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Chris Stein

UNBELIEVABLE: Us senate approves war powers resolution challenging trumps iran war authority - The Untold Story

a man in suit pointing to a poster about iran war results
Chuck Schumer, the US Senate minority leader, speaks to reporters after the weekly Senate policy luncheons at the US Capitol in Washington DC on Tuesday. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

The US Senate approved a war powers resolution preventing Donald Trump from continuing hostilities against Iran, delivering the president a significant but symbolic rebuke over a conflict that has proven unpopular with the American public.

The resolution passed by a 50-48 vote, with four Republicans – Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Rand Paul of Kentucky – breaking with their party to support its adoption. John Fetterman, of Pennsylvania, was the sole Democrat to vote against the resolution.

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