Vance casts tiebreaker to kill War Powers resolution on Venezuela naval operations

Vice President JD Vance cast a 51-50 tiebreaking vote on March 18, 2026, to table a Senate War Powers Act resolution that would have required President Trump to withdraw U.S. naval forces from Venezuelan waters within 30 days. The 1973 War Powers Resolution requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying forces into hostilities and limits deployments to 60 days without congressional authorization; the administration contested congressional authority to compel withdrawal under the resolution.