Washington, D.C. (RI) — Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he opposes a resolution that would limit President Trump’s power to order any further military action in Venezuela.
The war powers resolution would mean the president would need congressional approval before launching more attacks.
Grassley, a Republican, says that’s unwarranted.
Over the weekend, the U.S. military seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a nighttime raid to face trial in New York.
Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat, called for the war powers vote and says more resolutions are pending for nations including Colombia, Cuba, and Mexico.
Grassley says Maduro will face charges for drug trafficking in what he calls “narcoterrorism” that’s claimed many thousands of American lives.
Grassley is also standing behind Trump’s orders for ICE agents to conduct immigration raids in the Twin Cities, during which a woman was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Grassley says he listened to comments from U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who said a full federal review of the fatal shooting will be conducted.
Thousands of people demonstrated in the Twin Cities, hours after the 37-year-old woman was shot in the head in her SUV. Reports say it happened about a mile from where police killed George Floyd in 2020.
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