Congress, Venezuela and shutdown
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The Senate is expected to vote this week on Sen. Adam Schiff’s bid to require congressional approval before President Donald Trump takes military action against another country. The U.S. military strike that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Saturday came without congressional consent.
Maduro's capture has set the stage for a congressional debate over the legal argument for the executive branch's use of military force.
Amidst the current budget debate in Congress over subsidizing private insurance in our failing health system, the Trump administration recently handed 20 billion dollars to prop up the failing government in Argentina. President Javier Milei has invoked a ...
At the U.S. Capitol, a divided Congress returns to Washington, facing high-stakes debates on health care, federal spending and Venezuela.
Hundreds of voters, political activists and members of the media overflowed from an Oakton College conference room to meet the candidates behind one of Illinois’ most competitive congressional primaries Tuesday night. Thirteen of the 17 active Democratic ...
Venezuela will dominate the congressional agenda this week, with Republicans lacking a unified vision on what happens next after the capture of Nicolás Maduro and the Senate poised to vote to limit further attacks without lawmaker approval.
Former prosecutor and former Republican congressman John Katko said the decision not to brief lawmakers before Nicolas Maduro's capture shows there are "flaws in the system."