\nA person familiar with Hawley\u2019s position confirmed that he will vote against the war powers resolution when it comes up for consideration on the Senate floor Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawley told Punchbowl News on Wednesday that he will vote to quash the war powers resolution after receiving assurances from Rubio that the administration would seek approval from Congress before deploying troops to Venezuela.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Trump called for the ouster of Hawley and GOP Sens.\u00a0Susan Collins\u00a0(Maine),\u00a0Lisa Murkowski\u00a0(Alaska),\u00a0Rand Paul\u00a0(Ky.) and\u00a0Todd Young\u00a0(Ind.) after they defied him last week with their votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cRepublicans should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our Powers to fight and defend the United States of America. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, and Todd Young should never be elected to office again,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social after the vote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Hawley brushed off the President’s criticism last week, arguing his reading of the Constitution led him to believe deploying troops to Venezuela or another country requires authorization from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t take any offense to that,\u201d Hawley told reporters at the time. \u201cI think the president\u2019s great. Love the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut on this, today \u2026 I was asked to vote on would Congress need to weigh in if the administration decided they needed to commit troops to the future for hostilities,\u201d he said. \u201cUnder the Constitution \u2026 I think we have to vote on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n