While a symbolic measure passed the House, the Senate rejected the only resolution that could have tied Trump’s hands
The US Senate has blocked a resolution that would have forbidden President Donald Trump from waging war against Iran without Congressional approval. A similar resolution passed the House of Representatives hours earlier.
The Senate defeated the resolution in a 49-47 vote on Thursday, with Democrat Senator John Fetterman joining his Republican colleagues to oppose it, and Republican Senator Susan Collins lending her support to the measure.
Republican Senator Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who had backed previous resolutions aimed at reining in Trump’s war powers, missed the vote. “The Iran war has not been a success,” Paul told reporters on Wednesday. “I think by any objective measure we’re worse off than we were before the war.”
A similar resolution was passed by the House of Representatives earlier on Thursday, with four Republicans breaking ranks to squeeze the measure through in a 214-208 vote. However, the resolution lacked any legal power, and was described by its author, Representative Pramila Jayapal, as a “vote of conscience.”
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