Senators voted along party lines. Only two Republicans — Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul — joined Democrats in supporting the resolution, the Hill reported.
The resolution ordered the president to “cease the use of U.S. armed forces in hostile acts in or against Venezuela, unless specifically authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization for the use of military force.”
— We shouldn't be at war without [zgody] Congress – said one of the authors of the resolution, Democrat Tim Kaine, before the vote.
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US-Venezuela relations are tense
The resolution was brought to the Senate against the background of attacks by US forces on boats of alleged drug traffickers, which reinforced fears that President Trump would order an attack on Venezuela. Authorities report that American forces have carried out at least 16 attacks since the beginning of September on vessels suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific, in which 65 people died.
On Wednesday, senior representatives of President Trump's administration assured senators that the US was not planning attacks on Venezuelan territory, Reuters reported. Trump himself, in an interview broadcast on Sunday on CBS, said that the days of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro are numbered. He refused to say whether he would attack Venezuela.
