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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Trump team works behind the scenes to get Congress to halt restrictions on further Venezuela attacks

The White House is reportedly working overtime to flip Republican senators back to their side, even after Donald Trump publicly trashed them and advised voters to never elect them to office again.

It comes as the administration suffered a rare defeat in the Senate last week when five members of the president’s party broke ranks to support a War Powers resolution aimed at restricting the administration from further strikes against Venezuela submitted by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia), advancing it to a final floor vote. The vote triggered an angry response from Trump on Truth Social.

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