Young were part of a group of five Republicans who last week joined all Democrats in supporting the measure aiming to curb the president’s war powers. The move prompted backlash from Mr. Trump. In a social media post, he condemned the Republican senators’ “stupidity” and said they should lose their seats in Congress. White House officials and G.O.P. leaders had been pressing the five defectors to change their votes. The effort to derail the measure began almost immediately after last week’s vote and centered on arguments that U.S. forces were no longer operating in Venezuela and that the mission was complete.

Rubio, in a letter to Senate Foreign Relations Chair James Risch, R-Idaho, affirmed, "There are currently no U.S. Armed Forces in Venezuela." ... "Should there be any new military operations that introduce U.S. Armed Forces into hostilities, they will be undertaken consistent with the Constitution of the United States, and we will transmit written notifications consistent with section 4(a) of the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148)," Rubio wrote. Kaine, who was confident that he would have the votes, panned that move ahead of the vote.

The vote was 51-50, after Vice President JD Vance arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday night to break a tie. The outcome is, once again, another win for Trump — who ardently opposes any attempt to limit his authority in Venezuela — and it’s ...

They supported this resolution overall, but today they voted to set it aside. There were still three Republicans who voted yes, though. Those were Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.