Congress Tries to Pull War Powers Back from the White House

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Congress is preparing to use the War Powers Resolution's fast-track machinery to force a recorded vote on whether President Trump must end U.S. "hostilities within or against Venezuela" that Congress has not authorized.

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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social: It is the responsibility of Congress to declare and authorize the use of military force. Congress has not authorized a military use of force. There has not been a case made, and I think the absence of one really speaks volumes.

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-- Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) Dec 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM

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... The current vehicle is S.J.Res. 90, a joint resolution introduced in October 2025 directing the removal of U.S. forces from such hostilities.

A failed procedural vote already occurred in the Senate on November 6, 2025, when the chamber rejected a motion to discharge the resolution for floor consideration, as shown in the Senate's official roll call record for that date and vote number 608. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-16 10:19 PM | Reply

@#1 ... A failed procedural vote already occurred in the Senate on November 6, 2025, ...

Oh well.

The Republicans in Congress continue to show their lack of a spine.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-16 10:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Johnson is a homosexual pedophile.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-16 10:42 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

With Trump's job low disapproval numbers sinking to a miserable 61%, now might be a good time for the Senate GOPers to remove Trump's choak chain from around their neck.

Trump isn't an asset any more at GOPers re-election campaigns. He's a liability. They're begging him to stay away.

#4 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-12-18 03:33 AM | Reply

It would seem to be so easy for congress to tell the pres, "nope, you're going to to have to show us the reasons (besides oil) for invading a sovereign state that is absolutely no threat to the US." I can't believe that a majority of the country, even among repubs, want to go to war and risk US troops for all the made up reasons I keep seeing from this administration. Has this country really fallen to this level after only 11 months.

#5 | Posted by rukiddin at 2025-12-18 08:20 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

There will be a large number of MAGA functionaries getting phone calls from worried parents once their sons are on the ground in South America, getting shot at from every direction, from the local military and militias sponsored by drug lords from far and near. Dead soldiers coming home in boxes may be honored, but angry funerals are not a good look on cable news stations--at least one of them...

#6 | Posted by catdog at 2025-12-18 08:25 AM | Reply

Big Daddy Trump needs to Stomp Venezuela.

Those Socialists are making Capitalism look bad. They are a Danger,that's Right, a Danger,to America and our Cherished Way Of Life.

The Oil is just a Reward for Liberating the Venezuelan People and installing their TRUE LEADER.

MARIA MACHADO.

Trump Knows Best. He's our Dear Leader.

#7 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-18 08:27 AM | Reply