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Rand Paul Voted Yea on Advancing a Venezuela War Powers Resolution
R-KY · Senate roll call 5 · · Venezuela War Powers Resolution (S.J.Res. 98)
What the vote was
Venezuela War Powers Resolution (S.J.Res. 98)
Would direct the President to end U.S. hostilities against Venezuela unless Congress declares war or specifically authorizes force.
- Member vote
- Yea
- Procedural vote to move it out of committee
- Agreed to 52–47
52 yea, 47 nay, 1 not voting - What a Yea or Nay meant
- A Yea vote supported discharging the measure from committee, which would place it on the Senate calendar. A Nay vote opposed discharge. This vote did not decide whether the measure passed.
The official question was: On the Motion to Discharge (Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 98). Recorded action: Discharge S.J.Res. 98, a Venezuela war powers resolution, from the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Rand Paul: Yea on S.J.Res. 98, Senate roll call 5, Jan 8, 2026. Congress Receipts, https://congressreceipts.com/legislation/119/sjres/98/actions/senate-119-2-5/votes/paul-rand/. Original source: U.S. Senate roll call vote 5, 119th Congress, 2nd session, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00005.htm.
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Congress Receipts. (n.d.). Rand Paul: Yea on S.J.Res. 98, Senate roll call 5, Jan 8, 2026. https://congressreceipts.com/legislation/119/sjres/98/actions/senate-119-2-5/votes/paul-rand/
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Congress Receipts. “Rand Paul: Yea on S.J.Res. 98, Senate roll call 5, Jan 8, 2026.” https://congressreceipts.com/legislation/119/sjres/98/actions/senate-119-2-5/votes/paul-rand/.
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