Venezuela, Trump and Senate
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Texas Senate candidates Wesley Hunt and Ken Paxton accuse Sen. John Cornyn of avoiding debates as Democrats schedule a primary showdown.
And in fact, CNN’s Annie Grayer reported Friday on how Trump’s threats after the Senate war powers vote actually dissuaded some House Republicans from voting to override Trump’s vetoes. Clearly, Trump’s wrath still matters.
Five GOP senators broke ranks with Trump on Venezuela war powers, while 17 House Republicans backed Obamacare subsidies in recent votes.
After five G.O.P. senators joined Democrats on a war powers vote, the president lashed out, including at his party’s most politically endangered senator.
The race to win the Republican nomination for a vacant Arkansas Senate seat at the center of the contentious Franklin County prison project appears headed toward a runoff, with two candidates holding healthy leads in the five-person field as of Tuesday night.