Senate defeats Booker's Iran war powers resolution 53-47 — third consecutive failure to limit Trump

The US Senate voted 53-47 on Wednesday to defeat a war powers resolution led by Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, which aimed to block President Trump from ramping up the war with Iran. The resolution would have directed the president to 'remove' US forces from military operations in Iran. This is the third consecutive failure of a Democrat-led war powers limitation effort in the Senate since the war began on February 28. All previous attempts also failed on similar margins. The repeated failures cement Trump's effective congressional freedom to continue and escalate operations without legislative restriction. The vote came a day after Hegseth announced the US would deliver what he called 'the largest strike package yet,' and amid Iran's intensifying retaliation against Gulf energy infrastructure.