It’s official: the War Powers resolution, which would have limited President Trump’s powers in Venezuela, has been defeated! The final vote was 51-50. Vice President JD Vance cast the final, tie-breaking vote to kill the bill. Check it out: Backup here if needed: BREAKING: Vice President JD VANCE just DEFEATED the anti-Trump War Powers vote in the Senate on Venezuela, casting the tie-breaking vote, 51-50 The resolution has officially FAILED. THANK YOU JD! You can always rely on VP Vance! Trump wins again pic.twitter.com/8f7Eprt1Jg — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 14, 2026 President Trump personally had a hand flipping the votes of two Republican Senators — Sen. Josh Hawley and Sen. Todd Young. In case you’re wondering, Senators Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins were the three RINOs who voted in favor of the resolution. AP News reported: Senate Republicans voted to dismiss a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have limited President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela after two GOP senators reversed course on supporting the legislation. Trump put intense pressure on five Republican senators who joined with Democrats to advance the resolution last week and ultimately prevailed in heading off passage of the legislation. Two of the Republicans — Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana — flipped under the pressure. Vice President JD Vance had to break the 50-50 deadlock in the Senate on a Republican motion to dismiss the bill. The outcome of the high-profile vote demonstrated how Trump still has command over much of the Republican conference, yet the razor-thin vote tally also showed the growing concern on Capitol Hill over the president’s aggressive foreign policy ambitions. Democrats forced the debate after U.S. troops captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid earlier this month “Here we have one of the most successful attacks ever and they find a way to be against it. It’s pretty amazing. And it’s a shame,” Trump said at a speech in Michigan Tuesday. He also hurled insults at several of the Republicans who advanced the legislation, calling Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky a “stone cold loser” and Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine “disasters.” Those three Republicans stuck to their support for the legislation. Trump’s latest comments followed earlier phone calls with the senators, which they described as terse. The president’s fury underscored how the war powers vote had taken on new political significance as Trump also threatens military action to accomplish his goal of possessing Greenland. The legislation, even if it had cleared the Senate, had virtually no chance of becoming law because it would eventually need to be signed by Trump himself. But it represented both a test of GOP loyalty to the president and a marker for how much leeway the Republican-controlled Senate is willing to give Trump to use the military abroad. Republican angst over his recent foreign policy moves — especially threats of using military force to seize Greenland from a NATO ally — is still running high in Congress. Sen. Josh Hawley says he decided to flip his vote after President Trump and Marco Rubio assured him that the U.S. will not be sending ground troops in to Venezuela. In an appearance on Fox News, Sen. Hawley explained how President Trump convinced him to change his mind: HAWLEY EXPLAINS THE FLIP: Cain: “Trump blasted you… Then you changed your vote on war powers. Why?” Josh Hawley: “I talked to the president and Secretary of State. He said we’re NOT occupying Venezuela, that’s good enough for me.” pic.twitter.com/9yMSHJl4Bb — Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) January 14, 2026 It’s crazy how close this vote was, but it goes without saying that this is a big victory for President Trump. Keep the wins coming!