Senate Rejects House Iran War Rebuke as GOP Blocks Limits on Trump’s 2-Week Air Campaign
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 27
Senate Rejects House Iran War Rebuke as GOP Blocks Limits on Trump’s 2-Week Air Campaign
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 27
Summary
A Senate vote killed the House’s bid to curb President Donald Trump’s Iran war powers, reversing a rare House rebuke that had passed only after four Republicans joined Democrats.
Republicans said no new AUMF was needed and argued U.S. strikes had Iran “on the ropes,” even as Trump paused the air campaign after 2 weeks of consecutive bombing.
That left Democrats with a midterm attack line against what they call Trump’s “reckless and costly” war, but party leaders still offered no clear plan for ending the conflict.
Congress also faces a funding squeeze: the Pentagon is short on cash, the defense policy bill is stalled, and a budget measure with $95 billion for the military could slip until December.
The fight now shifts into the August recess, where Republicans plan to campaign on Democratic divisions while Democrats try to turn Iran into a broader referendum on Trump.