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Three Senate Republicans break with Trump on Iran war powers vote | Fox ...
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republicans’ support for President Donald Trump's war on Iran fractured on Wednesday. Senate Democrats have tried to splinter off Republicans from their near-unified backing of Operation Epic Fury for months with a campaign of attrition, putting war powers resolution after war powers resolution on the floor ever since fighting began. And after two months of trying, they finally got some in the GOP to flip on Trump with Sen. Jeff Merkley's, D-Ore., latest attempt. Still, it wasn’t enough to terminate ongoing operations in the Middle East. GOP HOLDS WITH TRUMP ON IRAN WAR, BUT CRACKS EMERGE AS DEADLINE NEARS President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, for high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Rand Paul, R-Ky., who has consistently voted to handcuff Trump’s war powers, all joined Democrats to end Operation Epic Fury.It comes after Congress blew past the 60-day deadline to weigh in on fighting in the region, and hours after Trump touched down in China. Top Trump administration officials, including Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, argued that the 60-day deadline was moot because fighting was paused under a ceasefire. However, Trump, after rejecting the latest proposal from Iran, said on Tuesday that the fragile truce is on "life support."CONGRESS IGNORES KEY DEADLINE AS REPUBLICANS READY 'RESTRAINT' ON TRUMP'S WAR IN IRAN War Secretary Pete Hegseth forcefully denied allegations that he or others may have profited from the war with Iran during a heated Senate exchange. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)"I would call it the weakest, right now, after reading that piece of garbage they sent us — I didn't even finish reading it," Trump told reporters. "I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support, where the doctor walks in and says, 'Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living,'" he said.Whether Trump’s trip overseas and the deadline now in the rearview mirror would have an impact on Wednesday remained an open question heading into the vote.SENATE GOP MOVES TO BLOCK DEMS' WAR POWERS PUSH, PRESERVE TRUMP'S AUTHORITY IN RARE MOVE Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks to reporters as he walks into the Senate chamber in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., noted that Trump’s trip to China would likely ...
Three Republicans break ranks, but Senate fails to curb Trump's war ...
The bill falls short, but vote shows cracks are starting to appear in Republican support for the US-Israel war on Iran.Three Republican senators have joined Democrats in the United States Senate in voting to advance a bill to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to strike Iran without congressional approval.While the bill ultimately fell short in a 50-49 tally on Wednesday, the vote showed that cracks in the support for the war are starting to show in Trump’s Republican Party.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump-Xi summit: China’s help in Iran may require US concessionslist 2 of 3US Senator Cassidy’s vote to convict Trump looms over Louisiana primarylist 3 of 3Netanyahu visited UAE in ‘secret’ during US-Israel war on Iran, office saysend of listIt was the seventh such vote since the start of the war, and it received the highest level of support so far.Democratic Senator John Fetterman – a pro-Israel hawk – sided with the Republican majority, single-handedly helping Trump’s party block the bill.Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski broke ranks with her own party for the first time and voted in favour of the War Powers Resolution. Susan Collins – who is facing a tough re-election battle in Maine – voted for the resolution for the second time.Rand Paul, a Kentucky libertarian who has consistently voted to curb the president’s war authorities, was the third to vote for the resolution.Trump never sought congressional authorisation to go to attack Iran, although the US Constitution gives lawmakers the sole authority to declare war.Since the start of the conflict, Democrats have repeatedly put forward bills under the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to limit Trump’s authority to order the US military into hostilities without authorisation from Congress.The law was passed in the wake of the Vietnam War to curb what was seen at that time as executive overreach to take the US to war.Senator Tim Kaine, one of the Democrats leading the efforts to advance the vote, underscored the “progress” in Wednesday’s vote.“My colleagues and I have been forcing votes to stop the war against Iran – and we’re making progress,” Kaine wrote on X. “Today, our War Powers Resolution got 49 votes. My colleagues are hearing more and more from their constituents: end this costly and unnecessary war.”Such bills are unlikely to pass in the Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives and would almost certainly be vetoed by Trump if they are approved. Still, the votes pu...
3 Republicans Join Democrats in Closest Senate Vote Yet to Halt Iran War
Senator Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, voted for a measure to halt the Iran War for the first time on Wednesday. It still failed in a 49-50 vote. Reporter Senate Republicans on Wednesday ...
Three Republicans Defy Donald Trump With Iran War Powers Vote
Three Republicans, including Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, broke with their party to join Democrats in advancing a measure to curb President Donald Trump 's war powers in Iran, though the ...
