Two efforts by House Democrats to rein in President Donald Trump’s expanding military campaign in the Western Hemisphere failed Wednesday, allowing the president to continue escalating operations in Venezuela and alleged “narco-terrorist” networks without approval from Congress.
The House voted down two War Powers Resolutions: one from Rep. Gregory Meeks to rein in Trump’s counterdrug trafficking campaign in the Western Hemisphere that failed by a margin of 210-216, and a second measure from Rep. Jim McGovern to limit any U.S. military hostilities in or against Venezuela, which failed 211-213.
Just three Republicans voted for McGovern’s measure: Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie and Don Bacon.