{"id":202409,"date":"2026-03-05T00:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/senate-to-vote-on-war-powers-resolution-to-prevent-trump-from-continuing-iran-conflict-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:44:15","slug":"senate-to-vote-on-war-powers-resolution-to-prevent-trump-from-continuing-iran-conflict-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/senate-to-vote-on-war-powers-resolution-to-prevent-trump-from-continuing-iran-conflict-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate to vote on war powers resolution to prevent Trump from continuing Iran conflict – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

War powers vote broke along party lines with almost all Democrats in support and most Republicans opposed
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Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted down an attempt to require Donald Trump<\/a> receive Congress\u2019s permission before continuing the war with Iran, batting aside concerns from Democrats that the campaign is illegal and risks plunging the United States into a prolonged conflict.
The 47-53 vote on a war powers resolution introduced by Virginia Democrat Tim Kaine broke largely along party lines. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the sole Democrat to vote against the measure, while Rand Paul of Kentucky was the only member of the Republican majority to support the resolution.
The measure would have forced an end to the US air and naval campaign against Iran and require the president to go to Congress before re-entering the war. Before the vote, Democratic senator Chris Murphy said the resolution was necessary to prevent Trump from repeating in Iran the follies of previous US presidents in Afghanistan, Libya and elsewhere.
\u201cThe difference between Democrats and Republicans is that Republicans have learned nothing. Decades of American hubris in the Middle East, believing that US troops, US planes, US guns and US bombs could fundamentally change realities in a far off land. Democrats have learned our lesson,\u201d Murphy said.
Trump ordered the military campaign after months of fruitless negotiations with Tehran intended to resolve the question of their nuclear program. While he notified a small group of top lawmakers beforehand, Kaine argued that the president needs permission from Congress to continue a conflict that has already resulted in the deaths of US soldiers.
\u201cHere we are in a war that has cost American lives, that is leading to chaos throughout the region, that threatens to go bigger and bigger and bigger. And I\u2019m asking the Senate to do what the framers of the constitution said we should do: debate and vote about matters of war,\u201d Kaine said before the vote.
But Republicans countered by arguing that Trump had not broken the law, while focusing on the longstanding enmity between the US and Iran\u2019s hardline Islamic government.
\u201cWe\u2019re here to settle the account with the Iranian regime,\u201d said Lindsey Graham, a Republican South Carolina senator.
Referring to the failed talks, he added: \u201cIt was clear during those negotiations that Iran is wedded to its agenda. The ayatollah is a religious Nazi. He\u2019s no more likely to give up his agenda than Hitler was.\u201d
Mitch McConnell, the Republican former Senate leader, argued that Trump\u2019s incursion into Iran was no different than previous military actions by US presidents.
\u201cAs I\u2019ve explained so many times over the years, the powers of the president for the use of military force, with or without prior congressional approval, are actually well established,\u201d McConnell said.
\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s use of force to end Iran\u2019s war of terror is squarely within his inherent authorities as commander-in-chief.\u201d
Six US service members have been killed since the conflict began, as well as an estimated 1,045 to 1,500 people in Iran.
The House of Representatives will on Thursday vote on a war powers resolution introduced by Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna, but it faces similarly dim odds. The chamber\u2019s Republican leaders oppose the resolution, with Speaker Mike Johnson warning it would be \u201cdangerous\u201d to suddenly halt US participation in hostilities that remain ongoing.
\u201cThe idea that we would take the ability of our commander-in-chief, the president, take his authority away right now to finish this job, is a frightening prospect to me. It\u2019s dangerous,\u201d the House speaker said. \u201cI am certainly hopeful and I believe we do have votes to put it down.\u201d
Even if a war powers resolution were to clear the House and Senate, Trump could veto it, and lawmakers would need two-thirds majorities in both chambers to override that. The president has also retaliated against lawmakers who have broken with him over foreign policy issues, including saying that four Republican senators who voted in January to advance a war powers resolution<\/a> blocking hostilities against Venezuela \u201cshould never be elected to office again\u201d. Two of those senators later dropped their support, and the measure failed.<\/p>\n

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