Senate votes to limit Trump’s war powers in Iran

This appeared in The Millennial Source

On Thursday, February 13, the United States Senate approved a measure that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to wage war with Iran. In January, Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, which significantly escalated tensions between Iran and the United States.

Thursday’s approval of the measure was a rare instance in which members of his own Republican party voted against Trump. Though Congress has not officially declared war on another country since World War II, the US has consistently been involved in military conflicts for decades.

The Senate votes on measure to limit Trump’s war powers

On Thursday, the Senate voted on a war powers resolution in an effort to limit Trump’s ability to take military action against Iran. Senator Tim Kaine, who sponsored the measure, told that the measure requires the president to “come and make that case [for military action] to Congress.”

The measure passed 55–45, a rare instance where the Republican-led chamber of Congress broke with the president. Eight Republicans voted for the measure, joining all 47 Democrats in the Senate. The vote came one week after the Senate voted, almost entirely…