Senate votes 45 to 50 to defeat war powers resolution after Senator Cassidy reverses vote following a White House briefing.
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US Senate Passes War Powers Resolution Directing Trump to End Iran War in Historic Vote
The Senate voted 50-48 making it the first time since the War Powers Resolution’s 1973 enactment that Congress directed a president to end a military conflict.
Trump Condemns Senate War Powers Resolution on Truth Social Calling it Aid to the Enemy
The president accused the Senate of providing aid and comfort to Iran by passing the war powers measure and called the timing ‘poorly chosen’.
US Senate Passes War Powers Resolution Directing Trump to End Iran War
Four Republican senators joined Democrats in a historic 50-48 vote—the first time since the WPR’s 1973 enactment that both chambers directed a president to halt a military conflict.
Trump Calls Senate War Powers Resolution ‘Poorly Timed and Meaningless’
The president posted on Truth Social that the Senate had provided ‘aid and comfort to the Enemy’ by passing the resolution directing him to end military operations against Iran.
War Powers Vote: Senator Tim Kaine Says Congress’s Most Solemn Power Is to Declare War Not the President
Kaine reflected on the constitutional significance of the 50-48 vote calling it a reassertion of legislative authority over military commitments.
US Senate Passes War Powers Resolution 50-48 Directing Trump to End Iran War
Four Republicans — Cassidy Collins Paul and Murkowski — joined Democrats in the first successful bicameral war powers vote in US history.
Senate Rejects War Powers Resolution to Limit Trump’s Iran Strike Authority
The US Senate voted 48-47 to block a resolution that would have constrained President Trump’s authority to order further military strikes against Iran.
Trump’s Emergency Tariff Powers Were Struck Down by US Supreme Court in February
More than 330000 US importers have paid USD 166 billion in invalidated emergency tariffs after the US Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s emergency tariff powers in February 2026.