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Tim Kaine: “I've already forced two votes in the Senate on this.”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Americans Don't Want War with Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 00:52

And this president, President Trump, was waging war in the Pacific and Caribbean and even stating that he may intend to now wage war against the sovereign nation of Venezuela without coming to Congress. I'm going to keep pressing. I've already forced two votes in the Senate on this. I've gotten two Republicans to join Democrats on the principle, that's a bedrock principle, that we shouldn't be at war without a vote of Congress. (00:52–00:55)

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