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US Senate Clears Way for Trump on Iran War, Vote Heads to House
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6:47Now PlayingWendy Schiller, Professor of Political Science at Brown University, discusses midterm primaries and the Senate's rejection of a war powers resolution.
The US Senate cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue military attacks on Iran in a vote Wednesday that starkly demonstrated the nation’s deep divisions as it goes to war in a volatile region.
A Democratic-backed attempt to stop US strikes failed a procedural vote that largely broke down along party lines. Only one Democrat, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, joined GOP senators in support of the war, offset by one Republican, Rand Paul of Kentucky, who joined the effort to halt attacks.
The outcome allows the administration to proceed in a conflict with uncertain costs, consequences and economic effects that commands far less initial political support than the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which themselves quickly became unpopular with the American public. The president and his advisers nonetheless express confidence the war against Iran will be resolved quickly.
The 47-53 vote also put every senator on the record on the war as Congress heads into midterm elections in November, risking backlash against supporters if the conflict is perceived as going badly or distracting the government from addressing voters’ concerns about the cost of living.
Opponents, however, risk being considered soft on a regime that is an arch-enemy of Israel and has been widely despised by Americans since the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran, particularly if the administration prevails with minimal losses and economic impact.
The House will vote on its own resolution on Thursday, now a purely symbolic measure since legislation to end the war would have to pass both chambers. House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was confident the resolution “will fail” there, too, and some moderate House Democrats have said they will vote against it.
Republican senators said Congress shouldn’t curb Trump’s ability to manage the war, and that he was within his rights to deploy military power with or without congressional approval.
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