WASHINGTON, June 25 (DC Times Online) — The Senate on Wednesday rejected Sen. Tim Kaine’s Iran war powers resolution 50-47, after President Donald Trump criticized Republicans at a closed-door lunch and Sen. Rand Paul voted present.
The Virginia Democrat’s measure would have directed Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities involving Iran unless Congress authorized further action. It had advanced last month on a 50-47 procedural vote, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska among those in support.
Trump met privately with Senate Republicans the same day the vote was decided, and Sen. Bill Cassidy later said Trump “raised his voice” during the lunch and that “I lost my temper.”
The Senate’s action followed Tuesday’s 50-48 approval of a separate Iran resolution that had already cleared the House earlier in the month.
Trump later thanked allies on Truth Social, writing that the vote “puts Iran on notice.”
