WASHINGTON, June 25 (DC Times Online) — The Senate rejected a Tim Kaine resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s military authority on Iran, voting 50-47 on Wednesday after Trump pressed Republicans at a closed-door lunch.
The measure would have directed the president to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities involving Iran unless Congress authorized further action. It had advanced last month on a 50-47 procedural vote.
The vote came a day after the Senate approved a separate, symbolic Iran resolution that had already cleared the House earlier in the month. The Kaine measure was the more direct attempt to force Congress back into the war powers decision.
Trump criticized Senate Republicans during the private lunch, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., later said Trump “raised his voice” and “I lost my temper.”
In the final vote, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted yes, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voted present, and Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voted no. Trump later wrote on Truth Social that the vote “puts Iran on notice.”
