With President Donald Trump mulling military action, lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced a war powers resolution to block strikes on Venezuela.

Sponsored by Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., the ranking member of the powerful House Rules Committee, the bipartisan legislation would prohibit Trump from launching “hostilities within or against Venezuela” without congressional approval.

The measure was initially introduced by four Democrats on Monday. On Tuesday, the office of Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, of Kentucky, said he will cosponsor it.

“This new bipartisan push in the House sends a clear signal to President Trump and to the war hawks around him that Congress is prepared to stand against any reckless march to war,” said Cavan Kharrazian, a senior policy advisor at the

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