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BREAKING: War Powers Resolution to Restrain Trump’s Action in Iran Fails in the Senate

A war powers resolution to restrain President Trump’s action in Iran failed in the Senate in a 47-53 vote.

GOP Senator Rand Paul broke ranks and voted to restrict President Trump.

Democrat Senator John Fetterman voted with the Republicans to block the war powers resolution.

The Hill reported:

Senate Republicans voted largely along party lines Wednesday to defeat a bipartisan War Powers resolution to halt military action against Iran, even though a number of GOP senators are voicing concerns about the lack of a clear game plan for ending the conflict.

The motion to discharge the resolution from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee failed by a vote of 47-53.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who regularly opposes deploying U.S. armed forces in foreign conflicts, was the only Republican to vote to advance the measure.

Two key moderate Republicans, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who faces a tough re-election, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), whose political base includes Democrats and moderates in Alaska, both voted to block the resolution even as both included notes of caution about the operation.

The US and Israel struck Iran over the weekend in a joint operation dubbed ‘Operation Epic Fury.’

Iran’s Supreme Leader and more than 40 senior Iranian Regime officials were killed in the strikes.

The US has sunk more than 20 Iranian ships and destroyed Iranian drones.

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