Senate Votes 49-50 Against Iran War Powers Resolution

In this The American Conservative article, Harrison Berger reports that the Senate narrowly rejected another effort to force congressional authorization for continued U.S. hostilities against Iran.

• The Senate voted 49–50 against a War Powers resolution that would have halted the Iran war unless Congress formally authorized further military action.
• The resolution failed by a single vote, underscoring how close the Senate came to placing a legislative check on the administration’s military campaign.
• The article notes this was the seventh failed Senate attempt to pass such a measure.
• Republican Sens. Rand Paul, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski joined Democrats in supporting the resolution.
• Democratic Sen. John Fetterman sided with Republicans to help defeat the bill.
• The vote leaves the Trump administration’s Iran military campaign continuing without a formal War Powers restriction from the Senate.
• A separate War Powers resolution sponsored by Rep. Josh Gottheimer is expected to receive a House vote Thursday.
• The outcome highlights the continuing divide between lawmakers who want Congress to reclaim war-making authority and those willing to let the executive branch continue the campaign.

Read the full story: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/senate-votes-49-50-against-iran-war-powers-resolution/