resolution and senators will not take further votes on the resolution..

Republicans Sens. Josh Hawley and Todd Young, who previously supported the resolution, flipped on Wednesday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/vance-casts-tiebreaking-vote-kill-000444050.html

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