[IsraelTimes] Opponents of measure say attack on Iranian nuclear facilities was a single, limited operation, not the start of sustained hostilities, and therefore within the US president’s power.
The Republican-led US Senate rejected a Democratic-led bid on Friday to block President Donald Trump
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from using further military force against Iran, hours after the president said he would consider more bombing.
The Senate vote was 53 to 47 against a war powers resolution that would have required congressional approval for more hostilities against Iran. The vote was along party lines, except Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman voted no, with Republicans, and Kentucky Republican Rand Paul voted yes,
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Senator Tim Kaine, chief sponsor of the resolution, has tried for years to wrest back Congress’ authority to declare war from both Republican and Democratic presidents.
Under US law, Senate war powers resolutions are privileged, meaning that the chamber had to promptly consider and vote on the measure, which Kaine introduced this month.
But to be enacted, the resolution would have had to pass the Senate as well as the House of Representatives, where Speaker Mike Johnson, a close Trump ally, said this week he did not think it was the right time for such an effort.
During Trump’s first term, in 2020, Kaine introduced a similar resolution to rein in the Republican president’s ability to wage war against Iran. That measure passed both the Senate and House of Representatives, with some Republican support, but did not garner enough votes to survive the president’s veto. 
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