Banks Opposes Advancing War Powers Resolution, Stands with President TrumpThursday, January 8, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today,Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after he voted against advancing Senator Tim Kaine’s (D-Va.) War Powers Resolution.
The resolution advanced in the Senate with a 52-47 vote count.
Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.):“President Trump went after narco-terrorist Nicolás Maduro and America is safer as a result. I won’t vote to tie the President’s hands. I fully support his efforts to protect America’s interests in the Western Hemisphere and keep Communist China out of our backyard.”
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