The Senate will vote next week on a bipartisan war powers resolution to block Trump from continuing military against Venezuela — a vote that takes on heightened importance after U.S. forces attacked the South American nation and arrested President Nicolás Maduro early Saturday.

The resolution to block the administration from engaging in further hostilities against Venezuela is privileged, which means Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) cannot stop it from coming to the floor.

The measure is sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

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    It’s not an emergency, that’s why.

    It’s business as usual in the USA. We’ve done this many times. It’s like our thing.

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      For example, does anyone remember that time Citibank asked the US to launch an invasion of Haiti, and got it?

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        A powerhouse for 200 years! Citibank is one of the “controlling interests” that occupy the Fed and banking boards, along with Rothschild, Deutsch, BoA, and so on (I haven’t kept up on the most recent list of FED participants and bank boards, corrections encouraged they do change names from time to time).