Posted on 04/22/2026 8:10:59 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Senate Republicans voted largely in unison Wednesday to defeat a Democratic-sponsored war powers resolution that would prohibit President Trump from continuing military operations against Iran.
It marked the fifth time that Republican senators voted against a proposal to halt the military conflict.
The Senate voted 46-51 to defeat a motion to discharge the resolution out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the only Republican to vote to advance the measure.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was the only Democrat to vote against it.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), who sponsored the measure, argued on the Senate floor that Trump pledged during his presidential campaigns not to begin new foreign wars.
Baldwin said the conflict with Iran, which began on Feb. 28, bears many similarities to the Iraq war, which dragged on from 2003 to 2011.
“In both wars, we had zero plans for the days to come and failed to outline our specific goals. In both wars, we had zero strategy to get out. And in both wars, we had servicemembers dying overseas for a cause that Americans did not support,” she said.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll of 4,557 U.S. adults nationwide found that only 36 percent of Americans approve the strikes against Iran. The survey was conducted from April 15 to April 20.
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Democrats hate Trump and our country.
All the demoncrat party does is steal and waste time and money.
Their endeavors are spying on and manufacturing falsities against MAGA.
That’s ALL they do.
Period.
Any relation to John?
They certainly hate him, but Trump is violating our Constitution, and the War Powers resolution.
They won’t impeach him for this though. Both sides want an Imperial Presidency for when it’s ‘their’ turn. Clinton (Serbia), Obama (Libya), and Biden (Yemen) all violated the Constitution and War Powers resolution in waging their own wars of choice without Congressional authorization.
Thune can let that crap come up for a vote five times but he just can’t seem to get the SAVE America act on the floor or get rid of the zombie filibuster.
America: owned by the Iran's Chris-Craft fleet.
5 times, now, they have said NO.
Why does it keep coming back? Just stop.
Meanwhile our SAVE Act languishes...
Tammy is a total fool.
46-51 means 3 didn’t vote. Article doesn’t say who. 51 + rand means one republican missing + 2 democrats. They need good excuses for not voting on this issue of war.
Murkowski was another and Fetterman was with us.
I don’t think it will be long before Schumer and King Kakeem Skyhook will be sending their voters and illegal aliens over to Iran to fight President Trumps military with their Iranian ayatollah pals. Both of those America haters need to be locked up down at GITMO.
Ditto. She needs to go home to her beloved Thailand. She’s a PITA in Congress.
Always interesting how the minority Democrats can get a vote when they want one on any subject, but the majority Republicans can’t seem to get a vote on the SAFE Act. Thune is pathetic.
What's her screen-name on FR?
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