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Senate adopts House-passed Iran resolution in symbolic rebuke of Trump
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- The Senate approved a House-passed resolution 50-48 directing President Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran unless Congress authorizes war, marking the first time such a measure passed both chambers as a rebuke of the president's Iran policy.
- Four Republicans joined most Democrats in support, while the administration argues the resolution is largely symbolic since it claims U.S. forces are not currently engaged in hostilities with Iran and questions the War Powers Resolution's constitutionality.
- President Trump criticized the vote as "poorly timed and meaningless," asserting he will continue his approach regardless, while House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks vowed to pursue legal avenues to enforce congressional authority.
- Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, have repeatedly pushed war powers votes to challenge Trump’s Iran policy, seeking to gain more Republican support before advancing a joint resolution requiring the president’s signature.
- The resolution's passage reflects growing bipartisan concern over the ongoing conflict with Iran and congressional efforts to assert constitutional war powers over the executive branch.
