Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Tim Kaine (Va.) are looking to force a vote as soon as this week on a resolution to prevent the U.S. military from conducting strikes against vessels near Venezuela that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs into the U.S., Schiff’s spokesperson and another source told The Hill on Monday.

The War Powers Act resolution follows the latest U.S. military strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela that the Pentagon said was carrying narcotics. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strike killed four “narco-terrorists.”

The resolution will have a hard time passing through the GOP-controlled House and Senate, but will put lawmakers on record on the issue.

“Congress alone holds the power to declare war. And while we share with the executiv

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