Senate blocks Iran war powers resolution

[AZProgressive]

Source: The Hill

The Senate blocked an effort Friday to prevent President Trump from taking future military action against Iran without authorization from Congress, less than a week after he directed strikes aimed at the country’s nuclear capabilities.

Senators voted 47-53 largely along party lines against the war powers resolution.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the lone GOP lawmaker to vote with Democrats. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), an ardent backer of Israel, voted with Republicans.

Fifty-one votes were needed for it to pass.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5374334-senate-iran-war-powers/

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NYT link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/trump-war-powers-iran-strike.html

[moniss]

1. The signal to Crumb The 1st was made clear by the GQP/MAGA

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Senators. Do anything you want anytime you want and to whoever you want.

[cstanleytech]

2. Could it potentially have caused problems should any President in the future need to react urgently to a threat?

[LudwigPastorius]

4. "Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the United States from defending itself from imminent attack."

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/68/text

[Bayard]

3. I believe this is called a, "License to Kill."

[Polybius]

5. Fetterman is the lone Democratic no vote

And Rand Paul is the only Republican yes vote.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Maddow Blog-Senate rejects War Powers Act measure on Trump, additional military strikes on Iran

Senators missed an opportunity to apply some checks and balances on a White House that needs to be checked and balanced.

On Kaine’s War Powers Act resolution, Senate Republicans (plus Fetterman, minus Paul) rejected an opportunity to apply some checks and balances on a White House that needs to be checked and balanced. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-06-27T23:46:18.427Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/senate-rejects-war-powers-act-measure-trump-iran-strike-rcna215634

Ahead of the offensive, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia introduced a war powers resolution designed to limit the use of the U.S. armed forces against Iran without congressional approval.

Six days after the airstrikes, the Senate took up the measure — privileged resolutions reach the floor, whether the majority’s leadership likes it or not — and it was not subject to the 60-vote filibuster rule. In other words, all Kaine’s proposal needed was a simple majority.

He didn’t get one.

The 53-47 vote opposing the resolution fell mostly on party lines — with Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., as the only senators to break with their own sides.

At this point, the effort might appear moot. After all, the strikes already happened, and the White House has already effectively declared “mission accomplished.”....

What’s more, despite the recent chatter about Saturday’s mission being a “one-and-done” operation, the president himself continues to make clear that he’s prepared to launch additional strikes as he — and he alone — sees fit.

Ahead of the vote, The New Republic’s Greg Sargent argued that if the Senate rejected the resolution, it would “only embolden Trump at a time when he is clearly growing more unhinged, power-crazed, and deaf to outside voices.” Hours later, senators missed an opportunity to apply some checks and balances on a White House that needs to be checked and balanced.