Sen. Rand Paul calls U.S. military action in Venezuela "war," challenging the Trump administration's authority as Senate debates war powers resolution.

On Thursday, five senate Republicans voted with Democratic senators to allow a future vote on limiting the president’s powers. The vote comes less than a week after Nicolás Maduro, the longtime Venezuelan leader,

The War Powers Resolution passed 52 to 47, with Democrats joined by five Republicans, including Susan Collins and Rand Paul.

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The proposal of a military invasion of Greenland is so bizarrely outside the normal realm of things," Sen. Rand Paul said.

Cuba, Colombia, and the territory of Greenland are on Trump's radar after the U.S. captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro late last week.

Conservative Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday pointed the finger directly at his colleague, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), as the primary instigator behind President Trump’s surprise mission to

Ky., argues U.S. actions in Venezuela are “by all definitions, war” as the Senate prepares to debate a War Powers Resolution on Congress’ authority to authorize military action.

The Senate is expected to vote soon on a war powers resolution co-sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul, though he isn’t sure other GOP senators will support it.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Wednesday joked about a Venezuela-linked oil tanker seized by the U.S. flying a Russian flag, calling it a birthday present for his GOP colleague Sen. Rand Paul

Collins was one of five Republicans to vote for a bipartisan measure to halt further American military action in Venezuela without congressional approval.