President Trump escalated rhetoric and military pressure on Venezuela this week, touting a blockade on oil tankers and accusing the country of threatening U.S. interests. If you’re tired of this, you should know that on Thursday, the House of Representatives will vote on a War Powers Resolution which would “direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.” Meaning: Knock it off in Venezuela. This has nothing to do with a drug war, nothing to do with U.S. security, and everything to do with regime change and resource control. No one voted for this. Congress never authorized it. This is a bipartisan bill introduced by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) which has received 31 co-sponsors, including three Republicans: Reps. Thomas Massie (KY), Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA), and Don Bacon (NE). If you understand that the bombing raids in Venezuela are not about the drug war in the U.S., you should call your House representative and demand that they vote in favor of this. Will the Trump administration, which promised no new wars, be bound by this? Technically, yes but presidents have historically tried to evade War Powers resolutions by redefining or rebranding military missions. The Trump administration could attempt the same. Whether that works would depend entirely on whether Congress is willing to enforce its own authority. The post Will Congress Finally Reclaim Its War Powers? appeared first on Redacted.