The Senate on Friday evening narrowly rejected along mostly party lines an effort by Democrats to force a floor vote on a measure to restrict President Donald Trump from launching future attacks on Iran without congressional authorization.
Opponents defeated, 47-53, a motion to discharge from the Foreign Relations Committee a war powers joint resolution by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., that would prohibit any offensive U.S. military attacks against Iran if Congress has not issued a declaration of war or a new authorization for use of military force.
“We shouldn’t premise a decision to send our sons and daughters into war on the judgment of a single person,” Kaine said on the Senate floor ahead of the vote.
