Senate Delivers Historic Rebuke: Bipartisan Vote Caps Trump’s Iran War Authority
Senate Delivers Historic Rebuke: Bipartisan Vote Caps Trump’s Iran War Authority In a historic and deeply symbolic showdown on Capitol Hill, the U.S. Senate has voted to approve a War Powers resolution aimed at reining in President Donald Trump’s military authority regarding the conflict with Iran. The 50–48 vote marks the first time since the outbreak of hostilities in late February that both chambers of Congress have successfully passed a War Powers resolution directed at an active conflict. The House of Representatives previously approved the same concurrent resolution earlier this month, sending a unified message from Capitol Hill to the White House. How the Vote Broke Down While the vote largely followed party lines, the measure crossed the finish line due to a combination of Republican defections and key absences. The GOP Defectors: Four Republicans broke ranks to vote with the Democrats: Rand Paul (Kentycky), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Bill Cass...