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The bill is weak, but polls show that cracks are beginning to appear in Republican support for a US-Israeli war on Iran.
Three Republican senators have joined Democrats in the United States Senate in voting to advance a bill to block President Donald Trump’s executive order. attack Iran without the consent of Congress.
While the bill was defeated by a 50-49 vote on Wednesday, the vote showed that cracks in support for the war are beginning to appear in Trump’s Republican Party.
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It was the seventh vote since the start of the war, and received the highest support to date.
Democratic Senator John Fetterman – a pro-Israel hawk – on the side of many Republicans, is helping the Trump Party block the bill.
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski broke with her party for the first time and voted in favor of the War Powers Resolution. Susan Collins – who is facing a tough re-election battle in Maine – voted for re-election.
Rand Paul, a libertarian from Kentucky who has consistently voted to block the president’s executive order, was the third-largest voter for the resolution.
Trump did not seek congressional authorization to attack Iran, even though the US Constitution gives lawmakers the power to declare war.
Since the start of the debate, the Democrats have been on repeat pay the bills under the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to limit Trump’s ability to order the US military to go to war without authorization from Congress.
This law was passed after the Vietnam War to end what was seen at the time as a combination of officials to take the US into the war.
Senator Tim Kaine, one of the Democrats leading the vote improvement effort, emphasized “progress” in Wednesday’s vote.
“My colleagues and I have been pushing for votes to end the war on Iran – and we’re making progress,” Kaine wrote on X. “Today, our War Powers Resolution has received 49 votes. My colleagues are hearing more from their constituents: ending this costly and unnecessary war.”
Such a bill would not pass the Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives and would likely be vetoed by Trump if approved. However, polls are forcing Republicans to increase their numbers an unpopular war known in history.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released earlier this week found that two-thirds of US voters do not think Trump has made it clear why the country has gone to war with Iran.
Trump has closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to US and Israeli attacks, sending oil prices soaring.
Despite the cease-fire that began last month, the blockade of Iran continues without enough agreement to end the war. The US military blockade of Iran has exacerbated the energy crisis.
The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the US has exceeded $4.50 ($1.18 per liter), from less than $3 ($0.78 per liter) before the war. The ride did rising inflation all in the US economy.
On Tuesday, before he left for China, a reporter asked Trump if America’s economic crisis would affect his negotiations to end the war with Iran.
“Not at all,” Trump said. “The only thing that matters when I talk about Iran: They can’t have a nuclear weapon. I don’t think about the American economy. I don’t think about anybody.”
Trump’s comments drew criticism from his rivals, but US Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday there were “mistakes” in what the president said.
“Of course, the president and I, and the entire administration, care about the economy of the American people,” he said.
Iran has repeatedly denied that it wants a nuclear weapon, and Trump’s top intelligence officer, Tulsi Gabbardtold lawmakers last year that Tehran was not building one.
