Trump Unloads on Senate Republicans Who Voted for War Powers Resolution

Five days after the capture of Caracas strongman Nicolás Maduro, the Senate moved to put President Trump in a constitutional straitjacket.

The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday to block President Trump from taking additional military action in Venezuela, teeing up a so-called War Powers resolution that supporters say would force Trump to end hostilities toward the South American nation.

In a 52–47 vote, the upper chamber agreed to move the measure forward—an unusually public crack in the GOP wall over war powers, even as the administration argues it’s protecting U.S. security and stability in the hemisphere.

The measure must still clear the Senate and House to take effect.

Five Republicans crossed party lines to support debate on the measure: Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Todd Young of Indiana.

Trump hit TRUTH Social to blast the defectors.

“Republicans should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our Powers to fight and defend the United States of America,” Trump said, listing the defectors by name and raging that they “should never be elected to office again.”

“This Vote greatly hampers American self-defense and National Security, impeding the President’s Authority as Commander in Chief. In any event, and despite their ‘stupidity,’ the War Powers Act is Unconstitutional, totally violating Article II of the Constitution, as all Presidents, and their Departments of Justice, have determined before me.”

Even Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)—a Democrat who has praised the Jan. 3 operation to apprehend Maduro—joined his colleagues in supporting the resolution, saying in a statement that he did it “so we can continue this important debate on the floor of the Senate.”

“I believe the arrest of Maduro was a positive development for Venezuela and its people,” Fetterman reiterated.

GOP leadership had frantically whipped opposition to the resolution, initially proposed by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA). Kaine — along with Paul, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) — reintroduced the resolution last month, as Trump amassed military assets in the region and greenlit dozens of strikes against alleged drug boats.

“In the Senate, we Democrats are fighting to prevent military adventurism in Venezuela and other countries and endless wars,” Schumer told reporters ahead of the vote.

🚨 BREAKING: US Senate votes to ADVANCE War Powers Resolution reining in President Trump’s actions on Venezuela, 52-47, with several Republicans joining Democrats.

The White House CONFIRMED this would be vetoed.

REPUBLICAN ‘YEAS’:
Susan Collins
Josh Hawley
Lisa Murkowski
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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 8, 2026