The vote comes about halfway through a two-week ceasefire, during which U.S. forces have enacted a blockade of Iranian ports.
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Senate Republicans declined a new attempt to stop the U.S. military campaign against Iran on Wednesday, supporting President Donald Trump again as he protrudes optimism that the conflict could soon come to an end, despite vague peace negotiations and a U.S. Navy blockade of Iranian ports.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted against advancing a resolution to halt further U.S. military operations against Iran.
Senators voted 52–47 against moving forward with the bill.
Sponsored by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), the legislation came as a privileged motion under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which was constructed to deter a president’s ability to prosecute military action without congressional approval. A privileged motion is given the highest priority in the Senate over other matters and permits an immediate debate and vote on the floor.
The resolution unambiguously calls for the removal of U.S. forces “from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.”
Democrats brought the resolution to a vote a week after President Donald Trump approved a two-week ceasefire to pursue further negotiations with the Iranian regime.
Over the weekend the U.S. and Iran finished a round of talks but did not concur on Iran’s nuclear pursuits, with the possibility for renewed fighting soon. Since then, Trump has ordered U.S. forces to form a blockade of Iranian ports.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), speaking with reporters on April 13, worried that the current U.S. blockade of Iran could spur further fighting, including with other nations such as China, one of the world’s superpowers.
“I don’t think our Navy is prepared, and I don’t think our country is prepared, to begin interdicting Chinese ships and ships of all nations as they go in and out,” Coons said.
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