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POSITIVE War & Foreign Policy 119th Congress

H.Con.Res.64 Venezuela War Powers Resolution

War Powers resolution to end unauthorized U.S. military involvement in Venezuela (119th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

Article I vests war powers in Congress, not the executive; Venezuela operations lack authorization.

U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 11 — Congress's exclusive power to declare war; no AUMF covers Venezuela operations
  • War Powers Resolution, 50 U.S.C. § 1544(c) — Congress may direct removal of forces from unauthorized hostilities
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1541(a) — collective judgment of Congress and President required for introducing forces

Bill activity

Submitted Dec 1, 2025 by James P. McGovern (D-MA) with 4 original cosponsors. 46 cosponsors as of Dec 17, 2025. Not agreed to in the House Dec 17, 2025, 211-213.

  • Reached the House floor when it was called up under a unanimous consent order.
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY-18) is not listed among the cosponsors of this resolution. Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY-18) voted yea on the House roll call counted in grades (roll no. 346, Dec 17, 2025).
  1. IntroducedDec 1, 2025
  2. Not agreed to in HouseDec 17, 2025
  3. Agreed to in Senate 

Latest action Dec 17, 2025: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Cosponsors

119th Congress (Jan 2025 to Jan 2027)

Dec 8, 2025Dec 15Dec 1, 2025Dec 17, 20254 originalJoaquin Castro (D-TX-20). Cosponsored Dec 1, 2025, on the day it was submitted. Original cosponsor.Ro Khanna (D-CA-17). Cosponsored Dec 1, 2025, on the day it was submitted. Original cosponsor.Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51). Cosponsored Dec 1, 2025, on the day it was submitted. Original cosponsor.Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37). Cosponsored Dec 1, 2025, on the day it was submitted. Original cosponsor.Thomas Massie (R-KY-4). Cosponsored Dec 2, 2025, 1 day after it was submitted.Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). Cosponsored Dec 3, 2025, 2 days after it was submitted.Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37). Cosponsored Dec 3, 2025, 2 days after it was submitted.Mark Pocan (D-WI-2). Cosponsored Dec 4, 2025, 3 days after it was submitted.Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5). Cosponsored Dec 4, 2025, 3 days after it was submitted.Paul Tonko (D-NY-20). Cosponsored Dec 4, 2025, 3 days after it was submitted.Adam Smith (D-WA-9). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Don Bacon (R-NE-2). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Mark Takano (D-CA-39). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Greg Casar (D-TX-35). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Gwen Moore (D-WI-4). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Sharice Davids (D-KS-3). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5). Cosponsored Dec 10, 2025, 9 days after it was submitted.Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14). Cosponsored Dec 10, 2025, 9 days after it was submitted.Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3). Cosponsored Dec 10, 2025, 9 days after it was submitted.Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16). Cosponsored Dec 10, 2025, 9 days after it was submitted.Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10). Cosponsored Dec 11, 2025, 10 days after it was submitted.Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4). Cosponsored Dec 12, 2025, 11 days after it was submitted.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Emily Randall (D-WA-6). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Joe Courtney (D-CT-2). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.John Garamendi (D-CA-8). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13). Cosponsored Dec 16, 2025, 15 days after it was submitted.Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2). Cosponsored Dec 16, 2025, 15 days after it was submitted.Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4). Cosponsored Dec 16, 2025, 15 days after it was submitted.Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1). Cosponsored Dec 17, 2025, 16 days after it was submitted. Dec 8, 2025Dec 15Dec 1, 2025Dec 17, 20254 originalJoaquin Castro (D-TX-20). Cosponsored Dec 1, 2025, on the day it was submitted. Original cosponsor.Ro Khanna (D-CA-17). Cosponsored Dec 1, 2025, on the day it was submitted. Original cosponsor.Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51). Cosponsored Dec 1, 2025, on the day it was submitted. Original cosponsor.Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37). Cosponsored Dec 1, 2025, on the day it was submitted. Original cosponsor.Thomas Massie (R-KY-4). Cosponsored Dec 2, 2025, 1 day after it was submitted.Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). Cosponsored Dec 3, 2025, 2 days after it was submitted.Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37). Cosponsored Dec 3, 2025, 2 days after it was submitted.Mark Pocan (D-WI-2). Cosponsored Dec 4, 2025, 3 days after it was submitted.Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5). Cosponsored Dec 4, 2025, 3 days after it was submitted.Paul Tonko (D-NY-20). Cosponsored Dec 4, 2025, 3 days after it was submitted.Adam Smith (D-WA-9). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Don Bacon (R-NE-2). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Mark Takano (D-CA-39). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7). Cosponsored Dec 5, 2025, 4 days after it was submitted.Greg Casar (D-TX-35). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Gwen Moore (D-WI-4). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Sharice Davids (D-KS-3). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10). Cosponsored Dec 9, 2025, 8 days after it was submitted.Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5). Cosponsored Dec 10, 2025, 9 days after it was submitted.Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14). Cosponsored Dec 10, 2025, 9 days after it was submitted.Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3). Cosponsored Dec 10, 2025, 9 days after it was submitted.Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16). Cosponsored Dec 10, 2025, 9 days after it was submitted.Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10). Cosponsored Dec 11, 2025, 10 days after it was submitted.Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4). Cosponsored Dec 12, 2025, 11 days after it was submitted.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Emily Randall (D-WA-6). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Joe Courtney (D-CT-2). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.John Garamendi (D-CA-8). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3). Cosponsored Dec 15, 2025, 14 days after it was submitted.Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13). Cosponsored Dec 16, 2025, 15 days after it was submitted.Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2). Cosponsored Dec 16, 2025, 15 days after it was submitted.Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4). Cosponsored Dec 16, 2025, 15 days after it was submitted.Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1). Cosponsored Dec 17, 2025, 16 days after it was submitted.
Democratic 43 · Republican 3

Each dot is one cosponsor. Dots stack by sign-on day, or by week when the window is long. The block at the left holds the original cosponsors.

Cosponsors shown through Dec 17, 2025, the day the House voted on the concurrent resolution.

Activity log

Source: Congress.gov actions
  1. Submitted in House
  2. Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  3. 4 original cosponsors on the day it was submitted
  4. Thomas Massie cosponsored (R-KY)
  5. 2 members cosponsored
  6. 3 members cosponsored
  7. 7 members cosponsored
  8. 8 members cosponsored
  9. 4 members cosponsored
  10. Maxwell Frost cosponsored (D-FL)
  11. Valerie P. Foushee cosponsored (D-NC)
  12. 11 members cosponsored
  13. 3 members cosponsored
  14. House floor day: vote on the concurrent resolution (not agreed to) (7 steps)
    1. Consideration initiated pursuant to a previous order.
    2. Considered pursuant to a previous order.
    3. DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Con. Res. 64.
    4. The previous question was ordered pursuant to a previous order of the House.
    5. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Con. Res. 64, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the resolution and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. McGovern demanded the yeas and nays and...
    6. Considered as unfinished business.
    7. On agreeing to the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 213 (Roll no. 346).
  15. House vote: Adoption of the resolutionCounted in grades
    Not agreed to, 211-213
    Of 46 cosponsors: 44 voted yea, 0 voted nay, 1 not voting, 1 not on this roll call.
    Member breakdown · Official House roll call 346
  16. Melanie A. Stansbury cosponsored (D-NM)

Votes on this resolution

1 vote: 1 recorded roll call and 0 decided without a recorded vote, 0 of them on amendments. Votes counted in grades are marked.

Dec 17, 20256:09 pmHouseAdoption of the resolutionCounted in gradesOn agreeing to the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 213 (Roll no. 346).Not agreed to211-213Yea

Counted in grades

Of 46 cosponsors: 44 voted yea, 0 voted nay, 1 not voting, 1 not on this roll call. Question voted on: Adoption of the resolution

PartyYeaNayPresentNot voting
Democratic208104
Republican321205
Independent0000
Total21121309
Official House roll call

Cosponsors

46 cosponsored

Sponsor Introduced by James P. McGovern (D-MA) on Dec 1, 2025

MemberParty/StateDateDays after introductionOriginalGrade
Joaquin CastroD-TXDec 1, 20250OriginalB+
Ro KhannaD-CADec 1, 20250OriginalA-
Sara JacobsD-CADec 1, 20250OriginalA-
Sydney Kamlager-DoveD-CADec 1, 20250OriginalB
Thomas MassieR-KYDec 2, 20251C+
Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DCDec 3, 20252—
Lloyd DoggettD-TXDec 3, 20252A-
Mark PocanD-WIDec 4, 20253A
Mary Gay ScanlonD-PADec 4, 20253C+
Paul TonkoD-NYDec 4, 20253B
Adam SmithD-WADec 5, 20254C+
Andrea SalinasD-ORDec 5, 20254B
Don BaconR-NEDec 5, 20254F
Jerrold NadlerD-NYDec 5, 20254B
Jesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaD-ILDec 5, 20254A-
Mark TakanoD-CADec 5, 20254B
Nydia M. VelázquezD-NYDec 5, 20254A
Greg CasarD-TXDec 9, 20258A
Gwen MooreD-WIDec 9, 20258B+
Ilhan OmarD-MNDec 9, 20258A
Pramila JayapalD-WADec 9, 20258A+
Rashida TlaibD-MIDec 9, 20258A+
Sharice DavidsD-KSDec 9, 20258C+
Shri ThanedarD-MIDec 9, 20258C+
Suhas SubramanyamD-VADec 9, 20258C+
Gregory W. MeeksD-NYDec 10, 20259A-
Marjorie Taylor GreeneR-GADec 10, 20259C-
Maxine DexterD-ORDec 10, 20259A-
Sam T. LiccardoD-CADec 10, 20259C+
Maxwell FrostD-FLDec 11, 202510B+
Valerie P. FousheeD-NCDec 12, 202511B+
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezD-NYDec 15, 202514B+
Christopher R. DeluzioD-PADec 15, 202514B
Delia C. RamirezD-ILDec 15, 202514A
Emily RandallD-WADec 15, 202514B
Joe CourtneyD-CTDec 15, 202514C+
John GaramendiD-CADec 15, 202514B+
Kweisi MfumeD-MDDec 15, 202514C+
Lizzie FletcherD-TXDec 15, 202514B
Madeleine DeanD-PADec 15, 202514B
Teresa Leger FernandezD-NMDec 15, 202514C+
Yassamin AnsariD-AZDec 15, 202514B
Adriano EspaillatD-NYDec 16, 202515C+
Maggie GoodlanderD-NHDec 16, 202515C+
Val T. HoyleD-ORDec 16, 202515B+
Melanie A. StansburyD-NMDec 17, 202516B

Who Lobbied on This Bill

$7.1M combined quarterly activity
3 lobbying firms
3 clients represented
2025-fourth_quarter–2026-second_quarter filing period
Policy Areas Covered
Foreign Relations Government Issues
Government Entities Lobbied
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
  • Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
  • Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
  • Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
  • SENATE
  • State, Dept of (DOS)
Who Hired the Lobbyists
  • FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION
  • COMMON CAUSE
  • DEMAND PROGRESS ACTION, INC

Source: Senate LDA filings · Dollar figures are combined quarterly totals for all lobbying by each firm, not bill-specific spend.

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