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S.J.Res. 98: A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress. · Congress Swing Tracker

S.J.Res. 98119th CongressInternational Affairs

A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.

Sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) · 30 active : 1 Republican, 28 Democrats, 1 Independent

Latest action: Point of order that the measure is not entitled to expedited procedures under 50 U.S.C. 1546(a) raised against the measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 50. Record Vote Number: 9.

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Where it standsBefore the Senate

Hasn’t passed either chamber

Senate: next
House: not yet
President: not yet

7 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

This joint resolution directs the President to terminate the use of U.S. Armed Forces for hostilities within or against Venezuela unless a declaration of war or authorization to use military force for such purpose has been enacted. The joint resolution specifies that it shall not be construed to prevent the United States from defending itself from an armed attack or threat of an imminent armed attack.

Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · SenateDischarged from · Referred to

Subjects

Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Latin America
Military operations and strategy
Venezuela
War and emergency powers

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

64Swing 70–100
209Middle 30–70
158Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 50.0 (needs 5.0).

H.Con.Res. 93 · Sep 15, 2026 · Roll call 667On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.Con.Res. 84 · Jun 4, 2026 · Roll call 561On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.Con.Res. 86 · Jun 3, 2026 · Roll call 559On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.Con.Res. 75 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 530On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.Con.Res. 40 · Apr 16, 2026 · Roll call 474On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.Con.Res. 38 · Mar 5, 2026 · Roll call 445On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.Con.Res. 68 · Jan 22, 2026 · Roll call 408On Agreeing to the ResolutionTo direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.Con.Res. 64 · Dec 17, 2025 · Roll call 345On Agreeing to the ResolutionTo direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress
FailedShared subjects×1.0

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H.Con.Res. 61 · Dec 17, 2025 · Roll call 344On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5334 · Sep 16, 2026 · Roll call 668On Motion to Concur in the Senate AmendmentsAn Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 89 · Jul 23, 2026 · Roll call 642On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

30 active

Show all 30 cosponsors

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 26% of 90 similar votes
95Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 37% of 91 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276 Website
3
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 20% of 91 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3536 Website
4
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 26% of 90 similar votes
92Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4155 Website
5
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 91 similar votes
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1640 Website
6
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 22% of 90 similar votes
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6506 Website
7
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 24% of 85 similar votes
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website
8
Thomas R. SuozziDemocrat · New York 3rd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 22% of 36 similar votes
89Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3335 Website
9
David G. ValadaoRepublican · California 22nd · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 22% of 90 similar votes
89Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4695 Website
10
Josh GottheimerDemocrat · New Jersey 5th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 17% of 85 similar votes
88Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4465 Website