After five G.O.P. senators joined Democrats on a war powers vote, the president lashed out, including at his party’s most politically endangered senator.
Senator Susan M. Collins, Republican of Maine, was one of five Republicans who voted with Democrats to start a debate over restricting the president’s ability to use military force in Venezuela. Of the five, Ms. Collins is the only one up for re-election this year.
The passage of the bill was a triumph for Democrats, who drew substantial Republican backing. But it has no path forward, and an election-year compromise is a long shot.
Millions of Americans have relied on subsidies, which were expanded during the coronavirus pandemic, to help them afford coverage on federal health care exchanges.
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