The Senate on Thursday advanced a bipartisan measure intended to block the Trump administration from conducting further military action in Venezuela, foreshadowing a rare assertion of Congress’s role in using lethal force after the stunning raid to apprehend the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.

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“A drawn-out campaign in Venezuela involving the American military, even if unintended, would be the opposite of President Trump’s goal of ending foreign entanglements,” Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) said in a statement indicating he would support the measure

Trump reacted angrily to the vote, attacking the five GOP lawmakers by name in a social media post and saying they “should never be elected to office again.” Thursday’s action, the president said, “hampers American Self Defense and National Security” by threatening to limit his authority.

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“I think the vote today reflects that more Republicans are taking it seriously because it’s no longer a hypothetical but a real war,” Paul, the Kentucky Republican, told reporters.

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