Senate rejects 4th attempt to curb Trump's war powers in Iran
The 47-52 vote kept Democrats from forcing a withdrawal order, while Republicans said Trump still needs room to finish the Iran campaign.
- On Wednesday, the Republican-led Senate voted 52-47 to block a war powers resolution that would have forced withdrawal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran absent congressional authorization.
- The 1973 War Powers Resolution mandates that the president obtain congressional approval for military engagements exceeding 60 days, a deadline arriving at the end of this month.
- Voting largely along party lines, the measure failed for the fourth time, though Sen. Rand Paul broke with Republicans to support the resolution while Sen. John Fetterman sided with most Republicans.
- President Trump has maintained the conflict is "very close to over," while the administration implemented a naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz and deployed additional troops to the region.
- Lawmakers face an impending May 1 deadline to authorize continued operations or trigger a legal withdrawal, as Senate Democrats vow to continue forcing weekly votes to highlight executive overreach.
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Senate GOP backs Iran war again, but deadline looms
What happenedThe Senate on Wednesday rejected a fourth attempt by Democrats to limit President Donald Trump’s authority to wage war on Iran, in a mostly party-line 52-47 vote. The “repeated defeats underscore the durability of Republican backing” for Trump, The New York Times said. But “some GOP lawmakers suggested that their patience was wearing thin as the conflict drags on, its economic fallout reverberates among their constituents and the pr…
Susan Collins joins with Republicans to block limits on Trump’s Iran war powers
WASHINGTON — A majority of the U.S. Senate backed President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran on Wednesday, voting to block a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the war until hostilities are authorized by Congress. The Senate voted 52-47 not to advance the war powers resolution, underscoring his party’s continuing support for the Republican president’s war policy more than six weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes…
Senate GOP stops bid to halt Iran war
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led Senate on Wednesday rejected the latest Democratic attempt to halt President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, turning aside a resolution that would require the US to withdraw forces from the conflict until Congress authorizes further action.
The Republican-led Senate on Wednesday rejected the latest attempt by Democrats to stop President Donald Trump's war with Iran, rejecting a resolution that would have required the United States to withdraw troops from the conflict until Congress authorizes further action. The 47-52 vote was the fourth time this year that the Senate has decided to give the president war powers in a conflict that Democrats see as illegal and unjustified. Republica…
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