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US Senate Votes to Limit Trump’s Iran War Powers

US Senate Votes to Limit Trump’s Iran War Powers

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The U.S. Senate passed a 50‑48 resolution to halt President Trump’s military campaign against Iran, requiring the president to seek congressional approval before using force. The measure, supported by four Republicans breaking ranks, marked the 10th attempt to limit Trump’s war powers and followed reports of an interim peace deal negotiated with Iran.

Tim Kaine
Democratic Party
1. I think it's a good time to have the vote to say, 'Hey, if we're really in a period of maybe some stability here, let's not just allow it to start up again without Congress being involved in that decision,'
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
1. Republicans can complain about Trump's war, his secrecy, and his disastrous deal with Iran all they want behind closed doors, but the only way to ensure this war ends once and for all is for Republicans to act.
2. Time after time, the vast majority of Senate Republicans sided with Trump and his war instead of the American people.
3. The American people have seen skyrocketing gas prices, soaring costs, and, tragically, the loss of 13 service members, and the wounding of hundreds more, and meanwhile, Iran took Trump to the cleaners.
4. Trump's historic blunder in Iran will go down in the history books as one of the worst foreign policy forays America has ever made, or any country has ever made.
5. But Democrats will keep forcing this vote, and we're going to keep doing it because only Congress has the power to take this nation to war, and this one must end.
6. For years, Trump promised to put maximum pressure on Iran, but he ended up delivering maximum confusion, maximum chaos, maximum cost to the American people with his disastrous war.
Gregory Meeks
Democratic Party
1. Congress never authorized this failed war, and the president certainly has no authority to continue it indefinitely without our consent as the constitution demands.
James Risch
Republican Party
1. It's going to have no effect. The president isn't going to pay any attention to it.
2. They're going to say: This thing's over. The Congress has told the President of the United States, 'Leave us alone. We can do whatever we want to do,' and they will walk away.
3. If this passes, the Iranians are going to simply stand up and walk away from negotiations.
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
1. I believe President Trump is getting very poor advice on Iran.
White House
1. Concurrent resolutions do not go to the president and have no force of law.
Scott Anderson
Brookings Institution
1. The ⁠executive branch will likely ignore it on constitutional grounds and it's not clear who might have standing to sue to enforce it.

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