The framers of the Constitution believe strongly that no president, and they were dealing with George Washington as a president, no president should be able to go to war without a vote of Congress. 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. (00:42–00:52)
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Asserts that President Trump was waging war in the Pacific and Caribbean and considering war against Venezuela without Congressional approval.
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