Washington, D.C. — On Thursday at 11 AM ET, the U.S. Senate will vote on a resolution sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) to block further military action in Venezuela. Demand Progress drove millions of constituent contacts to Congress opposing war in 2025 and is leading a campaign to support war powers resolutions on Venezuela, and drove millions of constituent contacts to Congress opposing war in 2025.
The following is a statement from Demand Progress Senior Policy Advisor Cavan Kharrazian:
“President Trump committed an illegal act of war and is openly threatening to repeat it in Venezuela and elsewhere. Senators must vote to stop unauthorized military action before we see more American boots on the ground in Venezuela. Trump’s declaration that the U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela, use the military to secure oil and maintain an illegal naval blockade risks entangling the U.S. in an open-ended, destabilizing, nation-building conflict with no clear objective.
If Congress fails to act here, unilateral threats of military force and territorial control will not stop with Venezuela. From Colombia to Cuba to Iran to Greenland, President Trump has already threatened sovereign nations as assets to be controlled by force—without congressional approval or coherent strategy, and with no regard to the lives or safety of their citizens.
The American people do not want to be bogged down in any wars, let alone multiple, simultaneous wars in multiple hemispheres. Voting to stop this is the obvious solution, both constitutionally and politically.
We thank Senators Kaine and Paul for their principled bipartisan work to defend the Constitution and keep our military out of more illegal, unnecessary wars. All members of Congress should be following their lead.”