US Senate rejects war powers resolution limiting Trump’s action in Iran

The US Senate has voted down a War Powers resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trumps military action Operation Epic Fury against Iran with the measure failing 4753 on mostly party lines Fox News reportedSenate Republicans on Wednesday local time closed ranks behind President Donald Trump dealing him a crucial political victory by defeating Democratsled resolution intended to rein in his military actions in Iran despite lingering questions about Americas involvement in the Middle EastThe US Senate shot down a resolution from Senator Tim Kaine DVa aimed at limiting Trumps military actions in Iran following days of speculation about whether Republicans would cross the aisle as they have done before to reprimand the President The administration pushed hard to lobby support for Operation Epic Fury holding several briefings with Congress to make its case Fox News reportedOnly Senator Rand Paul voted in favour of the resolution while Jon Fetterman was the lone Democrat to cross the aisle in support of a move that helped the GOP defeat the measure Democrats argued that Trumps actions were another instance of him disregarding Congress authority to use military force that they lacked a clear strategy going forward and further that they were yet another campaign promise he had broken Fox News reportedIts time for the president to keep promises not break them Kaine said ahead of the vote Fox News reported Democrats also seized on the administrations refusal to rule out sending US troops into IranThey refuse to take off the table the insertion of ground troops said Senator Chris Murphy warning the conflict could expand beyond air and naval operations Sen Josh Hawley who previously supported a resolution to rein in Trumps war powers in Venezuela said he would oppose the latest effortIve always said that committing ground troops would be something I think would require immediate congressional authorisation but that doesnt appear to be on the immediate horizon Hawley saidFox News reported that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer argued that the goalposts kept moving for the administration which he said was a clear sign that a strategy is missingRepublicans countered that the President acted within his constitutional authority as commander in chiefFox News reported Sen Lindsey Graham called the War Powers Act an unconstitutional shift of authority from the President arguing Congress retains the ability to restrict funding if it disagrees with military actionWe dont need 535 commanders in chief said Sen Markwayne Mullin arguing against the legislation Fox News reported that there was also fatigue among some in the GOP over Kaines repeated efforts to reassert congressional authority in conflictsRepublicans privately huddled Tuesday to discuss the strikes and the upcoming war powers vote ahead of their briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio CIA Director John Ratcliffe Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen Dan Raizin Caine and Secretary of War Pete HegsethAmerican voters are evenly divided over the current US military action against Iran even as a clear majority views the Gulf country as a national security threat according to a Fox News national surveyOverall the polls showed that eight in 10 Republicans approve of the current US use of force while nearly 8 in 10 Democrats disapprove and 6 in 10 independents disapprove Among voters who have served in the military 59 per cent approve of the US strikes on IranThe poll found 61 per cent of registered voters believe Iran poses a real national security threat to the United States a figure largely consistent with previous Fox News surveys dating back to 2006 The exception was last June when concern spiked to 73 per cent just before the US military mission against Iranian nuclear facilities known as Operation Midnight HammerFox News said that despite those concerns support for the current US strikes launched jointly with Israel under Operation Epic Fury is evenly split with 50 per cent approving and 50 per cent disapproving All interviews for the survey were conducted after the strikes beganThe conflict in the Middle East has entered its sixth day following the February 28 US and Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei along with other key figures In retaliation Tehran has responded with counterstrikes targeting American military bases in Gulf nations and other Israeli assets across the regionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever