# H.Con.Res. 68 (119th): This concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S

This concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from Venezuela unless a declaration of war or authorization to use military force for such purpose has been enacted.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: de_escalation. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: executive_overreach. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: war_powers. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
Roll 48: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The resolution directly restrains the continued use of U.S. armed forces in Venezuela absent a declaration of war or statutory authorization. That restraint protects against unauthorized killing and against the unchecked concentration of war-making power, so it restrains harm rather than advancing it.
Theological note: The measure bears on the just use of the sword, which Scripture entrusts to lawful authority under moral limits (Romans 13:4; Exodus 20:13). It raises the question of whether military force against another nation is restrained by lawful, accountable process rather than exercised by executive will alone, a concern tied to general equity and the prevention of unjust killing.

## Recorded votes

Roll 48: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Yea 215 · Nay 215 · Other 1.

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