The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on a war powers resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out further military action against Venezuela.
The measure advanced in a procedural vote last week as five Republican senators joined Democrats, after U.S. troops captured former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid.
Since that vote, the White House has lobbied senators to defeat the resolution.
CNBC reported that Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., one of the Republicans who voted to advance the measure, has suggested he could change his position after talks with the administration.
“The interaction has been really positive,” Hawley said in an interview with reporters. He said Trump told him last week on the phone that the legislation “really ties my hands.”
Hawley said he later spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and described that follow-up call as “really positive.” He said Rubio told him Monday, “Point blank, we’re not going to do ground troops.”
