Senate Again Rejects Effort to Restrict Trumps Iran War Powers

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The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 9, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe U.S. Senate on Tuesday once again rejected a motion to discharge S.J. Res. 118, a joint resolution to withdraw American armed forces from military actions in Iran sans Congressional approval. The motion was shot down in a 47-53 vote.The measure, introduced by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), is an attempt to invoke the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to require explicit congressional approval for ongoing U.S. military involvement in the region.

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