We've got to get to the majority. And the court has held the line when it came to birthright citizenship and saying, no, you can't do that. We know that When it came down to the War Powers Resolution making it clear that the President did not have the constitutional authority because that resides with Congress, to go into Venezuela. it is important that we have those numbers. We know that there was a preliminary vote and there were Republicans that flipped. And so the numbers were there so that it could get passed in the Senate. (20:08–20:21)
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Asserts that the War Powers Resolution clarified that the President lacks constitutional authority to enter Venezuela without Congress.
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