cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41105628
The Senate will vote next week on a bipartisan war powers resolution to block Trump from continuing military against Venezuela — a vote that takes on heightened importance after U.S. forces attacked the South American nation and arrested President Nicolás Maduro early Saturday.
The resolution to block the administration from engaging in further hostilities against Venezuela is privileged, which means Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) cannot stop it from coming to the floor.
The measure is sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).
Yeah, and Mango Hitler already said to Delcy Rodriguez that she will “do the right things” or she’ll end like Maduro or worse.
I’d say that’s pretty much governing a country, although not directly.
What does that mean through? We already had an insane amount of soft power over Maduro. He was desperate to stay in power… So now what?
We basically just hit Venezuela with a stick and told them to behave